1/144 Bandai Wing Club Spitfire MkVc

Gallery Article by Bruce Scott on Sept 16 2009

 

As anyone who plays in this scale would know, one of the major gaps in 1/144th scale subjects is a decent kit of a Spitfire.  

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This is my conversion of one of the old Bandai Wing Club Spitfire  Mk 1 trading toys into a later Mk Vc as used by the RAAF in the Pacific theatre during WW2.  The job started by remedying the ham fisted construction and paint by pulling it to bits and stripping it right back.  Reconstruction of the kit posed some challenges due to the ABS plastic used.  I detailed up the cockpit with sidewall details, seat belts and a control yoke, and added the cannons and associated bumps and bulges for the Mk Vc version I wanted.  

The kit is finished in Polly S Azure Blue, RAAF Earth Brown and Foliage Green, and marked with custom made decals as a 79 Squadron RAAF aircraft complete with Tasmanian Devil nose art.

Bruce Scott

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