1/48 Tamiya Spitfire MkVc

by Tom 'thom' Rowson

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Not a lot can be said about the subject matter or the kit employed that hasn't been said before, so I'll keep this brief.  The Spitfire is a superb plane, and the Tamiya kit is a wonderful kit.  Add to that the excellent Eduard PE set and the outstanding Model Alliance decals for Robert Stanford Tuck's bird while he was commander at Biggin Hill (about 1.5 miles from where I grew up as the Spitfire flies), and it would take an idiot to mess this one up.  I tried my hardest not to do so.

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The dropped flaps are - it has to be said - a complete nightmare, but well worth the effort involved when they're finally attached. The rest of the kit pretty much fell together, as you would expect with Tamiya quality. The only strange thing I did was rescue the pilot's seat back cushion from the kit part to fit the Eduard replacement, which looked a bit odd without it.  Otherwise, utterly standard.

Paints were all Tamiya acrylics (hand painted), with weathering done by a quick Smoke wash afterwards, and the liberal use of a Tamiya 'weathering master' kit for the exhaust staining.  The human hair used for the aerial seems to have sagged somewhat since installation.  There are a few more progress shots in the build article here.

 

That's about it, really, apart from thanking Steve for running ARC, and thanking you for reading this far. 

Tom 

Photos and text © by Tom Rowson