Spitfire Mk.Vb
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1 5 January 2018, 11:14
Roland SachsenhoferFirst pictures of my recently started project... Fit and detail are if very high level; I was impressed by the layout of the Cockpit. Just drilled some openings, the rest is oob. Well, Eduard is responsible for the dashboard and the seats harness.
5 January 2018, 11:19
Stefan FraundorferAhh, there she is. I'm looking forward to see your build and the finished Spitfire.
5 January 2018, 15:27
Roland SachsenhoferThank you for your comment! Hobby Boss provides a quite well detailed kit with perfect fit so far; I am quite eager to get the beautiful shapes of a classic Spitfire on the workbench...
6 January 2018, 11:51
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Stephan! I managed to join the bundle of parts necessary to build up the entire fuselage. Maybe the kit is a little bit over engineered, on the other side it makes a lot of fun- and everyone interested could superdetail nearly the whole fuselage...
To show you what I have done a few new pictures 🙂
6 January 2018, 15:55
Mats BengtssonNice start Roland 👍 I have been wanting to build a large scale (larger than 1/48 ) Spitfire for a while so I will follow you build with great interest 🙂
6 January 2018, 19:19
Roland SachsenhoferThank you mates! Mats, I can clearly recommend this kit, it won´t be the last HB Spit, that´s for sure! 🙂
7 January 2018, 09:43
Roland SachsenhoferThe classic lines of a Spitfire appear step by step....
By, the way, I will do this interesting example out of Kageros terrific "Topcolors 23": Supermarine Spitfire mk Vb
14 January 2018, 16:59
Adam GudynowskiSpitfire Mk.Vb RFD | Project by karambolis8 (1:32)
Mine albo took very long time...
15 January 2018, 06:14
Roland SachsenhoferSanding started after minor filling work required on wing roots and the seams of the fuselage halfs. I am using the aftermarket Hispano cannons from Aber.
21 January 2018, 17:46
Björn SvedbergI'm following this! Nice cockpit! I really like the weathering of the headrest, nice! 👍
21 January 2018, 21:26
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Björn! It´s nice you mention the headrest, I like to work with pastel paints
22 January 2018, 16:04
Roland SachsenhoferYour kind and motivating words are very welcome, thank you!
23 January 2018, 11:18
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Clifford! Now I am very keen to get some paint on the Spits shapes!
24 January 2018, 08:42
Roland SachsenhoferThese black areas will be coated with "White Aluminum" which will be used for extensive shipping and wear and tear...
27 January 2018, 13:22
Roland SachsenhoferPreshading on Alclads White Aluminum is done; "Maskol" had been attached before to prepare the future "chipped" areas.
Next will be getting the underside painted.
31 January 2018, 21:08
Roland SachsenhoferTwo more pictures of the current state of the model added. Today I will spray the underside with H332
1 February 2018, 09:31
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Gordon! I have opted for Gunzes H69 /RLM 75 as "Ocean Grey", should be a very near resemblance. Everything is masked for the final Dark Green /Gunze H 330.
I will soften the edges and contour the details with free-hand airbrush.
3 February 2018, 16:18
Roland SachsenhoferSome new pictures with H330 Dark Green on..... next will be masking and painting the yellow wing markings and, of course, the white stripes on the cowling.
4 February 2018, 11:08
Roland SachsenhoferFor masking the curved yellow identification strips on the leading edges the flexible masking tape from Tamiya is a great help
13 February 2018, 17:59
Roland SachsenhoferTomorrow I am planning to apply the decals. The red nozzle seals have been made with duct tape at last.
19 February 2018, 19:47
Roland SachsenhoferDecals and a second coat of Gunze clear gloss have been sprayed; now a fitting washing, exhaust stains and so on will be made
21 February 2018, 17:46
Gordon SørensenLooks great, Roland! I have these decals in 1/72, hope it turns out half as good as yours!
22 February 2018, 14:13
Roland SachsenhoferFinished at all! I have cut all the opaque landing and position lights off and replaced them with drops of cyanacrylate glue. That works pretty well and gives a good representation in my opinion. I am happy with the result- and hope, you like the pictures.
That wan´t be the last HB -Spitfire!
25 February 2018, 10:34
Maciej BellosOne good looking Spit! Very well done mate. It looks as if there is a pilot nearby to take here to the skies!
25 February 2018, 11:35
Björn SvedbergThat is a great looking spit! And as always it's very nice to see all of the progress pictures. 👍
25 February 2018, 13:15
Stefan FraundorferVery good paintjob and weathering on this Spitfire. Congratulations Roland!
25 February 2018, 16:14
Roland SachsenhoferHello mates, your comments make me happy- thank you for your motivating words!
26 February 2018, 08:25
Tim HeimerBeautifully done! If I may say, I think the exhaust manifolds should be rusted to match the slight wear you have done so well.
26 February 2018, 13:13
Roland SachsenhoferThank you for your words, Timothy! Indeed, I will consider doing them a little bit more rusted next time. I did gave them a wash with red/ redbrown und brown pastells on a surface of Alclad "Steel".
Thank you for your suggestion!
27 February 2018, 11:48
