Right this is the first of the updates, thought I would start with something classical and British! The good old Supermarine Spitfire! This one is being built for a lady at work called Karen. Every year she does a lunch for the veterans in November (as close to the 11th as they can) so the kids at the school I work at can get an better understanding about the wars we have been in and what it means to remember the ones who have given the ultimate sacrifice. Being the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britian, the lunches main theme will be that, hence the Spitfire. Over all the build was pretty easy with no massive pitfalls. The wing root join needed some work, but I think that was probably the way I built the thing. The rest of the fits well together well and panted up quite well. I don't have any pictures of the build for some weird reason, but I do have the completed model. Enjoy!
These pictures where taken outside in the mid-September sun... possibly August I can not remember now. This is the first time I have used grey paint to simulate the wear and tear on paint. Not too sure how well it worked. Unusually for me, the wash worked really well... think it's a little too dark. I have got another 2 of these to do, just need to find some decals for one. I had isues with these decals just sticking on the model, I had enough gloss on it and the decals where soaked properly, it just didn't wanna move. I don't know anymore... still she turned out okay and Karen loved the Spit (who wouldn't?!).
PEACE!
Dazz
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