Revell 1/32 mk22 Spitfire The kit from Hell

[Paul]

I got this cheap from hobbycraft and after building the me109 i thought why the hell not do this.

I believe its a reboxed old matchbox kit from quite some time ago and alot of people who have made it have fit issues so it might be a fun build, great thing for a cheap kit it has the option to remove pannels to show the engine and one of the wing guns.

My first experience of airbrushing with tamiya acrylics so also a tester for me too. After starting this yesterday i come to realise that i need a spraybooth extractor as i was high as a kite last night as i didnt have my face mask on properly so ive ordered a booth.

So step one the engine, ive painted it up as i see fit and will add more detail tomorrow as well as weather/wear it up. I also drilled the exhausts so they had a more realstic appearence











Engine weathered up a bit and most of the cockpit interior sprayed in tamiya xf81 raf dark green 2.

[Paul]

Right cockpit all together sprayed and weathered, i even had a go at scratch making some seatbelts.

Glued the fuselage together what a dream this kit is, sorry i mean nightmare, i can see alot of filling and sanding needed.

[Paul]

Yeah tom im sticking with it, some pics of slow progress filled the fusealge without any major issues, wing roots and enginee covers are just a nightmare.















Back to it it try to get it sanded

[Paul]

Well its sanded as good as i can do, nowhere near perfect but who cares lol.

Coat of primer on it and got the props done too, got a bit more drive to get this done now this awful thing is together.

[Paul]

Got some camo on it today next step a coat of klear then the decals.











It needs another coat of paint underneath as some overspary got under

[Paul]

Ok decals on, exhaust painted and weathered again and coat of klear. Only thing is i seem to have lost my front landing gear, i have a feeling its in a bin bag of rubbish still attached to the sprue, so im gonna hve to pop out in a bit and have a look.

A wash next then a satin coat and then the canopies and its done, thank god.

[Paul]

Some better pics

[Modelpro72]

I feel your pain

I made this a few years ago and for me it was one of those kits I could buy again bash the hell out of it and try and make it a bit better.

Great work and 1st class finish

Lenny

[NotthernModeller]

WOW you made that look great. When i built this it ended up looking like something you find in the toilet. My engine cowl didnt fit. nothing did haha. Great work

[Homerlovesbeer]

Hi Paul,

Nice work on this kit. I must say that your skills have progressed very nicely from when you built this kit (not that this effort is average, it's not, it looks fantastic).

Your current works are on another level, it goes to show how far you've progressed.

Nice one!

[Stokesy44]

From sow's ear to silk purse! What a rescue job, awesome. As for putting yourself through this, are you mad? Did you have a relative at Balaclava or something man? Was he the guy at the end who said, 'hey, can we go again sir?'

great work, seriously.

[Paul]

Thanks for the kind comments guys I think this was like the 5th plane I ever built and my first 1/32 scale

[patrickroos]

I was totally confused until I realised it was an old thread...


You did a really nice job on it though, turned out great!

[keithburrage]

Considering that it's a dog of a kit Paul, you've done a great job! Just goes to show, there's no such thing as an unbuildable kit (although one or two come close!!).

[Sturm]

That's great!