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Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:58 am
by Emilliano
My Latest addition to my modelling hangar a true classic which i waited for some time to make :scratch:: ..was a lot of fun though it was an old tooling,she had her challenges which i accepted readily.I cut the cockpit door out and positioned it,did some scratch building on the cockpit seat.The basic idea of this build was to improve my weathering techniques which i hope i did :D

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Video of the same

[youtube]xQ0Wd3uRg0s[/youtube]

Cheers,

Emilliano.J.Pinto

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:01 am
by Nige201980
That's great work mate.

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:18 am
by Emilliano
Nige201980 wrote:That's great work mate.
Thank you Nigel :th:

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:21 am
by UKscalemodeller
Looks fine, the weathering looks great too, especially as you wont have been helped by the fact that it is an older kit with raised panel lines.

A nice piece.

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:53 am
by Paul
Great work Emilliano

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:34 am
by bullgill67
fantastic job with a poor kit :th:

michael

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:10 pm
by Emilliano
UKscalemodeller wrote:Looks fine, the weathering looks great too, especially as you wont have been helped by the fact that it is an older kit with raised panel lines.

A nice piece.
Thank you and yes though a challenge keeping in mind what i had pictured the end picture to look like it was a fun build and yet another learning experience in this wonderful hobby :banana:

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:12 pm
by Emilliano
Paul wrote:Great work Emilliano
Thanks Paul :th: your video techniques had their presence in my build for sure :thumb1:

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:14 pm
by Emilliano
bullgill67 wrote:fantastic job with a poor kit :th:

michael

Thank you Michael for your comments and for stopping by

cheers

Emilliano

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:27 pm
by Lee
Excellent work on probably one of the worst kits on the market today - Top jobbie :th:

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:56 pm
by T3hGuppy
Very nice weathering dude the raised panel lines worked to your advantage with this one :th:

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:39 pm
by Emilliano
Lee wrote:Excellent work on probably one of the worst kits on the market today - Top jobbie :th:
Thank you Lee for that encouraging comment :banana:

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:47 pm
by Emilliano
T3hGuppy wrote:Very nice weathering dude the raised panel lines worked to your advantage with this one :th:
Thanks and It surely did my friend :D

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:10 pm
by wappynutter
Very nicely done for an old tooling my friend.... :clap:
I have just brought the new tooling of this plane.
Nothing special but as a novice plane builder its an excellent cheap and cheerful kit to practice on... :th:
:cheers2:

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:20 pm
by Emilliano
wappynutter wrote:Very nicely done for an old tooling my friend.... :clap:
I have just brought the new tooling of this plane.
Nothing special but as a novice plane builder its an excellent cheap and cheerful kit to practice on... :th:
:cheers2:
Thanks for the nice comment mate :) I have seen the new tooling at my local hobby store will give it a shot for sure to better my skills.

Cheers :)

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:31 am
by EpoxySniffer
Great weathering mate

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:02 am
by Coen
This is fine work Emilliano. :cheers2: :th: :th: :th:
Definitely a great save of an old kit.
Can't wait to see more of you work buddy :clap:

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:43 am
by Emilliano
Thanks Coen for your kind words...right now i am concentrating on the Cold War GB, if i do need a refresher from the same then will be modeling the Hawker Typhoon the classic tooling version. :)

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:47 pm
by Hanger2
Very nicely modelled and finished for such an old kit, just show what can be done with kits that are usually left at the bottom of the heap. Well done.

Geoff

Re: Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:55 pm
by AchtungPanzer
I like that - Good Work :th: