Tamiya 1/72 Spitfire Mk.1

[Nikola]

Hi gents,

Since the Uschi line is taking forever to arrive I decided to share with you my latest build now, an OOB Tamiya's 1/72 Spit Mk.1 and my first attempt at "proper" photography which partly failed and on which I have to definitely work.

I am not completely satisfied with the final finish as, again, I have some small orange peel on the paint. Got to work on that too!!! It's probably the flat and gloss coats which I didn't airbrush but sprayed from the can, since I didn't have any orange peel on the paint itself because it was airbrushed. Any advice would be very much appreciated!

Also, some kind of fogging/staining happened on the inside of the canopy which I can't explain, since I worked in gloves and did not use CA glue. Any ideas about what might have happened?

The decal on the starboard side is slightly too high and went into the canopy sliding channel, which I just saw now! Also, the camera now showed me what my eye didn't, and that is to do with the exhaust stains finish which is too strong in my opinion.


Couple of lessons learned here!


Thanks for looking!


Best,
Nikola

[Kevthemodeller]

Superb Spit, lovely weathering

[Nikola]

Superb Spit, lovely weathering

Thank you very much Kev!

Regards,
Nikola