1/48 Tamiya Spitfire MK. Vb (FINISHED)

[KSaarni]

Very nice, very crispy painted roundels!
(as the rest of the Spit of course... )

- Kari

[lawdog114]

Here is Tamiya's 1/48 Spitfire Mk. Vb in the final markings of 611 Squdron's Eric Lock in August of 1941. "Sawn off Lockie" was the highest scoring Battle of Britain ace (16 kills) but his war ended on August 3rd 1941. Lock was returning from a fighter "Rhubarb" when he spotted a column of German troops and vehicles on a road near the Port of Calais in France. He reportedy went down for a strafing attack and that was the last anyone had ever seen of him. Despite exhaustive post war searches, neither his body or his Spitfire Mk V, W3257, have ever been found, It was presumed he was struck by flak and crashed somewhere in English Channel. Lock would be credited with 26 enemy aircraft kills.

Reference the kit, there's not much to say........simply fantastic in detail and engineering. The cockpit however could use some extra detailing, but on this one, I only added a Quickboost seat. I also added Ultracast tires only because I had them on hand. Lock's W3257 markings came from the enormous Victory Productions Aces of the Empire sheet. On this project I painted on the upper wing roundels and fin flashes in lieu of decals. It worked well and I will continue to do so. The figures are from ICM and were included with the kit. They were okay, not overly impressive.

Take a gander, comments welcome an questions encouraged...

Joe

[LyleW]

Well done, Joe. She looks weary as it should be.

[BsYamato]

So two VB finished
Excellent work Joe