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Stikpusher wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:51 pm

jeaton01 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 1:25 pm I'm watching the Piece of Cake series on YouTube now, on episode three. It's all filmed with Mk 9ish spitfires so far and a Dragon Rapide, and one Merlin 109.

In the novel the squadron was equipped Hurricanes. But I guess since there are so few airworthy Hurricanes, they went with Spitfires for the miniseries.

When I built a Special Hobby Hurricane it was in 85 Squadron markings. In doing research on that I think I read that no Spitfires were sent to France, they were held back for the defense of Britain.

jkim wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 4:07 pm Very nice work Stuart! Especially your first effort with the airbrush. Ironically though, this is probably one of those instances where hand-brushing would've yielded more accurate results as it pertains to the camo demarcation. Free-handing a two-tone scheme in 1/72 scale is difficult since the demarcation becomes pretty sharp the smaller your model gets. But it looks like you've got the hang of it!

Thanks for the tips John - I whole-heartedly agree. I really struggled to get a proper demarcation between the two colours under the tail as the area was far too small - certainly I think masking the camo in this scale would have yielded better results.

But as you said, as a first effort I'm pretty pleased with it. I have an F-35B I might do next, certainly easier practice with the single overall base colour.

Stuart wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:55 am Got this one finished too - I had a friend from Canada send me some underside glazing decals to replicate what isn't in the kit - final glam shots.
Not too bad for my first go at airbrushing and freehand camo.

Excellent job Stuart!




- Kari

Thanks Kari!