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Details for any other beginners:
Airfix A0511A 1/48 Mk I Spitfire, out of the box except for items mentioned. It was operational before 1940. Wing roots needed filling, Eduard masks for cockpit, Vallejo Surface Primer (lightly sanded), Xtracryllic XA1007 RAF Sky, Vallejo Green Brown 71.030, Vallejo US Dark Green 71.016, Tamiya TS13 Clear Gloss (spray can), Decals, Tamiya XF 86 Clear Flat. Minimal weathering with Flory Dark Dirt (exhaust ports stains, gun stains). Rust on exhaust ports. All airbrushed unless otherwise stated, chipping (silver "pencil" — wet). Aerial: Prym Knitting-in Elastic (the 200m will do 2,000 models!). Whitemetal undercarriage glued with Evostic Contact adhesive (not Epoxy)
This, my second model, is the partly finished model mentioned in:
http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/comments-on-weathering-please.19350/page-2#post-169704
which was more heavily weathered. I didn't like it because, especially on the underside, the panel lines were very shallow and the wash missed some of them, making an untidy mess, so I removed it and replaced it with the above minimal effect (all of which has not been caught by the camera).
Mistakes made: Chose an old mould kit; Vallejo Green Brown is too strong and gingerish looking at the actual model (a 50/50 mix with Xtracryllic 1002 RAF Dark Earth seems a better match); Silver paint for the chipping got on to one of the horizontal stabilisers and I had to clean down to plastic using Isopropyl Alcohol; starboard upper decal smudged due to too heavy gloss varnish but disguised; front and rear undercarriage broke off (my carelessness) and replaced by Aircraft Conversions white metal (Hannants); wheels lean outwards towards the wing tips (I had glued them on the undercarriage before fixing the undercarriage to the model); inside of canopy dusty, not cleaned properly. That's all I think. Its been very instructive. Thanks for all the help.
View attachment 68324
Details for any other beginners:
Airfix A0511A 1/48 Mk I Spitfire, out of the box except for items mentioned. It was operational before 1940. Wing roots needed filling, Eduard masks for cockpit, Vallejo Surface Primer (lightly sanded), Xtracryllic XA1007 RAF Sky, Vallejo Green Brown 71.030, Vallejo US Dark Green 71.016, Tamiya TS13 Clear Gloss (spray can), Decals, Tamiya XF 86 Clear Flat. Minimal weathering with Flory Dark Dirt (exhaust ports stains, gun stains). Rust on exhaust ports. All airbrushed unless otherwise stated, chipping (silver "pencil" — wet). Aerial: Prym Knitting-in Elastic (the 200m will do 2,000 models!). Whitemetal undercarriage glued with Evostic Contact adhesive (not Epoxy)
This, my second model, is the partly finished model mentioned in:
http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/comments-on-weathering-please.19350/page-2#post-169704
which was more heavily weathered. I didn't like it because, especially on the underside, the panel lines were very shallow and the wash missed some of them, making an untidy mess, so I removed it and replaced it with the above minimal effect (all of which has not been caught by the camera).
Mistakes made: Chose an old mould kit; Vallejo Green Brown is too strong and gingerish looking at the actual model (a 50/50 mix with Xtracryllic 1002 RAF Dark Earth seems a better match); Silver paint for the chipping got on to one of the horizontal stabilisers and I had to clean down to plastic using Isopropyl Alcohol; starboard upper decal smudged due to too heavy gloss varnish but disguised; front and rear undercarriage broke off (my carelessness) and replaced by Aircraft Conversions white metal (Hannants); wheels lean outwards towards the wing tips (I had glued them on the undercarriage before fixing the undercarriage to the model); inside of canopy dusty, not cleaned properly. That's all I think. Its been very instructive. Thanks for all the help.
