Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire Mk8

[T. van Vuuren]

Two weeks and a day after I cut first parts off the sprue here it is.






note the oil pooling in the pannel line from a leaky oil ring on the right hand bank




here was the build - http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/tamiya-1-32-spitfire-mk8.27627/

In all the pix of Mk8's I can not see a wire antenna to the mast so I didnt put one on
Theuns

 

[PhilJ]

Nice one Theuns, I think from memory you have done the right thing by leaving the antenna off for this Mark. Very nicely finished and good work on the engine.
Regards Phil

 

[Ian M]

Great result Theuns.

 

[Morpheus]

Very nice job ☺

 

[BarryW]

She's a beauty Theuns, you have certainly brought her alive. A very fast build too!!! It takes sme that long just to paint and weather...

 

[yak face]

Beautiful Spit Theuns, the MTO colours look superb and its a variant we dont often see modelled in the big scales. Fantastic weathering too , just the right amount of dust and dirt , cheers tony

 

[Builder]

Superb build Thuens love the detailing. The weathering is really good. You've done an awesome job in the scale. Just for scale comparison sake here's one I did in 1/72

 

[colin m]

Great build Theuns. And in two weeks. The engine took me that long to build. Have you no grass to cut, no car to wash ??

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Cool looking little Spitty Bob

Colin, good question....yes I did actually go to work , took family to shops and cut the grass in the two weeks LOL
The insperation to complete it was because we have our MOY comp this commong Saturday and since a mate askd me to build it for him I was happy to do so as I think the model might have a slim chance to score under the top 5 maybe in the 1/32 Prop class.

I could never afford this model and so I took my opertunity to have something nice to build
The rules state that the entrant needed to build the model, not own it.

Theuns

 

[flyjoe180]

Speedy build Theuns. A great finish too, love it.