**** FINISHED: 1/48 Spitfire MkVIII - Home Country Modern Aircraft/Spitfire Marks GB

[Crimea_River]

Username: Crimea River
First name: Andy
Category: Judge – Non competing
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: ICM
Model Type: Spitfire Mk VIII
Aftermarket addons: Resin seat, Ad Astra masks in lieu of decals, plenty of scratch built crap.

Finished Spitfire Mk VIII of 155 Squadron as flown by F/L Paul Ostrander. Here are the 6 views:

And 4 optionals:

 

[Wildcat]

Superb Andy!! Love it

 

[rochie]

fantastic Andy

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

great work Andy, looks good!!

 

[meatloaf109]

I am VERY impressed with your painting! The codes and the roundels are superb, way more authentic than decals.
I would try, but "I's skeered".
Great all 'round, actually!

 

[ccheese]

Really Great, Andy. Well done...

Charles

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks very much everyone. I see a couple of things I need to fix now that I look closer at the pics but for the sake of this GB, it will stand as is.

I would try, but "I's skeered".

Nothing to it Paul. Easier than doing canopy frames.

 

[B-17engineer]

Looks real good Andy, love the weathering!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Your weathering is second to none sir!

 

[Airframes]

Beauty Andy! Really captured that dusty look well, great job mate.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work Andy!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

You have certainly brought out the character on this one Andy.

 

[Crimea_River]

Very kind gents, thanks.

 

[treyzx10r]

Another masterfully done build Andy!

 

[A4K]

Beautiful job Andy!

One thing stands out though (just a small nitpick!) -the cleanliness of the wheels in comparison to the rest of the airframe. Maybe just a light dusting or fading on the tyres?

 

[Rogi]

Great stuff Andy, love how she turned out

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks everyone. Evan, great comment, thanks. I had done the tires with pastels but when I had to hold the wheels to flatten them, most of the pastel came off and I forgot to go over the area again. Good of you to pick that up - I will fix this for an upcoming show in September.

 

[Airframes]

Heck, I missed that! Andy, note that the earth in the regions operated in was a sort of 'dun' colour, ranging from reddish brown to yellowish brown, so the dust was an ochre colour.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Terry. I'm kinda limited on pastel selection though.