Spitfire IXc - Finished

A few shots of the finished result:

Spitfire IXc - continued

I have comletly forgotten to update this build - but here comes:

Fuselage and wings assembled:

 

First top color applied and a new experiment with Maskol for the cammo

 

Lower surface preshaded and painted

Upper side two tone cammo done.

The liberty stribes masked and painted.

Decals applied and a coat of gloss varnish

Spitfire IXc

The cockpit assembled and painted, with Gunze acrylics

I've blended a ligt drybrush color to highlights

Then I thinned an AK streaking grime and used it as filter (the green one)

Finally a light pin wash with AK's brown sreaking grime

Test asembly of the cockpit in the fuselage

Spitfire IXc - start

 Since I've caught "The propella bug" Im of to do Eduards new Spitfire namely the - Eduard profipack 1/48











 

Tonight I've finished the cockpit which is ready for paint. It was a bit pain with the few PE parts, as usual not my favourite job.