Afternoon all,
After my trials and tribulations over the Fokker D.VII
- and a 4 month absence, I’ve decided to go for a mojo building Tamiya build
to get me back in the swing.
The quite new Tamiya Spitfire Mk.I, golly what a super kit, I haven’t made a Tamiya kit for ages and what a pleasure it is already, what a shame they’ve never delved into WW1.
As it’s a confidence building exercise - it’ll be out of the box, just the Eduard ‘Look’ instrument panel (which comes with pre painted belts - one area you could improve on the kit - comes with their usual stiff, unpainted steel PE). I do have masks too (thanks Fredrik
). I’m planning on building Douglas Bader’s BoB mount - P9443, this is an option in the Eduard ‘Last of the Few’ boxing, but not in the Tamiya box, hence the masks (and they’re nicer anyway
).
The Eduard Mk.I is smothered in detailed rivets, the Tamiya kit isn’t. I personally think they both look great, just comes down to personal preference. There’s also something luxurious about a Tamiya build, it feels like a guilty pleasure building one.
Here are some early shots - I cracked open the box yesterday afternoon. The cockpit looks really detailed. But as expected, everything just falls together with very little effort!
Guy