Mission accomplished, she be done
The decals are Xtradexcal set X72-128; I liked the looks of the silver machine, so I went with PK570 from 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, Royal Auxilliary Air Force. I did find that the Xtradecals crinkled under microsol, and didn’t fully flatten back out in places. I pondered what to do with this but left it ‘as is’; it’s not really noticeable until you spot it under the right light.
I painted the kit overall in Alclad RAF High Speed Silver, as the real machines were painted and not left natural metal. The one picture I had of this machine showed it very clean and well maintained, so I kept weathering to a minimum.
Overall, I had a good time with this build; the kit captures the lovely sleek yet pointy lines of the penultimate mark of spitfire.
Anyways, here are some pictures, starting with the interior and moving to the final product:
And in a more scenic setting:
And for size comparison:
And lastly, because I couldn’t resist (and please humour me), here is my interpretation of the kit boxing if this one had been released 25 years earlier, back in the mid-80’s Palatoy days
I did a similar tick with the old Airfix Albatros D.Va, here -
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235078105-tribute-to-a-simple-time/Thanks again – all comments and feedback welcomed.
Cheers,
BC