1/48 Tamiya Spitfire MK.Ia

Gallery Article by Gábor Tóth

 

This is my Tamiya 1:48 Spitfire MK.Ia.

 

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This is my favourite plane in prop driven category, especially this version.  The model is basically built OOB. I found the building process straightforward, and I had no problems during it, no fit problems, great detail all over. (Better than the Hasegawa kit!) The small additions were addition of transparent position lights, brake wires on gear legs from copper wire, replacing gun barrels in the wing roots. I've also added antenna wires from my girlfriends hair :) and rods for trim actuators.

For painting I used Aeromaster acrilycs, and the decals came from Techmod. Weathering is sprayed, and the panel lines were painted with water paints.  

This is my first kit in quarter scale, and I bulit it after a 9-year break. The kit won second place on a local contest in the adult OOB category.

The photos were taken with my friend"s digital camera, (a Fuji 1,3 megapixel resolution machine) I hope everyone likes the results

Gábor Tóth

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Photos and text © by Gábor Tóth