Being an AFV
modeler, I wanted to model a Turkish Air Force Spitfire Mk I in 1/72 scale for "Victory
Day" of our country. As far as I know there 2 or 3 of these
aircraft. For this purpose, I bought a set of Turquoise Decals
(Set no. TD002). Although the kit parts fit like dream, I managed to
fail on that while assembling the fuselage.
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I used Gunze, Revell and Tamiya
paints on the kit. Since this tiny model is at 1/72, I had to
mix the base colors with lighter shades. Hard mask was applied to the
model for painting the camouflage pattern. It was a bit fiddly for a tank
guy like me.
I used, Micro Gloss, Micro Sol
and Micro Set, and another coat of Micro Gloss for the decals,
while taking care of the weathering sequence by Winsor-Newton oils wash with
turpentine (AFV tradition), Gunze-Sangyo Soot for machine gun and exhaust smoke,
rust for the exhaust. After finishing my model some fellow modelers informed me
that the number "1" on the side of the fuselage was wrong for its
length and width.
Barkin
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