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[BlackAce7727]

Thankyou spit05,

Well, stay tuned! The Spitfire project starts tomorrow..

[KingTiger503]

Mr STUKAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

[BlackAce7727]

Morning all on SAS,

Today I start a real classic kit which at the time in 1962 excelled against most Airfix types such as the dreadful Spitfire Mk.IX and the BT-K Spitfire from 1954 and 1959. She was in production for 33 years and finally withdrawn in 1995 and replaced in 2016 by the new tooled Mk.IIa.

[spit05]

je suis avec attention 

[BlackAce7727]

Evening all on SAS,

After a long day at work I got back and painted the pilot, he was covered in flash but with careful cutting with my knife I managed to clean it all away. Strangely with this figure originally I believed there was a problem with the molding, however it turned out the spade grip joystick was actually part of his body!

So he's some sort of a mutant.. ..but when painted you can see the stick and spade grip which was a real tiny job to paint, but hey I got there!

[BlackAce7727]

Morning all on SAS,

Today the main body, wings and tail are now one piece... automatically you can see the age of this kit due to it's strange shape but I think it looks cute.

[BlackAce7727]

Base colour and camo applied. She's starting to look the part

[Andy H]

I like it, has a certain charm that's perhaps lost with these new-fangled CAD designed offerings. 

[BlackAce7727]

I'm glad someone agrees with me Andy,

Yes she's ancient but a fun little kit to make, as mentioned when I started the build she was the first all detailed model of a Mk.II Spitfire, outclassing the original BT-K Spitfire from 1954 and that terrible Mk.IX from 1959...

[BlackAce7727]

Evening all on SAS,

Today I made a good amount of progress on the Spitfire Mk.IIa. The big test was considering this particular kit was from 1984 I was worried about the decals, however I couldn't have been more wrong in that judgement! The decals were very good and complied to the model well and didn't break up or wrinkle... so a real treat for me in trying this classic kit out.

Also to note the decal sheet came with a lot of stencils and they aren't as basic as other kits from the period.

[Andy H]

You've done a better job than the box top with the decals. 

[BlackAce7727]

Just comes with experience with old kits Andy.