Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire MK.IXc (DB build) 1:32

So now it’s the home straight

The wheels and some of the finer details to do.

For the wheels I found some resin 5 spoke ones in my aftermarket box so that was a happy bonus. They were primed with Mr. Surfacer 1500 black then the hubs were painted with the medium grey underside colour. Then I used my circle cutter to make hub masks and then sprayed the wheels with Mr. Color C137 Tire black.

A little bit of weathering for the fuel cap. This is just some thin black and brown enamel paint touched on with a paint brush then I blow air though my airbrush to make it streak.

Now the whole thing was given a flat cote of Alclad Flat Klear Kote and the gear down bits were added to the wings.

And finally I use the thinned Kristal Klear technique for attaching the clear parts.

Base

A friend of mine is making me a base for my spitfire to stand on so till that arrives the Spitfire is done. Now it’s time for the starter unit. I’m not the biggest fan of working with resin but this is fantastic, it comes away from the casting blocks so easily and fits together great (Take note Aires) its a very simple construction but i’ll pop the instructions up…

Then a coat of Mr. Surfacer 1200 grey…

Then all painted with Tamiya Medium Blue and the tyres with Mr. Color C137 Tire Black and the cable fitted.

For some basic weathering I used Ammo by Mig Rain Marks Effect. I simply dotted it on haphazardly then used lighter fluid to get this effect. I didn’t brush or drag it but just dot the brush onto the surface and let the lighter fluid do its thing. Gives a nice dusty kinda look to it without looking beaten and neglected. The same technique works with oils too.

The same technique was used on the wheels on the starter unit and the Spitfire’s wheels but this time using Ammo by Mig Light Dust.

Then using the lighter fluid again we get this result…

Gallery and PDF…