Subscribers’ Gallery : aircraft ‘S’

This is the excellent Tamiya 1:32nd scale Spitfire Mk9.

The model was built as a commission and completed in markings of Johnnie Johnson . No extra sets were used, only etch and paint masks supplied in kit.

The figures were MB models (I think).

The base is a thin layer of interior Polyfiller, which when dry was coated in PVA glue and static grass applied. Once this was dry it was airbrushed and finally dry-brushed to give the effect you see here.

Ian R.

Here’s my 1:48 Airfix kit that includes:

• Neomega cockpit set
• Pavla dropped flaps, ailerons, tailplane, rudder, intakes and exhaust
• Hasegawa AMRAAMS

I used Xtracolor paints and also scribed some panel lines and sanded some raised details away.
Hope you like it?

Here is the Airfix 1:48 Seafire F.XVII, the last in my series of three in a row!

• The kit is a new release and very nicely detailed and finished and reminiscent of the earlier FR 46/47 kits
• The build quality is similar to their MK.XII Spitfire
• The kit offers three schemes
• I just added seatbelts
• I used Xtracolor paints and the kit decals which are of good quality and go down very well
• The model was finished off with a coat of Humbrol Matt Cote.

Hasegawa 1:48 scale

The basic kit is the Revell offering of the Hasegawa tooling modified to represent a Sea King HAR 3A. To achieve this I used the Flightpath Sea King conversion set, and a few personal adjustments that were not provided in the kits. I also got the sand filter from Flightpath as an extra. This was my first attempt at airbrushing as well as etched brass, weathering and conversion. This is all the result of what I have learnt at both S.L.A.M. (IPMS South Lincolnshire Association of Modellers) and Cranwell clubs, which helped to achieve its second place award at the Newark show.

This is a Hasegawa kit 1:48 scale and built straight from the box (and what a joy to build). For painting I started with an all over matt white, and then I pre-shaded around the panel lines with matt black. Starting with light gray on the underside first, then a few light coats of grey over the rest of the aircraft until the pre-shading was just showing though, I then sprayed the dark grey along the top. After the decals are added and sealed with a coat of matt varnish. I then start with pin washes and oil filters to get the dirty stained look.

Here is my Revell Sea Lynx Mk88 1:32 scale. I added a few bits and pieces:

• white metal uc
• wing fold: scalewarship.com
• Paints:
• Mr Color, Alclad2, Tamiya,
• cockpit interior – Eduard PE
• primer: Mr Surfacer 1500 grey
• Tamiya polish for clear parts

Best wishes, Imran A.

Here are the Camel photos for the Subscribers’ Gallery.
Camel F.1, Eduard 1:48, model detailed to show the fuselage and wing internal structure, all the details were made by using scratch build parts, the materials are Evergreen sections and rods. Best wishes, Juan Villalba

This model is built OOB. The model really IS that good! I now have the Mk.VIII on order. There are two excellent builds in SMN so you can follow in detail how Julian and Dave C have done it too. Jim H.

This is my Airfix 1:48 Spitfire Mk.I which carries the markings of Sqn. Ldr. Brian Lane, a Battle of Britain pilot.

Sqn. Ldr Brian Lane DFC, at the age of 23, was the commander of 19 Squadron, Fowlmere, during the latter stages of the Battle of Britain. He was an Ace, with 5 aircraft destroyed, 1 shared destroyed, 3 probable destroyed and 1 damaged. In September 1942 he commanded 167 Squadron, a Dutch Squadron and during a mission on the 13 December 1942 he was last seen chasing an FW-190 over the North Sea.
He never returned from this mission and was reported as missing in action.

• The kit has been out a few years but is very nice
• I have added seatbelts and used Superscale decals
• I also fitted exhausts from a Tamiya Mk.I Spitfire
• I used the Blu-Tack string method for the camo demarcation and Xtracolor paints
• The model was finished off with a coat of Humbrol Matt Cote.

This is my Airfix 1:48 Spitfire Mk.XII.
The kit is one of the later releases and very nicely detailed and finished. I just added seatbelts. I also used the Blu-Tack string method for the camo demarcation and Xtracolor paints and the kit decals which are of good quality and go down very well.
The model was finished off with a coat of Humbrol Matt Cote.
I actually built three Airfix 1:48 ‘Spitfires’ in a row, a Battle of Britain Mk.I with Superscale decals, the Mk.XII from the box and a Seafire XVII from the box. I will send these in too.

This kit is Eduard’s 1:48 Spitfire IXe from the Royal Boxing:
There is very little to be said about Eduard’s 1:48 Spitfire IX family, other than they are quite simply stunning. The detail is superlative and the fit is nothing short of perfection. I love the 43 Squadron colours with the red codes and checkerboard tail markings on the gate guard at the RAF Museum in London and this was the closest decal sheet I could source, so it had to be used!

Tamiya’s RAF WWII acrylic colours (Dark Green/Ocean Grey/Medium Sea Grey) were used and the undersides received some muck and staining from the classic Tamiya Red Brown/Black mix. If you haven’t built one, seriously consider getting one!
Chris Jones