South Rhodesian Spitfire F Mk22

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July 30, 2022
As usual I started with the cockpit. Pedals, seat and Armor plating is PE. It is a bit insane as the cockpit is usually hard to see, but I will build this one with Open canopy and side door. It is also my first time using Mig Ultra Glue for the PE. So far it has been a good experience.
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July 30, 2022
Finished the cocpit and glued the fuselage. As usual it will be hard to see, but the seat belte added a nice touch. The instruments are really cool but will be nearly invisible.
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July 30, 2022
It starts to look like an airplane. The fuselage seams were pretty rough so I used a tad of putty. It is possible I could have just sanded them, but better safe than sorry. So far the fit has been thight and a bit of sanding was neccesary to get a smoothie fit between fuselage and wings.
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July 31, 2022
Ready for som decals. I painted the model using Testor aircraft gray as the base color with some «modulation» using Tamiya KF-23 and XF-80
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August 1, 2022
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August 1, 2022
Decaling is done.
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August 1, 2022
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August 2, 2022
Dark grey oil wash
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August 2, 2022
Finished!
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August 2, 2022
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August 2, 2022
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August 2, 2022

Comments

20 30 July 2022, 02:57

Cuajete
Looking good so far 👍

30 July 2022, 17:35

Moreno Baruffini
Really looking good!👌🏻👍🏻

1 August 2022, 13:43

Cuajete
Good progress 👍

1 August 2022, 17:23

Erik Torp
Thanks for the comments. The plane is now finished. It was a quick and rather easy build. The kit would have been brilliant if the kit accuracy had been better. But if you want something that is straight forward to build and «looks like a Spitfire» go ahead. I had a good time building it and learned a bit regarding Spitfires in Rhodesia on the way.

2 August 2022, 22:39

Neuling
Good result!👍

3 August 2022, 07:50

Moreno Baruffini
Thanks for the general description of the kit and congratulations for the result! I find the panels highlighting very good!

3 August 2022, 07:59

Cuajete
Very nice job. Congrats!

3 August 2022, 18:57

Album info

This is the 1/72 scale Special Hobby Spitfire F. The kit is a «High Tech» edition which means it comes with some resin and PE parts. According to several modelling forums the kit has several accuracy issues, but IMHO it looks to good not to be built ?
One major issue with the kit is that there are no instructions for the PE parts. Some of the parts are easily recognized, but there are several bits I have no clue about. If the kit fits as good as it looks this will be a fun build. As mentioned in the heading this will be the South Rhodesian version.

South Rhodesian Mk22 Spitfire

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1:72 Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.22 (Special Hobby SH72127)

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