Airfix 1:72nd Spitfire Mk1a

Hi all.

Apologies for not blogging this as previously intended but there just wasn't time.

This is the workshop kit that Airfix are providing for the kids modelling afternoon next weekend at Hamley's toy shop, Dubai.

It comes in a plastic bag with turquoise sprues and is VERY well moulded. Everything fits perfectly and elements such as the prop, canopy, exhausts just snap into place with no glue required if you choose so.

The workshop goodie bag comes with paints and brushes and glue. The Brown paint provided was totally wrong however, being Humbrol 70 instead of 29. I substituted some Tamiya brown for the build and only used the AB for the varnishes and smoke effects.

The paint required some thinning with water but I got an excellent smooth coverage with the supplied brushes, which I wasn't expecting. There's something to this brush painting after all Tim

Issues..... none to do with the kit, just my own impatience as usual. Here she is:

Fingers crossed the kids have as much fun with this as I did.

Pete

now that's a beauty of a spit Pete! Lovely result, again!

Cheers

Hi Peter,

That's come out very nicely , just goes to show what can be done with a simple kit that is done well

Hope the children's event goes well

Robin

Thanks Wouts and Robin. Fingers crossed.

Pete

Peter

Great result mate and good luck with the show.

cheers

Rossco

there's nothing better than a nice Spifire and this is a really nice Spit...excellent work indeed.

incidently whilst researching ny 1/32 scale version of this Spitfire i stumbled across this on the webternet....a very interesting read...

http://www.simplyreflections.co.uk/mick.html

Edited By Chris Langwade on 16/06/2012 10:27:35

Good luck with the event Peter.

Nice build and sounds like the Spit is a better mould than the Hurricane....

Very,very nice Pete.

Its just so much more difficult to build and paint in the toy scale and you really have nailed this one.With pictures this good and the same for the model i hope you'll submit some Pictures to Robin for a photo feature.

neil.

Rossco: Cheers mate.

Chris: Much obliged sir. Nice link too.

Harvey: The test kit provided is a completely different one to that offered in their normal starter kits. My son has just completed the Spit and Hurricane and they were pretty dire kits with the same problems as my P47D. Lets hope Airfix start to replace all their naff kits with better mouldings soon.

Neil: You make me blush. Thanks.

Pete

Now that sir is a really really neatly finished Spit .

Have one in my stash - hope it comes out this nicely

Top marks to you for this result. Echo Neil's comment there .

Did you say it was brushed?

Dean

Edited By Dean Wynford on 19/06/2012 11:33:05