Completed Redo of Tamiya 1:32 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VIII

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To my fellow forum members,

This particular build took me a little longer. I was having some difficulty with my memory and it took me awhile to get back to normal. Mrs. Toshi said it’s just old age. LOL!

In finalizing this build, I AB a coat of grey for the bottom of the Mk VIII. Then with a free hand I AB the gray/green camouflage. Once that dried, I used the Testors CreateFX brown, gray, black, and natural stain overlying each other to give the weathering some depth. I then went back to a technique I haven’t utilized since my first build, a P-61.

I added the salt technique just to see how the outcome would change the weathering. If I didn’t like it, I could always re-shoot the camouflage. I didn’t mind doing that as that was really fun. Overall, I think it turned out ok. Please see the photos below, thank you!

Toshi

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A fine looking Spit, Toshi. Another notch in your building belt. Nice work on such a huge kit.

BK

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Another beauty Toshi! Those 1/32 Tamiya’s look sooo nice! On to the next:)

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Very nicely done Mr. Toshi ! The hand done airbrushed camo looks spot on, very curageous of you not to use masks but you pulled it off well.

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Pretty darn cool Toshi, looking forward to your next build!

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Thank you very much gentleman, I highly appreciate the praise and the read and reply! As I mentioned above, this build took me a little longer than anticipated but it worked out well in the end.

Next up? Monogram 1:32 F4-G Phantom II Wild Weasel.

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Another vote for a GREAT build and finish. Ya’ hit her outta the park, Buddy, (or in your case a touchdown.) (****:>)

Really nice job Toshi, thanks for the WIP and photos. I’ll be watching for the F-4.

Patrick

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Nice work Mr. Toshi! Wow, a 1/32 F4? You must have big hanger for all these large scale birds.

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Thank you sir, no big hanger. Just a very understanding Mrs. Toshi! LOL!

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Nicely done Toshi. Another build to add to your growing collection of dream birds. :slight_smile:

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Thank you sir.

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Toshi,

Your Spitfire looks really great! One can never have enough Spitfire kits on the shelf…Douglas

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Thank you sir, it is my pleasure. As for the WIP, this helps me stay on course with forum members help.

Toshi

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This build turned out fine. It’s the finish that I was most disappointed. I messed up on the salt technique. So instead of tossing this build, I decided to see if I can fix it or not.

First off, I sanded everything off that was affected by salt. Krylon Primer from Walmart and Model Master paints from Hobby Lobby. I have a seller on eBay that has the entire decal set from this kit. With this knowledge, I’ll try to fix things again.

Toshi

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Sometimes repaints can be very satisfying, my friend. I’ve done more than a few myself. Its nice to go back with a new bag of tricks and I’m going to relish this thread knowing how well you can re-do this. :slight_smile:

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+1 above.

I remember a TF-18A/FA-18B I built in the 90s. I experimented with a new flat clear paint I got a hold of, ended up “snowing” the bird white (its the excessive flat base drying up white). Let her sit a few months and then did a repaint.

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This plane was built in June of 2015. It kept bugging me to be repainted. I was not too happy about the weathering effect. While I’m in between builds, I figured that this would be a great opportunity to clean it up. Thanks for following!

Toshi

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I’m hoping that this redo will fix what’s wrong. Thanks.

Toshi