here is a 1/144 Mk.VIII resin model by Petersplanes.
Painted as 452 Squadron, 80 Fighter Wing RAAF, based at Balikpapan, Borneo in mid 1945.
In RAAF Foliage Green over RAAF Sky Blue.
Official Spitfire painting thread
here is a 1/144 Mk.VIII resin model by Petersplanes.
Painted as 452 Squadron, 80 Fighter Wing RAAF, based at Balikpapan, Borneo in mid 1945.
In RAAF Foliage Green over RAAF Sky Blue.
Last edited by flash; 12-22-2013 at 23:46.
Nice job Peter.
Rob.
Amazed it took so long for someone to post Spits !
Very nice!
19 Sqn 1940
R-L
QV K Sqn Leader B Lane
QV W F/lt W Clouston
QV Y S/lt Blake
QV J Flt/lt W Lawson
QV H Flt/sgt G Unwin
Tally Ho !
Hey Chris, have you suddenly found some extra time. You are certainly uping your production.
Again, a very neat Flight.
Rob.
Dare I say, "Jolly good show"? Well done!
A worthy opponent for JG 27 in North Africa:
3rd Squadron RAF, Supermarine Spitfire MK-I, Lt. A. Siradzki
With the desert movement deck from the Flying Legends Booster
My wingman MAX HEADROOM designed a wonderful card for this plane:
Last edited by Marechallannes; 01-21-2013 at 06:48.
See what I mean Sven? Nice though the paint job is.
Rob.
Oh Rob...
I like the Supermarine Spitfire very much - similar to the Sopwith Camel in WW I.
Can't wait for the Spitfire Mk.IX & hope for an Australian one.
Last edited by Marechallannes; 01-17-2013 at 03:38.
You took my breath away, Sven! WX-L, the famous code letters...amazing! Original pilot: Wacław Król.
More Australian Spits for the painting showcase, Mk.VC's this time from 1 Fighter Wing RAAF. These are 1/200 Skytrex Action 200, no identification codes yet due to decal shortage but they will be 457 Squadron RAAF (black spinner) and Wing CO S/L Clive Caldwell's aircraft (white spinner).
Very nice flight of Spits Carl
Carl, nice spits there.
For your Sqn codes have you looked at Shed Decals, white lettering for Ł6 a sheet contains hundreds of letters of various sizes.
All the white codes on my models are all shed.
Let me know if you need a link, but google The One True Scale should get it for you, they are same decals as with the Helmet model aircraft.
If postage is expensive pm me
Thanks Chris. I use Shed decals, in fact the Australian roundels on the Spits are Shed RAF with the red centre dot cut out.Originally Posted by Boney10
The problem is my production has outstripped re-supply! I'll put in an order through to Helmet this week, until then I'll see what I can find locally.
Cheers,
Carl.
Ok then Carl, but rather than go through Helmet, try direct,via The One True Scale, I'm pretty sure he does RAAF roundals
Thanks Chris, I will.
Love the OP Australian Spit!
I do 1/144 scale, and these were some early attempts for me in 1/144 scale, at Minicraft Spits, which I was told were terrible. I tried them, and they came out not too bad. At the time I built them, there were no pre-paint options on E-bay, so I guess I did these about 4 years+ ago.
Way, way back, when I first started collecting planes to use for the WWII side, before there were any official WWII minis, all I had as an option was 21st Century planes, that they sold in toy stores. The only ones I could find...were PINK!!!! They came in a two pack with an Me-262, and I thought that I'd never get the chance to grab Spits ever again, so I bought a pair of...gulp, pink Spits (sacrilege) and prepared for a repaint. I had exactly ZERO decales, so I was going to have to try to paint around the existing British markings!
At the time, all I wanted was a couple Spits to use for my son and I, so I wasn't concerned about a historical repaint. I chose light brown as the overall main coat, as it would hide errors over the pink color better. Then I added a generic green camo coat. As the years went by, I've hung onto these Spits, and as I aquired some spare decales, I added some better deacles.
On a side note, the pink Spit was a real paint scheme, I have since read. Used for recon. Before I repainted it, I played a game with one of my daughters, who of course, took the pretty pink airplane, and shot down one of Daddy's mean ole' Fw-190s! We proxied the 21st Century Fw-190A for Me-109s for the dawn of War game set. Now, I wish I'd kept those pink Spitfires...kids all growing up *sigh*. Anyway, here are what used to be my ole' pink Spitfires.
Now days, the options are plentiful for some super Spitfires from F-Toys, online.
Last edited by kaufschtick; 09-05-2013 at 23:39.
The first of my Spitfires appears over Valletta.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Again nice looking repaints Rob. We are starting to have a nice bunch of desert cammo planes here one the forum! The desert spitfire and hurricane are on my to-do list as well. If only I could get my painting supllies...
My 3 AIM Spitfires are here.
I've tried to give them the 1940 look. Almost fragile.
The Spits are so elegant.
Sorry for the shining effect from the decals.
Climbing to catch up some bogeys...
again, great paint jobs from everyone. I see more expense coming.....spits for Norway, spits for the Far East...the list goes on and on...
See you on the Dark Side......
These really are great. I have a Nexus Stuka in my hand right now, trying to get my head around how you folks paint these with such detail and realism. Very impressive.
Neil, this is the second mention of Norway I have read in the last few minutes. I look forward to seeing what you're putting together. My Mom was from Norway, and lately, I have had a growing interest in WWII history there.
Another very fine set of birds Quim.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Yours is much prettier.Another very fine set of birds Quim.
Rob.
Super jobs all of you
From what game are these mats, Sven?A worthy opponent for JG 27 in North Africa:
3rd Squadron RAF, Supermarine Spitfire MK-I, Lt. A. Siradzki
With the desert movement deck from the Flying Legends Booster
My wingman MAX HEADROOM designed a wonderful card for this plane:
Hello, you can find herebelow my Spitfire belonging to Eagle Squadron.
I simply re-Painted a Vybral's specimen. Then I put the decals "XR" on. I also added the eagle squadron symbol, the "C" letter and the vice-commander triangle
Spitfire VIII
Peters Planes 'wargamer' version
79Sqn UPoF 'Hava Go Jo', RAAF, Flown by Flt. Lt. Norman Turnbull (Smithells), Morotai, Indonesia. Late Spring, 1945.
Very smart aircraft Peter.
It makes a pleasant change to see one in RAAF livery.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Spitfires V trop Malta and Skalski Circus
Here is my humble attempt at Shapeways Spitfires V trop version in a custom paint scheme resembling some of the Skalski Circus planes [X] (they used V version for a very short time and did not score any kills with them - soon changed them for IX version). I like this desert design very much, so here they come to the rescue of Malta
Since I already have some of the Mark IX version, this was a must to get them.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Some more very nifty aircraft from the Nightbomber workshops Andy.
They will be a much needed reinforcement for our beleaguered chaps.
Kyte.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Marvelous planes everyone!
I especially liked your Spitfires Andrzej! I've been searching a lot about Skalski and Beurling to decide who am i buying. So its great to see the Skalski Circus!
Thanks
Nick
Love the desert variant spits Andy. Can't wait to see them in action.
See you on the Dark Side......
Marvelous Spits, my friend.
I can't give you more REP...
Had to have one, now I have one . . . photo recon Spitfire in pink!
We will be expecting much better intel from now on then Dave.
That is one pale pink beauty.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
My 19 Squadron Spitfire Vs on a sweep over France, sometime in early 1942. Shapeways models by Decapod, with decals by Mehusla.
Since the USAAF could never allow itself to go unnoticed in a thread even if it meant occasionally admitting to 'Reverse Lend-Lease,' here's a couple 31st Fighter Group Spitfire Vc (trop)s somewhere over Italy in 1943. Decapod FUD models; decals by I-94 Enterprises and Microscale.
Fantastic repaints everyone! Guess one can say that the Supermarine Spitfire is definitely being shown here in it's iconic true colours ...
Great looking repaints! Taking it to the Germans despite the lousy weather...
...and there are no ARES oficial minis nor even plans for themHow come?
BTW - beautiful models, Darryl.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Here are a nice flight of MVs I just received from Joaquim. What a wonderful surprise to find in my mailbox coming home the day after running games at an out of state show! What can I say about Joaquim that we already don't know. He is above and beyond a class act. Thank you my friend.
What a gorgeous gift. Quim at his best
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Indeed; quite a spectacular gift. The Black Flights are growing
Karl'
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Yes, we're definitely going to have to come up with some playable night rules!Indeed; quite a spectacular gift. The Black Flights are growing
Karl'
Thanks, my friends.
The Spitfires V used in night fighting weren't very successful.
Reasons differ:
The RAF report said that Spitfire's frontal vision was weak for night fighting and landing and take-off was difficult. There were a number of accidents.
The pilots of the 111th squadron don't agree completely. They said that they didn't had enough time to get the hang of it and the airstrip wasn't friendly.
After 3 months they were relegated to day combat. The interesting part is that they asked if they could keep their Spitfires black. It gave them confidence, they said. But after a few weeks the Spits were painted back to original green/brown colors.
I can see their point of view.
Two former Eagle Squadron pilots (William Daley and Don Blakeslee) in their 4th Fighter Group Spitfire Vs, November 1942. Shapeways FUD models by Decapod. Vallejo paints and Mehusla and I-94 Enterprises decals.
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