This is
my 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.1b finished with the markings of No 92 Sqdn.
during the summer of 1941. One of the original cannon armed Spitfire
Mk.I's
issued to No 19 Sqdn during 1940, R6923 /QJ-S was
bought up to Mk V standard and issued 92 Sqdn early in 1941.* (Note the
early style spinner and exhaust).
The
base model is 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk Vb.
The construction started with
the painting of cockpit components to RAF interior green. The
cockpit is modified with the following parts.
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Eduard
PE instrument panel
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Eduard
PE RAF seat belts.
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Ultracast
Spitfire resin seat # 48149
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Cutting
Edge GM2 gunsight # 48157
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The
additional replacements parts to convert it from Mk.Vb
to Mk.Ib are;
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Ultracast
#48112 De Havilland 3
blade propeller and spinner
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Ultracast
#61032 Spitfire Mk1 exhaust
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The
elevators from Ultracast # 61032 Spitfire Mk1 Control surfaces set.
The painting
was done with Gunze Sangyo acrylics. Upper surfaces are painted to RAF
dark green / dark earth and the underside to the RAF sky duck green.
The decals are
from Aeromaster (# 48682). Finally
after oil paint washing I used Gunze H20 for the matt coat finish.
Happy Modelling
Tolga
Istanbul – TURKEY
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Reference picture and information is from "Squadron Signal
Publications No:39 Spitfire in action" |
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