Hi All
This project was a challenge from Mrs Lady Mog, hot on the heels of the "build an orange aircraft" which resulted in the QF-104 Starfighter, I was tasked, somewhat tongue in cheek to build a pink aircraft. I could have chosen a number of modern civilian types but instead it came down to either a F4F Hellcat target drone or a Spitfire PRXI. As I had recently finished a Hellcat in blue the Spitfire became the subject of choice.
The kit is the old Frog mk VIII/XI converted to a PR MkXI using the Quickboost conversion set. The aircraft is finished in Hataka acrylic PRU Pink from the Photo Reconnaissance set.
The kit went together pretty well, the fuselage fit was fine but the wing/fuselage joint needed some filler. All the raised detail and cannon bulges were sanded off and the panel lines re-scribed. The forward engine cowling was built up from filler to reflect the deeper chin of the original.
The conversion kit consisted of resin parts for the wing cameras and photo etch for the fuselage cameras. It also contained some clear resin for the camera ports but they didn't fit so I substituted some suitable diameter clear sprue.
The canopy is from a Falcon RAF canopy set and is the first time I have substituted a vac form for a polystyrene canopy. It is very fiddly and an awful lot of work and stress but I think the results speak for them selves.
I have never used Hataka paint before and accidentally purchased the pack mixed for airbrush use, nevertheless with a little thinning the paint went on OK onto a white primer surface although I did need around six coats
All the decals are from the spares box. I didn't reproduce the tiny serial number above the tail flash as it was just too tiny in this scale to reproduce on my inkjet.
Here's the finished kit
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Robomog, on Flickr
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The Spitfire looks white in these pictures but trust me it is a subtle shade of pink.
Mrs Lady Mog was suitably impressed but thought I had produced another whiff, I had to show some pictures to convince her it was actually real world.
Over to you now, all comments and criticisms gratefully accepted, as always.
Thanks for looking
Mog
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