Supermarine Seafire FR46 / FR47

Finished the Supermarine Seafire, build it as a FR46.
On this one I tried a couple of things, using Vallejo chipping fluid, on the propellors and walkways.

 Getting a ground effect on the wheels. After taking the pictures, seen that there has to be some on the top of the wheel. For the smoke effect by the enginesI used Vallejo 70939. Next time I'll try to dillute it a bit.
The fuel stains were made with AK Interactive AK2039  Kerosene Leaks and Stains.

The overall fit was good. For the colors I used Vallejo 71078 gold yellow, 71110 UK extra dark sea grey and 71103 Grey RLM. Unforunately the top coat on the wings (Gloss Varnish) was ruined by a wrong Airbrush head. But learned some things on using the smoke effect, pigments and chipping fluid.

Supermarine Seafire FXVII

Currently building, Supermarine Seafire FXVII:

The build of the Seafire isn't very different than building an Airfix Spitfire. After builiding 2 Spitfires I choose the build thet Seafire with folded wings. 

For the topside of the fuselage I used Vallejo Model Air 110 UK ext. KD Sea Grey and for the bottom

Model Air 103 RLM 84 Grey

From the start I didn't took any pictures at all. On this model I used Pledge for a coat before applying a wash.

 According to this website: www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture, this should be the Dutch alternaive for Klear. It was applied with a brush.

 After letting it dry for at least 24 hours, for the first time I used Vallejo Wash, in the shade dark grey on the lighter parts and white on the darker parts. Quite happy with the results after cleaning it.

The fuselage is almost done, just some small parts. Than the wings can be attached.

 After the plane is complete time to shoot,
 some photos with a real camera.

Supermarine Spitfire MKXII

The second Spitfire I builded, I really like the World War II British and American planes, the roaring of the engines and the lines of the planes. I've been enjoying the sounds of the engines of the Spitfire during the Dutch and Belgium Air Force Days.
For the paintjob on the fuselage I used Vallejo Model Air, all the small parts where painted with Humbrol.

Airbrushed the grey color first than to get the camouflage pattern I used small rolls of white tack (this tip I picked up on the Internet). It took more time than expected.

After I was satisfied with the lay-out of the pattern, it was time to mask the grey. This was done with Tamiya masking tape and painters tape.

The result after cleaning up the masking tape and the white tack.

And the final result: