Eduard 1/48 Spitfire

[blkhwkmatt]

Another one of my older builds as promised to Joe. Believe that this one is the 1/48 Spitfire Mk IXc, from the 611 Sqdn flying out of Biggin Hill, Uk in '43. Eduard makes a great kit of this aircraft, had no issues in the build. This one is sitting on my office bookshelf to this day.

[Leon]

Nicely done Matt! You have a great talent for doing aircraft.

[mustang1989]

I've heard nothing but good things about these kits about how nicely they build up and all the details that are included in the box and you sure exploited that with this build Matt. Beautifully built, detailed and painted up and is truly worthy of a top shelf position in the display case. You've been a busy guy since the last time I saw you dude.

[robbo]

Very nice indeed

[garydavis]

GREAT job Matt! Love almost all the WWI and WWII aircraft....especially the spitfire and P-51. The P-40 and Corsair is right in there too.

[blkhwkmatt]

Apr 22, 2023 6:29:41 GMT -5 mustang1989 said:

I've heard nothing but good things about these kits about how nicely they build up and all the details that are included in the box and you sure exploited that with this build Matt. Beautifully built, detailed and painted up and is truly worthy of a top shelf position in the display case. You've been a busy guy since the last time I saw you dude.

Joe - the kit is very good, the only tricky spot was the top cowl over the engine. I had to apply a fair amount of pressure to get a good fit w/o any gaps. It was a fun kit to build. The other challenge is getting the camo pattern right since the Brits used templates to paint each aircraft for a high degree of uniformity. Much less room for "artistic interpretation" than in the Luftwaffe birds.

[adt70hk]

Apr 22, 2023 1:23:47 GMT -5 blkhwkmatt said:

Another one of my older builds as promised to Joe. Believe that this one is the 1/48 Spitfire Mk IXc, from the 611 Sqdn flying out of Biggin Hill, Uk in '43. Eduard makes a great kit of this aircraft, had no issues in the build. This one is sitting on my office bookshelf to this day.

Matt

That's really turned out very nicely indeed.   Really very good.

Since Christmas I've acquired a 'number' (aka too many) Eduard 1/48 kits, including a Mk IX Weekend Edition (different markings to yours).  Not built any yet but they do look very nice on the sprue.

Again well done.

Andrew

[martslay]

Great job!

[jeaton01]

Sweet! I have patterns for the Spitfire here: www.yolo.net/%7Ejeaton/mymodels/spitfire/templates/SpitTemp.html   Anyone is welcome to use them, they wrap around where wings and fuselage patterns intersect.  Similar patterns for the Hurricane and Tempest are also on my website for anyones' use.

[adt70hk]

Apr 23, 2023 22:16:18 GMT -5 jeaton01 said:

Sweet! I have patterns for the Spitfire here: www.yolo.net/%7Ejeaton/mymodels/spitfire/templates/SpitTemp.html   Anyone is welcome to use them, they wrap around where wings and fuselage patterns intersect.  Similar patterns for the Hurricane and Tempest are also on my website for anyones' use.

Thanks for sharing! Very generous of you.

Andrew

[stikpusher]

That is one gorgeous Spitfire Matt! Outstanding work!

[Medicman71]

Beautiful work!!

[Joe Rix]

You turned a great kit into an exceptionally finished product. Really outstanding work Matt. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[buddho]

What a gorgeous Spitfire... beautiful work here.