Alba (24)

Another filter, I think this one worked better than the previous one maybe.

Trying to see if the battery will sit either here or inside the sub-frame cleanly, and it does, so that's better. It wa...

I immediately realised that everything was so small that I would be hard-pressed not to lose any pieces, so I tried hard...

More or less recovered from the varnish disaster, it's not as good as it was, but hopefully lesson learned! Overall I a...

I actually think I did a good job, I used liquid mask to build the camo - the base colour was pink, then 3 coats of whit...

Finally finished. The light is not great at the moment, so this is probably the best I can do. I added a big oil stain...

I did put mud/earth on the tyres (these are the resin ones, the kit ones are quite poor) but you can't really see here.

The finished article. I am pretty happy, I think I more or less snatched victory from the jaws of (my own) disaster, I...

You can just see the bronze burnishing on the edge of the air intake here.

Finished article. The only problem now is that the space where the Spitfire is is a little tight, but I think I can do ...

Beacon have an 'expert painting tips' guide; I am not at all an expert but it was fun to follow and gave me some good id...

Overall I am pleased, I was nervous about doing this, as it's more complicated than most of the kits I have built so far...

Some better photos taken with an actual camera instead of my phone...

When I first ordered this kit, I hoped I would be confident enough to have a go at weathering it, as it seemed a perfect...