Airfix Spitfire Refurbish

Gareth Windsor
Oh no, You have bits falling off of it Derek! It's looking great, I have the 1:24 Hurricane to build and I've heard these older Airfix kits have a few little fit issues.

Derek Jordan Författare
Gareth, considering my dad built it almost 40 years ago it is in surprisingly good shape. I've got it to the point that I am waiting on some seatbelts and masks (I've deconstructed it as far as it can go, replaced all of the lost or broken parts, and have painted the bottom). After that, I should be ready to start painting it up.

Gareth Windsor
Nice. I bought some extra markings from Hannants. I thought it might look good with the 1:24 Bently parked next to it too. Love the fact your dad built it.

Clifford Keesler
Looking good Derek. Funny I just finished a 1/24 Spit a few months ago. I did not even put up any pictures of it.

Aaron Ma
Derek you always doing great work. 🙂

Derek Jordan Författare
Thanks, Aaron.

Derek Jordan Författare
She's done. More pics to come. I have to test out the new lightbox I got. Stay tuned.

Bryce Nicely
Great job on the refurb, buddy.

Donald Dickson II
Very nicely done sir! I like the not been on the front lines too long look. A hint of weathering, but not the been flying the whole freaking war look.

Clifford Keesler
You sir are the man, damn nice.

Derek Jordan Författare
Thanks, all.

Donald, I'm not a huge fan of severe weathering as are some of my peers. It's a completely subjective evaluation on my part, admittedly. There is certainly some great weathering work done, and I look upon those with amazement. Too often, though, I find that people use weathering as a way to hide flaws, not to try to give a nod to realism. That's just my two cents though. I'm becoming a bit of a curmudgeon. lol

I gave it to my dad already (it is a father's day present, but I didn't want it sitting around my house with a toddler and two dogs for any longer than it had to) and he was very touched by it. That made the whole thing worthwhile.

As an aside, how do I rotate pictures? So often they upload at these odd angles.

Donald Dickson II
I dont know. I have not had that issue.

Spanjaard
The problem with the picture may not be the site but how they were taken and the program that you use to see them in your computer. I have seen some programs that rotate the pictures based on the information from the camera. So if the camera is rotated 90 degrees, when you see the pictures in the computer, they are rotated so they look good. but the program does not change the pictures, so when you add them to the site, they are in the original condition, and therefore rotated.
you may want to try to check the pictures with some other program prior to upload.
you can test it for example, taking some pics of a model, and rotate the camera in some, then check how they look in the computer, and then upload them into a test album. i hope it helps

Charlie Spitfire
i think the cockpit green and in the wheel wells is to bright it should be darker

Derek Jordan Författare
Charlie, I don't disagree. This was a refurbish not a build. Those colors were as they were (or close to it) from what was built by my dad 40 years ago.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice.