Movie Stars in 1/48 - 1969 "Battle of Britain"
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Naturally there have been other tasks which have fallen casualty to my wasting time on toy planes. I find it very difficult to find motivation for models when there's an extensive backlog of more pressing tasks I must complete. As such, this modest pair have been on the go for around 2 years.
The Spitfire is Eduard's 1/48 Mk.IXe boxing, with a few bits adjusted to portray IXc MH434 in one of the several identities worn in the film. AI-H appears to have worn the serial "N3317", all of which I understand were stick-on lettering for the film, and is the aircraft flown by the inexperienced pilot "Simon" at the start of the film who tries to land wheels-up and is subjected to the Squadron CO's "dagga dagga dagga" one-to-one training.
The Buchon is a combination of Hobbycraft/Academy's utterly terrible HA-1112 Buchon nose on Eduard's very nice 1/48 Bf-109G2 with bulges added to the wings, dummy struts added to the tailplanes, squared off wing tips and a disproportionate amount of correction to the small amount of the ghastly Hobbycraft nose.
Naturally all paints are Colourcoats and the only decals used are the shields either side of the Buchon's cockpit. The Buchon markings were painted on using Top Notch Masks' set. For the Spitfire I drew and cut my own masks. Weathering on the Buchon is chalk pastel and Tamiya weathering powder, whilst on the Spitfire it was all done using Windsor and Newton oil paints.
The Spitfire is Eduard's 1/48 Mk.IXe boxing, with a few bits adjusted to portray IXc MH434 in one of the several identities worn in the film. AI-H appears to have worn the serial "N3317", all of which I understand were stick-on lettering for the film, and is the aircraft flown by the inexperienced pilot "Simon" at the start of the film who tries to land wheels-up and is subjected to the Squadron CO's "dagga dagga dagga" one-to-one training.
The Buchon is a combination of Hobbycraft/Academy's utterly terrible HA-1112 Buchon nose on Eduard's very nice 1/48 Bf-109G2 with bulges added to the wings, dummy struts added to the tailplanes, squared off wing tips and a disproportionate amount of correction to the small amount of the ghastly Hobbycraft nose.
Naturally all paints are Colourcoats and the only decals used are the shields either side of the Buchon's cockpit. The Buchon markings were painted on using Top Notch Masks' set. For the Spitfire I drew and cut my own masks. Weathering on the Buchon is chalk pastel and Tamiya weathering powder, whilst on the Spitfire it was all done using Windsor and Newton oil paints.
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