Heller Bouchier Spitfire XVI 1/72........

[Allan31]

Starting with the old Heller kit, (also issued once by Airfix,) we find some wonderful old, short shot, warped black plastic.

 

 

 

 

Putty, thick plastic and sanding sticks are our friend.

Upper and lower wings were badly warped but after some time with the hair dryer all looked much better. I reshaped the rudder for better accuracy.

I sanded off all the raised detail for pencil panel lines.

 

 

 

I am going to do Cecil Bouchier's personal a/c finished in all gloss black with gold trim. Always a killer combo.

I have the "Lifelike" decal sheet, 72-006

 

 

A coat of Tamiya fine grey primer followed by Tamiya Nato Black (my go-to "scale black").

My colored pencils were not working well on this so I used a pin and scored through the black to show fine grey panel lines.

The first decal I applied for some reason shattered so was replaced with a dark roundel that I will hand paint light blue later. All others went on just fine.

 

 

 

Not perfect but it does pass the 6inch-1foot test. I flat spotted the tires and Futured the canopy.

 

 

 

 

 

It is the prettiest color scheme on the shelf, stands out from the usual grey and green.

 

 

Thanks for looking this far....

Edited February 1, 2021 by Allan31