f1matt
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Continuing on with sharing my old builds. Here is one one of my favorites. Hasegawa's fantastic 1/48 Mk IX Spitfire that I converted to an e wing. A few extra bits here and there. Elevators dropped. My mother is a very talented artist and I asked her to apply some markings by hand. She added the maple leaf on the nose and the name Polly.
The invasion markings were masked and sprayed on initially. I went over the airbrushed stripes with thinned paints of the same colour with a brush to make the edges appear more crude and add some texture. While I like the look of sharp invasion stripes that was often not the case in reality. I hoped to get the rushed appearance without going overboard.
Thanks for looking.
matt :snoopy
The invasion markings were masked and sprayed on initially. I went over the airbrushed stripes with thinned paints of the same colour with a brush to make the edges appear more crude and add some texture. While I like the look of sharp invasion stripes that was often not the case in reality. I hoped to get the rushed appearance without going overboard.
Thanks for looking.
matt :snoopy