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[Sharkmouth]

Great photos Paddy! Thanks for posting them.
I have always loved the MkVb in its desert cam with the Vokes filter - looks mean! I intend to do a painting of one at some point.
In the meantime i always loved this photo for a ref on weathering a spit in desert/ Med cammo. Panel lines clearly stained and no color is actually a solid one when looked at as an overview.
My 2 cents on the weathering subject, as I thought I might 'weigh in' with it being my thing, as I don't build clean models and never have.
Its the same process when you paint any military vehicle or plane as a model or a 2D artwork. No color is one solid layer except the 1st base coat, after that each layer is mottled with darker small patches, then fading is added on top and shadows/ stains on top of that. Then if you are adding dust as the final weathering you can use oils or Acrylics in a very light drybrush method(in small areas) to simulate darker imperfections and stains on top of the dust, which works a treat.
End result is what you see below
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Ahhh, Chappie! Yes, I should pull that one off the shelf and finish it! Too bad mine is an Airfix conversion and Eduard does ave a proper Mk.Vc available (which I have the sprue tree frames).

Other views of Chappie:

Another US Spitfire with Vokes looks goofy though!

Another US aircraft, ugly as sin but my cup-o'-tea:
Spitfire Mk Vc 85th FS with James Bevilacqua on the Spitfire wing.

This is the same aircraft but wing sitter is unidentified:

Third photo and note that the 'head' on the nose is likely a yellow or light green color"

British aircraft which I 'think' is a MkVb (reason for my second Airfix kit) but I am unsure:

Post war Greek Mk Vc with Vokes and teeth: