MRA
@mrasoft.bsky.social
Software developer, native Dutch speaking citizen of 🇳🇱, always learning, areas of interest: C# | Blazor | Azure DevOps | VBA/MsAccess | Scale model building | Star Trek DS9
Finished this Airfix 1:72 Spitfire Mk Vc and closing this thread. Did enjoy this build as many things went much better. Up to the stash next model kit ✈️
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Finished this Airfix 1:72 Spitfire Mk Vc and closing this thread. Did enjoy this build as many things went much better. Up to the stash next model kit ✈️
My Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Mk Vc is ready. Coming from the 2020 range release for which new molds are used what can be seen in most parts having a good fit (except for the canopy). Airbrushing went better by using other needle sizes, a lower air pressure and retarder.
#histscalemodels
#scalemodels
#histscalemodels
#scalemodels
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Mk Vc is ready. Coming from the 2020 range release for which new molds are used what can be seen in most parts having a good fit (except for the canopy). Airbrushing went better by using other needle sizes, a lower air pressure and retarder.
#histscalemodels
#scalemodels
#histscalemodels
#scalemodels
The pilot enjoys the last moments without canopy before forever being locked up in its cockpit.
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The pilot enjoys the last moments without canopy before forever being locked up in its cockpit.
The exhaust stubs are given a somewhat burnt copper colour. Ultra Matt Polyurethane varnish is applied, and now the pilot is strapped. Hope you are comfortable Sir / Ma'am.
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The exhaust stubs are given a somewhat burnt copper colour. Ultra Matt Polyurethane varnish is applied, and now the pilot is strapped. Hope you are comfortable Sir / Ma'am.
Chipping, many ways to do that and to what extend? I keep it simple, just using a sponge.
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Chipping, many ways to do that and to what extend? I keep it simple, just using a sponge.
Did the panel lines using heavily diluted Vallejo Model Color Black. Applied using a brush and a cotton bud. One can see a result.
October 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Did the panel lines using heavily diluted Vallejo Model Color Black. Applied using a brush and a cotton bud. One can see a result.
All parts painted and gloss coated by now and ready to be weathered. I am going to use several Vallejo washes for that.
Some dry fitting and the pilot figure sitting on his plane before being glued in his cockpit chair forever.
Some dry fitting and the pilot figure sitting on his plane before being glued in his cockpit chair forever.
October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
All parts painted and gloss coated by now and ready to be weathered. I am going to use several Vallejo washes for that.
Some dry fitting and the pilot figure sitting on his plane before being glued in his cockpit chair forever.
Some dry fitting and the pilot figure sitting on his plane before being glued in his cockpit chair forever.
Canopy time, what are we going to make of it?
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Canopy time, what are we going to make of it?
What's it gonna be? 🤔 Silver I guess 😎
October 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What's it gonna be? 🤔 Silver I guess 😎
At a fair I got some old pilot figures from model kits that were scrapped. This pilot figure might not be the best but it has the best fit for the model kit's pilot chair. Patching up the pilot as best as possible for his 2nd career.
October 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
At a fair I got some old pilot figures from model kits that were scrapped. This pilot figure might not be the best but it has the best fit for the model kit's pilot chair. Patching up the pilot as best as possible for his 2nd career.
And this it's gonna be, prop strike damage included 💥
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
And this it's gonna be, prop strike damage included 💥
Two spinners out-of-the-box. We have chosen the pointier one. Prop strike damage included 💥
October 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Two spinners out-of-the-box. We have chosen the pointier one. Prop strike damage included 💥
The jet engine and its gondola. What kind of colours are we going to use?
September 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The jet engine and its gondola. What kind of colours are we going to use?
Aviation museum Aviodrome (NL) has a same kind of pointier spinner on their Spitfire Mk.IX replica. The plane looks better with the pointier one so I am going to use that for my model kit. Thanks for sharing the image.
September 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Aviation museum Aviodrome (NL) has a same kind of pointier spinner on their Spitfire Mk.IX replica. The plane looks better with the pointier one so I am going to use that for my model kit. Thanks for sharing the image.
Some dry fitting. For a quiet morning to think about, what spinner would you use for a Spitfire Mk Vc? 🤔
#histscalemodels
#histscalemodels
September 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Some dry fitting. For a quiet morning to think about, what spinner would you use for a Spitfire Mk Vc? 🤔
#histscalemodels
#histscalemodels
Well done 👏🏻 and your B-58 posts are a good source of inspiration for my model kit that has been on my shelf of doom ever since 1986 😳 Hope my model kit will be as good as yours.
September 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Well done 👏🏻 and your B-58 posts are a good source of inspiration for my model kit that has been on my shelf of doom ever since 1986 😳 Hope my model kit will be as good as yours.
All decals and stencils applied and set. The roundels at the plane's upper side went pale so I had to touch them up using some paint.
September 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
All decals and stencils applied and set. The roundels at the plane's upper side went pale so I had to touch them up using some paint.
Paths of Glory (1957) - with Kirk Douglas -
September 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Paths of Glory (1957) - with Kirk Douglas -
So I started the model kit with the chairs in the cockpit to begin with. Trying to paint a 1:144 cockpit interior is quite a challenge 🔬🔎🖌️👓
September 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
So I started the model kit with the chairs in the cockpit to begin with. Trying to paint a 1:144 cockpit interior is quite a challenge 🔬🔎🖌️👓
Between the rainy ☔ autumn days ☁️ we have a single sunny 🔆 day today. The Spit with its decals and stencils in progress enjoying some desert-like sunshine.
September 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Between the rainy ☔ autumn days ☁️ we have a single sunny 🔆 day today. The Spit with its decals and stencils in progress enjoying some desert-like sunshine.
Nice indeed. Your model kit starts looking somewhat like this one in the Aviodrome Aviation museum (NL). I have the Italeri model kit in my stash and once I start its build I want it to make it look like the F-104G in that museum.
September 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Nice indeed. Your model kit starts looking somewhat like this one in the Aviodrome Aviation museum (NL). I have the Italeri model kit in my stash and once I start its build I want it to make it look like the F-104G in that museum.
A few days later. Not sparkling white ⚪️ yet, but it has improved. I guess the whitening will go much faster in an environment more sunny ☀️
September 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A few days later. Not sparkling white ⚪️ yet, but it has improved. I guess the whitening will go much faster in an environment more sunny ☀️
At a fair I got some old decals from model kits that were scrapped.
So let’s find out whether the sun ☀️ will do it’s Ultra Violet-job removing the yellowed parts of the decal sheet 😎
So let’s find out whether the sun ☀️ will do it’s Ultra Violet-job removing the yellowed parts of the decal sheet 😎
September 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
At a fair I got some old decals from model kits that were scrapped.
So let’s find out whether the sun ☀️ will do it’s Ultra Violet-job removing the yellowed parts of the decal sheet 😎
So let’s find out whether the sun ☀️ will do it’s Ultra Violet-job removing the yellowed parts of the decal sheet 😎
Only 55 stencils to go for the Spitfire Mk Vc but it's a not HeaviesGB
September 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Only 55 stencils to go for the Spitfire Mk Vc but it's a not HeaviesGB
The first stencil, 55 to go 😅
September 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The first stencil, 55 to go 😅