no i haven’t. i was going to just glue the canopy meant for the open version in the closed position until i get another kit and can swap it out. it doesn’t look right, too tall, but if you can find one that would be great. i just don’t know where you will mail it from. don’t want to trouble you for a little canopy.
Joe
ready for weathering and matt coat. need to paint over some putty i had to apply around the poor fitting cowl.
Nice job Joe. I looked at the 1st picture and thought you had painted a purple spinner…but its one of your tools on the stand behind lol.
Look forward to seeing the end result bud.
Pete
Looks good Joe. The end is near mate … will look the business once its all together 
Just got my shipment in from Eduard, couldn’t resist Black Friday 20% off and picked up a combo and an overtrees. All 3 are Vb trops, thinking two Maltese and one American desert scheme. Question is which one to choose…
Ahh, the modeling life…
Maltese 100%
And one of the American ones too. Just sayin
Pete
It has started, cockpit on the Eduard spit Mk v is in this shot… ramp’s a little full so it’s where’s Waldo for the keen eye.
can;t completely agree with that on the spit. it’s just average to me
Resuming work on my Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Ia, which I haven’t touched since early November. Dry-fit the fuselage together and found the alignment holes are too small for their pins. Bored them out and now the fuselage fits. Need to mix up another batch of Interior Green. Cockpit sidewalls need details painted and maybe panel accent wash (easy to overdo). I hope to get the fuselage close before the month ends.
Well, had the old tooth doctor on Friday but got at it yesterday and cleared it today… just have to wait for it to dry. 
Looks great. An area I must try and get better at is the painting of the various panel lines before the other coats go on, it makes a big difference to the look
Thanks, I lost them completely in the blue coat unfortunately so I thinned up some black, more like blackened some thinner, and gave it a little love. Same with the highlights, used gull grey and thinned the heck out of it.
Maybe an idiot question Marks, but the reason for blue coat is … ?? ( I normally only do armour so my world is usually Green/Black/Sand or some form of cam lol)
On the carrier to Malta, the spit crews had the MTO painted blue because they stuck out like a sore thumb. Some went with just the middlestone areas painted blue, others said do the whole shibang.
Another fun fact, those planes had to takeoff from the carrier. So given that the flaps had two settings, landing or retracted, the ground crew put wood blocks in and shimmed them to ~35 degrees. Take off, lower flaps, wood falls out, retract and bob’s your uncle.
Could always use Tamiya smoke, gives the same effect.
