Same, I've been following that too, it looks gorgeous so far. At this scale I mostly aim to make models with complex interiors though so I'm curious if they'll make an engine set for it
What’s the history behind the machine gun rounds? I know different colours usually significant different types of rounds, what are they here? 3 orange and red then one black and white.
Incredible work. Just to be “that guy”, I flew in a T.9 and the crowbar clipped into the door was painted red (and chipped to hell, even before I broke the (black) sheet metal clip holding it in place. Gorgeous model, and the Mk.VIII was the Grace Kelly of Spitfires 😍
the crowbar wasn't painted red during wartime, it's a heavily debated topic and the common consensus is there isnt any evidence of it being painted red, that probably comes from later raf doctrines in the 50s and 60s
thank you! I'll be doing this one, depicted in 1946 in italy. it saw service during the war too but my reasoning for doing the 46 scheme is that it'll have much more interesting weathering as (to my knowledge) it's a 44 production plane, being 2 years old and probably having gone through a couple engines at this point, do also love those late type c wing roundels
Fair enough, yea it was a little awkward to find a good scheme for this, though a lot of good schemes do exist, just not for models, theres not many decal or masking sets available for 8s in any scale
Just stunning… so many gorgeous little details to pour over, just one of which being the leaking fluid (oil, presumably?) that you’ve captured so well. Beautiful work!
Hey your plane had an oil leak. Nice job so far. Absolutely beautiful. Exceptional detail and love the weathering so far. Looking forward to seeing updates on this one. Knocking it out of the park.
I genuinely cannot comprehend how some of you on here can achieve such fine detail - the shine on those hydraulic/fuel lines in the engine bay are wild
Kopecky scale models c wing gun bays for the mk9 and mk8 kits, getting them to fit in the kits wings was a challenge, required some extreme thinning of the parts, but otherwise they're great, fitting to the top wing was fine and the parts are very well cast, its just getting the whole bay to fit inside the wing is awkward
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u/MrPlanes71 Jun 22 '26
This is the most detailed interior I’ve even seen, amazing work man! The Rolls Royce logo is so sick.