I'm figuring that all of my readers (the few that there are) are tired of seeing my Tiger I in progress so I figured that I would show "my few" a model in honor of "THE few". I finished my Tamiya Spitfire Mk. I a couple of weeks ago, but decided against a full story of the finishing due to a nightmarish experience with the decals (Don't even ask...). Now that its done and my blood pressure has been lowered from that whole escapade, here are a couple of pictures. As you may notice, the chap sitting on the wing is the one I made in a build a few months ago!
Excuse my mistake on the previous post, but I painted the accessories after I finished the camouflage. I used Country Maple by Decoart for the wooden handles of the tools. All gray was painted by using a 1:1 ratio of silver and black paints, in order to create a lustrous appearance to all metal surfaces. When I looked at the metal that clamped the tools to the vehicle, I carefully matched the paint to the colour of the camouflage beneath.
I've now put on the camouflage colors. I used Decoart Burnt Sienna and Hunter Green for the stripes. I tried to make them as small as possible for historical accuracy.This was probably the easiest part to paint, and also the funnest. My Tiger actually looks like a Tiger now! The next part will be on weathering the tank.
