Spitfire Mk. XVI 

Glad you like it!

Thank you for your comment, glad to hear you enjoyed the video.

Thank you, John!

Thank you! Airbrushing is one of the things I enjoy the most in model making.

Thanks you and glad to hear the video was helpful

This was possible to do, because of the excellent fit of the Tamiya kit. Also, thank you for your comment!

Diky moc!

Dekuji!

I agree. I wish more manufactures invested more time into little details like that.

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

Thank you very much!

Thank you, that's very kind of you.

They are home made. You take Sunnyscopa Type A film-free waterslide decal paper. You make your design and print it on a laser printer vertically flipped. Then, use Mr. mark setter (the blue one) to apply. Let dry for several hours, then peel. This is not my invention. I found somebody on YT that described this method and they claimed you have to use these exact products. I did not check if other products work as well, but those ones worked for me... Also, this is roughly the idea of how HGW wet transfers work, but their technology is much more advanced...

Right, it is Tamiya's 1:32

Hi Tony! Thanks you and welcome back to the hobby. This is a very nice kit and you will have a lot of pleasant moments building it. If you don't feel up to the challenge to spray the camo free hand, look around for some patafix, bluetac or masking modeling putty. This will allow you to lay down the border lines and spray the camo fields. Peek around the ScaleModelAircraft (ru-vid.com) channel here on youtube. He is using that technique quite a bit. I found that channel quite helpful when I got back to the hobby - many useful tricks there. In case you are not a subscriber already.

@@DavidAndrs80 mate I have been getting over bad chest infection lately so hope that I can get back to my model table before weekend? BTW just ordered a Tamiya Spit mk 1;-)

Hopefully soon, work was crazy in past few months

Hi Dot Matrix! Re: how much to assemble before painting, I consider following factors: (a) how difficult it is going to be to paint the subassembly (is it going to need complicated masking, paint hard to reach areas, etc.), (b) would painting before gluing result in better colors separation, (c) how good is the fit of parts. But, also note that in this video I purposely painted parts before gluing just for the sake of the video. You can do much bigger subassemblies with this kit. As for gluing parts together: that depends on the glue you are using. The extra thin glues (especially the quick setting ones) work much better when you put parts together first and then apply the glue. But with thicker glues you ally the glue first. For airbrush I settled on Badger for two reasons: (1) it is very easy to clean and (2) it is a great airbrush :-D (I have Patriot 105 and Krome). For airbrushing I use Tamiya and MRP paints. MRP is airbrush ready and one of the best I tried, but more pricier than Tamiya. With Tamiya I find the trick is to use their lacquer thinner and thin at least 1 part paint, 2 parts thinner (that is the basic ratio where you start, you may need to add more thinner based on the conditions and what you are spraying). Also welcome back to the hobby - I myself came back to it about 5 years ago.

@@DavidAndrs80 Thank you very much David for taking the time to reply and is really helpfull, I will take your advise with me. I still have a Badger airbrush laying around, probably needs a bit of repair after 25 years of not using it. Otherwise I need to get a new one and perhaps a compressor. I'm planning to start this week, got a 2nd hand 1:72 F-101B Voodoo from Revell mainly for nostalgic reasons. 😃 Hope I can resist buying more kits than I can reasonably build this time around. 😂

Best of luck with your build

Hi Piotr! My go-to glue for painted parts is Micro Krystal Klear (it is the white glue you see in the video). It is fairly sticky (unlike regular white glue) and dries to matte finish. However it takes several hours to fully cure - which may or may not be an advantage. But, the choice of glue also depends on what you are gluing to what and if there is going to be some force applied to the part (for example tension from a rigging line, or weight of the model applied on the undercarriage, etc.). And, of course, how the manufacturer engineered the joint between the parts. Based on that, I can switch to super glue, epoxy glue or Tamiya cement (hexagonal bottle with orange cap) Hope this helps and thanks for your comment!

Thank you! Yes, the white glue is Micro Kristal Clear

@@DavidAndrs80 Cheers..thanks for that!

The main camo colors are Tamiya. Probably too late to be helpful. Hopefully your Spitfire turned out great!

@@DavidAndrs80 I hedged my bet on them being tamiya based on similar tone from your Hurricane build and went with that. Thanks!!

Yes, it is 1:32 scale

Antonin Dvorak, Symphony, No. 8. There is also a link in the video description...