Repaint Spitfire MK IX “James Edgar Johnnie Johnson” - “​JE-J” is updated.

The latest update, one and a half years after the pink one is completed, and the other one is restored.

Spinning propeller effect:

This is a project that has been suspended for a long time. Let me review the progress of a year and a half ago。

Quote from Gordon Engroff

Very nice build!

The pilot is very nice too!!! Wonderful color art!

Were do you get this one?

This pilot is a finished model which has been painted, scale is 1/32, the effect is very good, and the price is very cheap. I remember the price is not more than three euros. I bought it on the Chinese website - Taobao.com. I bought three at a time, but I soon found that there was no more same to buy.

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I tried to use Photoshop filter to make, use laser printer to print slide film, and finally cut the effect. Basically meet expectations. I hope you can see the effect of the propeller rotating.

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Quote from Zaphod

Hello Ferrarifan,

you are closing in on the final parts, looks great so far and a good idea for the rotating propeller. I would have opted for the complete disk too.

Zaphod

Hi Zaphod, This is a good idea to use complete disk. The slide film I'm using is relatively thin. Although the effect of laser printing is good, it lacks the sense of thickness. I will try your idea. The effect with a certain thickness should be more real.

Quote from mikado22b

Hello Ferrarifan,

you have a very nice and cleanly built model, congratulations on your skills.

It is too late now, but maybe a small electric motor would solve the problem of a spinning propeller?

Regards

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Hi Mikado, Your idea is good. I also thought about this method. In fact, it would be easier to use an electric fan to blow the model. But the real rotation is not what I want, just like the fire, water and steam in the model scene, which will bring more surprises with weird means.

The last update in June, it will be finished soon, and I'm thinking about how to hang it。

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Hello Ferrarifan,

yes, almost done and an eyecatcher if I ever saw one.

Have it chase a Me 109E or a JU 87 (poor devil)

Zaphod

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Ha Ha... Zaphod, you are so humorous! Let me show you the pilot's eyes through the rearview mirror. Although the line of sight goes through the canopy glass, it is still clear.

It's actually done, and I'm going to put it in the background this weekend to take some fake flying pictures. At present, I use fishing line to hang it in my display cabinet, one floor of which is specially used by the Royal Air Force.

The final images of the finished

I'm a new learner of Photoshop. The effect is too poor. I should be more proficient in modeling than in image processing. Thank you for your attention to my other model progresses.