9/21/2025 This article will cover my build of the Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.1a "Brian Lane". I recently read the book Spitfire which was written and published from Brian Lane's notes while he served in the RAF during WW2. It is a great read and leaves you with a real appreciation of those who were willing to give their all (which Brian did), to preserve the life and liberties that we enjoy today. I am excited to build this as a tribute to him, besides which I love Spitfires – they are so beautiful. The only extra's I purchased was the Eduard mask set. Kotare is a new company and this is their frist offering. They are in Australia and are composed (for the most part) of talent that gave us so many fantastic WW1 aircraft – Wingnut Wings.
So here we go. This will be the first model I photograph using my new photobooth.
10/5/2025 Further down you will notice that I've painted the brown camo first. I realized that this was too light (at least to me) and I needed to redo it a little darker – heavy sigh. This ment that I had to remask the green this time to redo the tan in a darker shade. I am using the Vallejo Raf Colors Special Battle of Britan "Air War Color Series" for the exterior paint job. I had initially used BS 450, but since that's too light I've resprayed it with BS241.
9-25-2025 Here are a few more photos of the cockpit…
