Mark Ronan
Bloomington, Indiana
Replicating a bird that flew with No. 145 Squadron of the RAF in Italy 1945, Mark built an Eduard 1/72 scale Spitfire Mk.VIII out of the box. He primed the plane gray from a spray can, followed by black acrylic for some shading variation. Then he airbrushed the ocean gray and dark green camo on top. A touch of brown and black oil washes and pastels for exhaust stains finished the job.