Paper artist Suhail Shaikh is currently designing and making a scale model of a Spitfire Vb AB273 sculpture that will be on display as part of the Courage & Devotion exhibition at The Atkinson which opens 26 June 2021.
- Work begins on the cockpit canopy mold.
- In mdf, it has to be finished till glass-smooth in order to get a good vacuum-formed piece..long haul job and lots of dust.
- Meanwhile, painting begins.
- Detailing the undersides of the wings…
- Hand drawn details…
- Hand drawn rivets…to scale, of course.
- Finished with a highlight
- The wing underside with some weathering.
- Up close.
- Camouflage coming on.
- Roundel space.
- Wing upper surface detailing, rivets and all.
- The finished upper surface with weathering.
- Detailing the fuselage underside. Heavy weathering to come here.
- Fuselage underside riveting in place.
Posted on 29 April 2021 under Exhibition, General news