Building the rear end of the fuselage, including a bay for the retractable rear wheel. #archive #papercraft #FW190 #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Completed the remaining parts of the fuselage, added a horizontal stabilizer, and started working on wings and vertical stabilizers. #archive #papercraft #FW190 #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built the front part of the fuselage, all the way to the engine cover. #archive #papercraft #FW190 #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built the cockpit and parts of fuselage around it. Given the relative simplicity, it goes pretty fast 😄 #archive #papercraft #FW190 #scalemodel #histscalemodels

The Spitfire is finished, but I'm going to pull another build from the archive to give it a frenemy. This model is a lot simpler than the Spitfire, but it has nice textures that make up for the lack of details. #archive #papercraft #FW190 #scalemodel #histscalemodels

After adding the fuel tank, the Spitfire is now complete. That was my first kit of this complexity, and I'm still amazed how well designed it was and tightly everything fits together. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Thank you all for the warm welcome!🤗 The last remaining details is the detachable fuel tank mounted below the front part of the fuselage. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

As for the Spitfire, here are some of the few remaining detials: the Pitot tube below the left wing, an antenna mast behind the cockpit, and a an IFF Mk III antenna below the right wing. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

I'm sorry for the long silence. I got burned out from social media and didn't even want to look at my phone. I’m trying something new and hopefully more sustainable now (and probably adjusting the post frequency), we’ll see how this works out. Thank you to @tachyoneddies.com for pulling me back.

Completed both bombs and attached them to the wings. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Started building bombs. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Attached the mounting points to the wings and added a few more details. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Started building mounting points for bombs. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Finished the remaining blades and attached it all to the propeller hub. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

The first propeller blade. There's a bit of an internal structure to give it the shape. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Next up is the propeller, starting with the propeller hub. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built the remaining parts of the flaps and attached them to the wings. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built the flaps. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Completed all the exhaust pipes and added them to the fuselage. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Started building the exhausts. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Completed the front wheels and attached them to the model. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built the rear wheel. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Shaping the wheels from multiple layers of 1mm cardboard. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Next up: the undercarriage. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built a mirror for the top of the canopy. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Attached the canopy to the fuselage. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built the canopy. The "glass" is vacuum shaped plastic, all the frames are from paper. #archive #pspercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Added the sight to the dashboard. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built the wing cannons. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Added wing fillet. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Completed the air intake and glued it to the fuselage. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built a frame for the air intake. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Added skin to the bottom of the nose of the plane. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Finally glued the wings to the fuselage. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodela

Attached the ailerons to the wing. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built the ailerons. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Added hinges for ailerons and ribs on the fixed part of the wing over flaps. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Added wing tips and did another fit test. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Attached the radiators to the wings. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Added exit flaps and a bunch of details to the radiator housings. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Started building the radiator housings. The main part is done, now for the details. #archive #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

The main part of the wing is now done. Another fit test with the fuselage and it still fits. #papeecraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Started attaching skin to the wing frame. #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Fitted the landing gear bays to the wing frame. #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Completed the landing gear bays. #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

I'm building the landing gear bays. #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Built skin for most of the surface of the wings. #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Completed the wing frame and did a test fit with the fuselage. So far so good. #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Started building a frame for the wings. #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels

Completed the elevators and attached them to the rest of the plane. #papercraft #Spitfire #scalemodel #histscalemodels