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first Spitfire Mk.Ia on Canadian soil - completed photos

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  • Member since
    April 2006
  • From: ON, Canada
Posted by jgeratic on Sunday, December 20, 2015 9:23 AM

haha, thank you Marc!

regards,

Jack

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    April 2005
  • From: Piscataway, NJ!
Posted by wing_nut on Saturday, December 19, 2015 6:46 AM
Beautifully done Jack.  too bad you couldn't fid a subject with some historical importanceWhistling

Marc  

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    April 2006
  • From: ON, Canada
Posted by jgeratic on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 2:32 PM

Hello Brandon, thanks!

regards,

Jack

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    January 2015
Posted by BrandonD on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 12:32 AM

Great job! Love those early Spits and you nailed it!

-BD-

  • Member since
    April 2006
  • From: ON, Canada
Posted by jgeratic on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 11:02 PM

Thanks Andrew, and thank you for bringing this particular historical subject to my attention.

regards,

Jack

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    August 2012
Posted by AndrewW on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 9:39 PM

Wow, Jack,

 

Very nicely done!  I cannot believe that is 72nd scale, honestly.  The detail work is incredible, stuff I find hard to do in 48th.  

 

A nice nod to our first Spit, Jack.  

Life is hard, it's even harder when you're stupid - John Wayne.


  • Member since
    April 2006
  • From: ON, Canada
Posted by jgeratic on Saturday, December 5, 2015 2:48 AM

Thanks Joe, I'll have to check in and see what you are working on lately ...

regards,

Jack

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    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Friday, December 4, 2015 10:35 PM
Stunning work....thanks for sharing.

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    April 2006
  • From: ON, Canada
Posted by jgeratic on Thursday, December 3, 2015 12:41 AM

Thank you bvallot, I'm happy to share this particular bird and it's history.

regards,

Jack

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    June 2013
Posted by bvallot on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 1:35 PM

She looks great Jack! Especially at 1:72 at that.  Very nice.  Thanks for sharing.  =]

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    April 2006
  • From: ON, Canada
Posted by jgeratic on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 12:52 PM

tempestjohnny, Cliff, BrandonK, allanToshi, and mike G, thank you all for the positive comments. Beer

regards,

Jack

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    November 2015
Posted by The Migrant on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 11:08 PM

Very nicely done, Jack. As others have commented on, the weathering is excellent Yes

Mike G

Western Canada

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    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 9:02 PM

allan

I agree with the posts on top. The weathering is fantastic.  Great job all around.

 

That is one really great build!

Toshi

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Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 7:36 PM

I agree with the posts on top. The weathering is fantastic.  Great job all around.

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Posted by BrandonK on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 7:33 PM

That looks good. Nice job.

BK

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    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 6:50 PM

Very sharp work! I've got to build one of the early Spits or a Hurricane with the light/black under wings someday.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 3:05 PM
Very nice build Jack. Weathering on the bottom is awesome

 

  • Member since
    April 2006
  • From: ON, Canada
first Spitfire Mk.Ia on Canadian soil - completed photos
Posted by jgeratic on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 2:58 PM

This is Tamiya's 72nd scale kit, with prop and wheels replaced from an Airfix boxing of the early Spitfire.  Exhausts are a resin product form SBS Model.

Spitfire L1090 was part of the first batch ordered in 1936 (serial range K9787-L1096), and by the spring of 1940, had found its way to Canada.  At an RCAF testing center, performance was tested against the P-40, and it was concluded that the Spitfire came out on top. 

 

Also, L1090 was involved with testing a newly designed anti-gravity suit by a Toronto doctor, Wilbur R. Franks.  It is believed fives times as many allied airmen survived the war due to this invention, and would go on to be the forerunner of G-suits for future air force pilots as well as astronauts across the globe.

regards,
Jack

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