SPITFIRE GROUP BUILD 2007-2008

Thanks Mike, the Mk 1a and Vb are both Tamiya kits. The XIV was the Academy kit. All had some aftermarket bits.

The Mk IX I'm doing is the old Occidental Mk 9, with a Ron's Resin replacement nose to correct the nose profile. Think I'll choose an easier option for my next one. 

Cheers

Tony 

Frank,

consider it done.

wing_nut wrote:

Hey... I got a pair of Mk XIV rudder pedals I am not using

Are You Interested in Sending Them To Me?

Chris

Darren-

Can you put me down for the Airfix 1/48 Seafire Mk.46/47?

taxtp wrote:

Actually here's photos of the three completed ones, all in 1/48 The first is a Mk 1a, flown by Gordon Olive, an Aussie in the Battle of Britain The second is a Mk Vb from 453 Sqn RAAF The third is a Mk XIV, 453 Sqn RAAF again  The Mk IX I'm working on willalso be 453 Sqn Cheers Tony

Nicely done, Tony! Those are some sharp-looking Spits! Which kits did you use?

gzt, check your PM.  I corrected my email adress.

Roy

jwb wrote:

Airfix is supposed to release a new tooling Mk. I in June, and it's supposed to have the flat canopy and two bladed prop, as well as markings for the 19 Squadron birds. I hope I can get that one- love to do that two bladed one.

Jon to be honest I'm kind of nervous about the Spitfire Mk.I coming from Airfix.  I find their kits to be a little on the hit and miss side.  You take for instance the Spitfire Mk.22/24 and you have a top quality kit whereas you take the Seafire III/Spitfire Mk.Vc (this was advertised as "New Tool" as well) and you have a hybrid of a very old kit with a couple of new wings added.

Still I will live in hope until it's released.

Cheers

I know what you mean.  For my pedals I think I will take the pedals from my MKII kit and just buy a whole other MkII kit since they are only 7 bucks.  I am about too try and correct the seat now so wish me luck!!

Chris

It may be a PIA :( I know  how you feel - I lost my gunsight ... flying away from me quite a long distance - never found it - maybe if i look into the vacuum cleaner :) - whatever I am making my own - hopefully a better one :)

For the pedals - it may be the only way to make them out of scratch - some thin plastic, drill, saw and sand paper .... and a lot of patiance

There is about 0.5 mm required adjuastement - you can take some from the top of the back panel or locate the whole panel a bit lower - or both. I took off a bit from the top portion of the panel and compensated a bit more with lowering the whole panel in the asssembly. But in order to know how much you have to place the rear canopy and fix it (temporary) using a tape or a rubber band. You can also glue toe piece into the fuselage anyway and than try to set a correct hight. Thanks to someone advice I was able to correct it before I glued the piece together - otherwise , imagine how difficult it would be to correct :(

Greg 

Thanks for the warning Greg.  The piece I broke is in three pieces,..... was in three pieces.  Here is a new one for you, the VENT monster took my piece!!!Does anyone know if they have a replacement they could send me? Also Greg when I test fit the CP the seat height and the head rest height look funny? Any Ideas?

Thanks, Chris

Actually here's photos of the three completed ones, all in 1/48

The first is a Mk 1a, flown by Gordon Olive, an Aussie in the Battle of Britain

The second is a Mk Vb from 453 Sqn RAAF

The third is a Mk XIV, 453 Sqn RAAF again 

The Mk IX I'm working on willalso be 453 Sqn

Cheers

Tony 

Hi Darren,

The reason for the long absence is that I was  building a model I couldn't find a GB for. OK, since you asked, it was a Tamiya 1/35 Centaur complete with 11,769 individual track links with individual pins.

I'll definitely be at Expo, haven't really thought about what I'll take. I usually browse over the last 12 months completed models the night before and pick a few out.

Since last Expo I've completed a few:

I'll probably bring most of these. Looking at this, I've built more armor in the last year than in the last 20 !

What are you bringing? We should catch up for a coffee and a chat .

Cheers

Tony 

Hey there Tony, long time no see, welcome to the build.

Btw are you coming to Expo and what are you going to enter?

Cheers 

G'Day everyone,

I'm just camoing a 1/48 Spitfire IX. I know its a bit early, but does that get me in. I'm a long time Spitfire fan, I've already got a Mk 1, Mk XIV and Mk Vb on the shelf.

Cheers

Tony 

Thanks Darren,,,did the trick,as I`m up and about in this here GB as well

Hope your son is up and vigorous again

hi Chris,

I have one comment:

- when you will put the cockpit into the fuselage, make sure you got your canopy located - otherwise you may have a bit of problem fitting this part later.

for a broken part: superglue ??

Greg 

Hi guys this is my progress so far on the Tamiya 1/48 MKI. I have the CP basicly finished but I broke the Rudder pedals and I do not have a spare.  Comments are always welcome!!

Chris

Wow! That's quite a list!

Darren, great to see you again, my friend! Happy that your son is feeling like himself again. That's got to be a relief to all of you!

Well, I got the paints for my Spit....and they are some wild-looking colors, too! Went with the Pollyscale line (acrylics...they stood a much better chance of getting through airport security ). The grey is almost a neutral grey, the Soviet top-side green looks like a faded olive drab, and the underside blue is much brighter than azure blue. All 3 colors look great together, and the red stars will really stand out on them!

Gentlemen, it has been done.

TANGO 1 wrote:

The Roll call: who's doing what to which kit! Tango 1..................Hasegawa Mk.IX "Nose Art"  JWB ......................Mk.I to  Mk.22/24   Wyoroy...................undicided.  Darson ...................Eduard 1/48 Mk.22/24 BobBaily .................Hasegawa 1/48 Mk.IX Ruddrat ..................Tamiya 1/48 Mk.I/Mk.V Jeaton01.................Possible 1/32 K5054?  Daywalker...............Spitfire Mk.? Wingnut ...................Tamiya Mk.V 1/48 ModelMan8................Mk.? Revell 1/48 Chester 101................undicided Arki30 .......................Not in----but not out! Harvs73.....................Hasegawa Mk.IX 1/48 Joe Rugby....................Mk.IX   1/72  Texreb.........................1/72 Mk.?  TryintoModel..................1/24 or 1/32 Mk.Vb  Kingthad........................something from the stash.  Razordws........................Mk.I ?  Silentmodeler................Mk.Vb 1/32 Hasegawa.  TGregory........................Mk.XIVc 1/48 Academy Phoenix7187...................Mk.Vb  1/24 Trumpeter. Triumf.............................Hasegawa MkIX 1/48?  GZT................................Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk Vb /Hasegawa 1/48 Mk. IX

Hello Chaps!

"I got shot down over Calias and came back in a boat......"

Right,

life has been rather hetic of late, so my apologies for not being around-see FAAGB for info.

Triumf, GZT,

you are more than welcome to join our Group Build and its a pleasure to have you here.

I'll update the roll-call directly.

jwb wrote:

Airfix is supposed to release a new tooling Mk. I in June, and it's supposed to have the flat canopy and two bladed prop, as well as markings for the 19 Squadron birds. I hope I can get that one- love to do that two bladed one.

I've been wanting to build one of the really early ones for some time now!  Ever since I bought some early sqn mkgs.  That's good news!

gzt wrote:

Hi Chris, It is not a good idea to post your email address. Its a better practice to put it into Private Message (PM) but not on a public group You can edit your message and emove the email address from there.   Greg

Hi Chris,

It is not a good idea to post your email address. Its a better practice to put it into Private Message (PM) but not on a public group

You can edit your message and emove the email address from there.  

Greg 

Thanks Guys for the color charts.

Greg, that is perfect those colors are what I have been looking for. I also would not mind having those charts either. 

Thanks, Chris

it may be a bit off topic but searching for some references for my Mk IIb I found this article. It is pretty exciting story. I thought I may share it with fellows building Spitfires.

http://www.historynet.com/magazines/aviation_history/6315102.html?page=1&c=y

Greg 

Did I mention that I will be building the Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk1?

Roy

Greg, if possible I would like copies of the camo, pretty please?

Roy

Hi Chris,

I am building Mk IIb based on Tamiya Mk I.  so I am current with the colors :) and I am using MM.

The colors you need are depends on the time of the plane flying

basically two sets of colors:

1. early ( call it this way)

Dark Green  (FS 34079)

Dark Earth (FS 30118) 

Sky Type S (FS 34504)

2. Later (I call it )

Dark Green (FS 34079)

Ocean Grey (FS 36270)

Medium Sea Grey (FS 36270)

and Sky Type S (for a band)

All Tamiya references including colors and camo may be wrong. THey make great kits but accuracy of their markings simply suck.

If you need I can email you copies of a camo based on Techmod (I found it very accurate not just Spits but others too )

Greg