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My first post on britmodeller and my second 1/48 scale model from Airfix. I'm going to be brush finishing this model with humbrol enamel paints and will be updating this topic a couple times a week I hope all of you enjoy and I look forward to some feedback from you guys thanks ! This the colour scheme I choose for the finish with the 24 yellow nose cone and 123 extra dark sea grey on top with a Number 90 beige green and 135 satin vanish mix for the underside of the model ">http:// I also have some Sprue pictures and a picture of the paints themselves ">http:// ">http:// paints ">http:// Thanks for having a look And I'll be starting the build soon

Hi, Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain there will be a mass flypast of 40 aircraft beginning at midday today. From the website: On 15th September 2015, the 75th anniversary of victory in Battle of Britain, an estimated 40 Spitfires and Hurricanes and Blenheims from across the UK, USA and Europe will come to Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex, to take part in an historic flypast over the South of England. The event brings together in one place more Battle of Britain aircraft than at any time since World War Two. Present day aircraft owners, operators, pilots and engineers will congregate to create an event aimed to show those few remaining veterans who fought 75 years ago, and everyone that they stand for and on behalf of, that we, the modern generation, care about the sacrifices they made, that we will not forget them, and ultimately to thank them. http://www.battleofbritainday.co.uk/#!routes/c1px Thanks, Sean

Airfix's superb 1/48 Seafire 17, one of my older builds which i thought i'd share as i haven't finished anything lately. This is a shake and bake kit that went together very easily, and was a relaxing build. Loads of options available OOB - wing fold, ordenance, positional flaps. It all there without aftermarket, save seatbelts. Hope you like!

Kit manufacture: Airfix Scale: 1/48 Type: Seafire F.XVII Extras used: Quickboost exhausts, Eduard photoetched cockpit set Paints and colours used: Tamiya Sky XF-21, Xtracrylix Extra Dark Sea Grey, MM Metalizers, Citadel metals, Tamiya acrylics, Flory Dark Dirt and Grime washes, Xtracylix satin varnish Other info: Full build is here : ****link here**** So, at last she's all done. I hear these beautiful aircraft were extremely well maintained. I wanted to give her a bit of weathering, but my approach of adding a little chipping didn't really work out. The one thing these aircraft certainly wouldn't have is exposed metal, I have been reliably informed, any signs would have been immediately dealt with. Therefore, I spot-painted her to give her a touched-in look. Although I'm happy enough with the effect, it's way over weathered. But it was fun! Other things to note: the prop is on the wrong way round. Yeah, that's basically my fault... Can't really think of an excuse for that one...! The kit is absolutely excellent. It's almost faultless. Fit is perfect, no filler required. Decals are excellent. I hear there is a few accuracy issues, particularly around the wheels and wing blisters. The panel lines are maybe a bit deep, but to be honest, I think they're fine when finished. The only problem I had is with clean up due to large sprue gates and I snapped some of the smaller parts trying to remove them due to the soft plastic. The pics: The lights were painted with clear Tamiya paints, and backed with silver foil to (hopefully) give a realistic look: And here she is with my 1/48 collection: Thanks for looking everyone, and for help/encouragement in the thread. Val Edit: Fix build thread link

Supermarine Seafire FR.46 Airfix 1/48 Hi Guys Airfix's classic Seafire, build March 2014. I got this as a present from my cousin so, as it didn't cost me anything, I decided to splash out on a few AM accessories to tart it up a bit. so in no particular order. Quickboost resin seat Quickboost resin exhaust Barracuda resin wheels Rob Taurus vac canopy Montex paint masks (only used for the roundels) The Taurus canopy was pretty much essential as the kit part doesn't fit in the open position and mine was badly fogged anyway. The Barracuda wheels were fantastic, I'll definitely be using their stuff again. I was expecting a nightmare with the Montex masks but in the end they worked really well although it was a little nerve wracking pulling them off at the end, hoping that everything was in register. The only other additions were a few scratched details in the cockpit (which you can't see) and some brass tubing for the gun barrels. Hope you enjoy the shots Thanks for looking Andy

I plan to build my Airfix 1/48 Seafire FR.47 carrying 4.5" reconnaissance flares. According to Spitfire - The History, it could carry 4 of them. The only issue I have is how & where to mount them. Are there any photos showing them loaded? The Seafire FR.47 could carry 4 Light Series Bombs under each wing, which were obviously heavier than the 23 lb. 4.5" reconnaissance flares. I can scratch build the flares no problem, but I need info on the mounts/racks. I couldn't find any pictures or drawings of any bomb racks or such, on which to mount them. Can any knowledgeable person help me? Larry

807 Sqn HMS HUNTER, British East Indies Fleet, 1945. Over the Christmas period, in between Turkey, Puddings, Chocolate, Wine, Port and Beer, I have actually managed a little modelling. so here then is my first completion of 2015! This is a project I envisaged a few years back when I came into possession of a cheap 1/72 Italeri Spitfire IX and an Aeroclub white metal Merlin engine of roughly the right type. Its not particularly accurate, but was intended purely as a bit of fun that has kept me happily occupied in between family duties for a couple of weeks: FredT

This is the first one I've done in a while- building it has kept my mind busy in a very difficult time in my life, it's been a huge help to me! It's my first attempt with a decent airbrush (I went for the H&S evolution silverline 2 in 1). Cheers for looking. Jason

In September Sword (http://www.swordmodels.cz/) is to re-box their Supermarine Seafire Mk.IIc and Mk.III kits - ref.72083 & 72084 Supermarine Seafire Mk.IIc - ref. 72083 Two decals versions: MB 218 809 NAS ,Operation Avalanche, HMS Unicorn 1943 MB 156 880 NAS ,Operation Torch, HMS Argus 1942 Sources: http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72083 http://www.aviationmegastore.com/seafire-mkiic-sw72083-sword-859297772083-scale-modelling/product/?shopid=LM53c056b10982364d72a2bdddd0&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=122813 Supermarine Seafire Mk.III - ref. 72084 Two decals versions: NF 547 885 NAS, D-Day invasion June 1944 NF 434 809 NAS , HMS Stalker 1945 Sources: http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/SW72084 http://www.aviationmegastore.com/seafire-mkiii-sw72084-sword-859297772084-scale-modelling/product/?shopid=LM53c056b10982364d72a2bdddd0&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=122814 V.P.

Hiya, Another day, another build thread! This time I'm going to be doing the new-ish Airfix Seafire. Built mainly OOB but with the Eduard photoetch set of the interior. I've already finished the cockpit and zipped her up, but I'll do better build threads from now on as I have a better setup in the cave. Not the most exciting thread in the world so far, granted, but hopefully it'll get more exciting! It is the first time using photoetch properly, and it's great and annoying in equal measures so far... It does look good though, got to say, but you just can't see it atm!! A few special guests are going to drop in on this thread as well. An Airfix 1/72 Harrier GR.7 (old mould) and an Airfix 1/72 F-86 which are from when I first got back into the hobby a couple of years ago, and ran out of mojo to finish them... Also this 1/48 Otaki Spitfire MK VIII. And what a kit this is!! I got it second hand for a few quid, but the detail externally is generally really good, and the panel line detail is wonderfully restrained! I've finished painting her. This is all done free-hand with airbrush and Tamiya acrylics. Now, the chipping is a bit over the top, I admit. The airframe I'm doing was heavily weathered, apparently, and I am using the kit as an experiment kit to practice airbrushing and chipping on, which were made using Vallejo liquid mask and a sponge. Since I did that, I've not found a single spitfire picture with this level of paint damage... Oh well, I've been using my imagination!! This is the aircraft I'll be making, albeit heavily chipped! Thanks, Val

Supermarine Seafire Mk.III Special Hobby 1:48 Our friends at Special Hobby have sent us two boxings of their Supermarine Seafire Mk.III Kit. The first is for those used by the Irish Air Corps and The Aéronavale. The second is for The Fleet Air Arm and is boxed for the 70th Anniversary of D-Day. It is believed that the Admiralty first showed an interest in a carrier based Spitfire as early as 1938, when Fairey Aviation proposed such a modification could take place. This idea was rejected and subsequently left the Fleet Air Arm to order other less capable aircraft. The matter was again raised in 1939 and a Spitfire was fitted with an A Frame arrestor hook. After further investigation folding wings were added to the specification. At the time one of the major factors holding back a Sea Spitfire (or Seafire as it was to become) was that production capacity was needed for land Spitfires. Due to this Wildcats were ordered from Grumman for the FAA to be called the Martlet. By the end of 1941 the Admiralty again looked at Spitfire project. 48 Spitfire Mk Vbs were converted by Air Training Services at Hamble to become hooked Spitfires. These would allow the Royal Navy to get experience operating the type, which due to its narrow undercarriage and high nose was not the ideal carrier aircraft. The second major type for the RN was the Seafire Mk II, this used a cropped supercharger to provide greater power at lower levels. The IIc was the first major mark to be deployed in any number. The Seafire Mk III was the real first true carrier Seafire. It was developed from the IIc. It had manually folding wings allowing more aircraft to be carried. The wing would fold using a system of two straight chordwise folds. A break was introduced immediately outboard of the wheel well where the wing would fold upwards and slightly forward, a second fold would be at the wingtip. The Mk III would use the Merlin 55 engine with a 4 bladed prop. The Mk III would be used by the Fleet Air Arm, The Irish Air Corps, and the French Aéronavale. The French would receive 65 Mk IIIs which were deployed to Vietnam on board the carrier Arromanches in 1948. The Irish Air Corps were supplied with 12 Mk III in 1947 which were stripped of their Naval equipment (except the wing fold) by Supermarine. The Kit The kit arrives in a fairly sturdy box. Inside are three large and three small sprues of grey plastic, a clear sprue, a sheet of vinyl, a sheet of photo etch; and an instrument panel film. Construction as with most aircraft starts with the cockpit area. The bulkhead forward of the pilot is made up along with the instrument panel. This is added to the engine firewall, the floor area including rudder pedals and control column is added. The seat can then be attached to its backing of armour plate, this along with the headrest is then added to the rear fuselage frame. PE seat belts and harness straps are then added. The next step is to add both of the previous subassemblies onto the main fuselage. Lage side panels with relief details are also added at this stage. The fuselage can then be closed up. The vinyl parts can then be applied to the closed up fuselage. The next stage in construction is the wings. The upper wing halves are attached to the one part lower wing. The internal sections of the wheel wells need to be placed inside the wing sections before they are closed up. The right cannon bulges need to be glued to the upper wing. There is no internal structure under the bulges. Be sure to use the right cannon bulges as there are four different sets on the sprues. The propellor is the next sub assembly to be built up, along with the arrestor hook parts If your build needs them). The next major task is to attach fuselage to the wings. Following this the tail planes, rudder, ailerons; and wing tips are added. Attention then turns to the underside of the aircraft. The radiators, engine under cowling, air intake and tail wheel are added. If your aircraft has an arrestor hook this sub assembly is also added, if not then a plate is added to this area. The undercarriage is also assembled and added at this stage. Finally to wrap up your build the engine exhausts, appropriate cannon barrels, aerial mast, entry door, propellor assembly; and canopies are added to the kit. Photo Etch & Vinyl A small photo etched fret is provided for the seat belts & harness, Instrument panel, rudder pedals, escape crowbar, and fuselage stiffening plates. A self adhesive vinyl sheet provides for raised areas on the fuselage where even PE would be too thick. An acetate film is provided for use between the PE instrument panel parts. Canopy The clear parts are very clear and remarkably thin. Care will need to be taken removing them from the sprue. I am not sure if the main canopy will fit over the rear part as the instructions do not show this. Decals - Aéronavale & Irish Air Corps Decals are provided for two aircraft as used by the The Aéronavale. I.F.12 Flottile 1.F The Aéronavale, Aircraft Carrier Arromanches 1948. FAA Camo, French roundels and a replacement rudder. 54.S.14 (exPR146) Flottile 1.F The Aéronavale, Aircraft Carrier Arromanches 1947. Older airscoops and longer cannon barrels were fitted. This aircraft retained its post war FAA paint scheme and markings. French unit markings were added to the fin. Markings are also supplied to make any one of four Seafires as used by The Irish Air Corps based in Gormanston 1947. Decals - D-Day Fleet Eyes Decals are supplied for two FAA Seafires with Invasion Stripes (The modeller has to paint these) NF541 886 Naval Air Squadron, No3 Air Spotting Wing, RNAS Lee-On-Solent 1944. Full invasion stripes were painted as the aircraft spotted for Naval Gunfire. On 8/6/44 this aircraft flown by Sqn L Chapman shot down a Bf 109. The aircraft was painted in the RAF Daylight Fighter Scheme. The instructions indicate the tail parts were replaced and left in a base green colour (Primer?). This aircraft had clipped wingtips. NF547 885 Naval Air Squadron, No3 Air Spotting Wing, RNAS Lee-On-Solent 1944. Full invasion stripes were painted as the aircraft spotted for Naval Gunfire, in particular HMS Warpite. On 7/6/44 the aircraft was shot down by AA fire and crashed in France. Lt Hugh Land (RNZNVR) managed to destroy the aircraft and evade getting back to Allied lines on 18/6/44. All decals are printed by Aviprint, are in register and colour density looks good. Conclusion From MPM kits I have bought in the past the plastic parts in this kit do seem to have improved. They are well moulded with fine engraved panel lines. There is a tiny amount a flash on some parts but certainly nothing the modeller can not remove. Its good to see this kit available in different boxing with just more than FAA markings. Overall I would highly recommend this kit. "Aéronavale & Irish Air Corps" Boxing "D-Day Fleet Eyes Boxing" Boxing Review sample courtesy of

Hi all, Been working on this one a while and I'm ready to call it done now (need to take some HQ pics at some point though! I don't really know what made me decide to build this... Probably a lack of Spitfire building plus the striking scheme. Also, almost every Seafire (inc this one) were made at Westlands, only a few mins drive from me! IMG_7604_zpsead502d5 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_7603_zps6cfafd54 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_7602_zpsf871cbaa by Ben Standen, on Flickr I'm going to attach some rockets firing at a later date... Ben

Having spare Spitfire 22 in the stash, I somehow didn't like the kit as Spitfire 22. As I have some spares from AZ's Spitfire 22/24 kit from my PK312 build, I decided I'd take the AZ's kit seafire propeller and tail sting, and graft it on Airfix Spit 22. Still makes me wonder, why Airfix didn't release seafire 46 based on their spit 22 tool...

Does anyone know of any post-WWII FAA prop types, such as the Firefly, Sea Fury or Seafire. Tried L'Arsenal and WEM and neither does anything suitable, even for conversion. Wanting to build both my Heller Illustrious and Colossus, but can't find anything to stick on the flight decks! Maybe I should just have a bunch of crew watching a boxing match..... http://northstarmodels.com/2014/02/new-items-for-ships-in-1350-scale-askold-line/ Honestly, you can buy a boxing match, but you can't buy proper aircraft......

My second entry would be Seafire Mk.46. Box is usual Legato boxing. Sprues, there is some flash and such but nothing what a bit of sandpaper and filler couldnt deal with Instructions, decals and little PE sheet.

Seafire FR 46/47 Armament Set 1:48 CMK The Airfix Seafire 46/47 kits is reputedly one of their best kits released until the advent of the new Hornby owned Airfix and their latest 1:48 releases. That said the Seafire is still a great kit but there’s always room for improvement, if not to make the model more accurate, then to make it more interesting. This armament set does just that. The set consists of eighteen resin and sixteen etched brass parts that go to make up a pair of very nicely detailed gun bays. The resin parts include a pair of 20mm cannon, gun bays, gun bay dividers, ammunition bays, inner bay and outer bay covers. The etched parts are used to represent the fastener strips seen when the covers are removed, these fit around the edges of the new bay trays. The resin parts are attached to their moulding blocks by one edge, so there shouldn’t be too much clean up required once they’ve been removed. There isn’t any other sign of flash or imperfections other than thin webs between the gun bay dividers, and the moulding details look very good indeed and the covers edges nicely thin. The kits wings need to have the bay covers carefully removed and tidied up to accept the new items, probably best to cut slightly undersized and opened up with a file until the new bays slide in. Conclusion This looks like a great little set that will certainly ensure your model will give its admirers something else of interest to look at. It shouldn’t be too hard to fit, but would probably be best for those modellers with some experience of working with resin and etch and aren’t afraid to start cutting up their kits. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of

Special Hobby is to rerelease its 1/48th Supermarine Seafire Mk.III kit with French Aéronavale markings - ref.48138 Source: http://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=77712&start=60 V.P.

Using the Sword Seafire XV late kit and a set of Almark decals to model a Seafire operated from RNAS Fulmar/Lossiemouth during 1946 as part of the Fleet Air Arm GB I came up with this; This is the progress thread if you want to see how it went... http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234943393-sword-72nd-scale-seafire-xv-767-sqn-1946/

Hi all, I thought I'd share my collection with you all. Firstly, I have a confession, many of my models were built by a great chap who I think may be on these boards (Graham), either way I would not take praise for someone else's hard work. To make it easier I shall put the pics of MY builds first, then Graham's. Incase you're wondering, the reason I commissioned so many was that I just didn't have the patience at the time and I knew there were people out there who would do a much better job than I. I'm going to start my own again, just a shame they won't be as good as the commissioned ones. So, without further ado and in no particular order, my builds: And now for the ones Graham built for me: And some Seafires: A Hurricane: And finally a Mustang III: Enjoy. Marc

Hi All, I searched the net for Seafire FR. 47 walkaround photographs, or any other pictures showing details of this beauty, but I found nearly nothing (Yes, I tried Google.) As I know there's an airworthy example somwhere, but not sure. Can You please advise me, where can I find detail photos of the Seafire FR. 47 on the Internet? Or is there's any publication with this pictorial information? Thank You in advance Peter

Having some AZ kits in the stash, I decided to try to build another stright (okay, "kind of stright") of the box. As I hate spending cash on aftermarket unless really necessary (seatbelts), I expect some cutting, some stretched sprue toying, (ab)using some hypodermic needles, Just to give you an idea, I will try to achieve something like this: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234929894-spit-mk22-pk312/

Right, if I've finally discovered how to add Photobucket links via a smartphone I'd like to join in the fun with this one;

Following on for my conversion of the 72nd scale Airfix Spitfire Vb to a Seafire III I bought another Vb & a Vc to do the Seafire Ib & IIc. The first Vc kit died in a major glue spill so I sourced another to replace it and will restart that one soon as it arrives. In the meantime here's the chosen subjects and progress so far. They will form numbers 3 and 4 from a pile that is about to be joined by a Special Hobby 72nd scale XV. Who, me, obsessed? Nah. After thinning the fuselage halves the internal structure gets represented by some plastic strip. Next task is to form the bulkhead frames. One issue with the Vc boxing is the new wing parts are not such a nice shape as the older Vb parts and very thick. Once the new kit arrives I'll look at them again and decide if using the old wings modfified to take the new cannon bulge parts or thinning the new wings is the better route.

Built this one as a conversion from the Airfix Spitfire Vb using an assortment of parts from various sources and the kind help of a few BM members. The WiP thread can be found here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234927994-seafire-iii-from-airfix-72nd-spitfire-vb/

At what point did the interiors of Seafires go over from interior green to matt black please? I'm particular interested in knowing the interior colour of FR.46 LA545 110/CH of 1832 Sq, Culham. If it helps at all, this seems to be the last Seafire 46 completed in the wartime Temperate Sea Scheme. Thanks in advance.