cynicaljohnny Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Hi Are there correction sets currently available for the Airfix Seafire 47 chin, and the nose/prop of the academy Spit XIV? BOth in 1/48th, of course... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 For the academy kit there have been a number of sets to correct the "heavy" looking nose. Daco is one that comes to my mind, but I'm sure there was another one. Personally I believe these don't really correct the shape enough and the best solution is an aeroclub Mk.21 fuselage. If you just need the propeller, quickboost has one and they also have the upper engine cowling with exhausts. I'm not aware of any set to correct the chin intake of the Airfix seafire. Quickboost again has the upper cowling in resin (correcting the shape of the rocker covers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Heritage do a Seafire46/47 conversion with a corrected chin intake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 There was at least one thread here discussing the Seafire 47 chin intake, with, I believe, Jon Kunak-Tabinor (did I get that right? "Jonners", anyway) proposing a method to use kit parts. If I'm really diligent I'll hunt up a link... bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastieboy Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Replacement for the spitfire 14 nose for academy kit is available from DACO http://ultra.glo.be/daco/KSpit.html Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rogers Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Ron's Resin used to do a nose, prop and radiator upgrade for the XIV. Think it's OOP but they do turn up now and again. Got mine from Snowy Mountain Models in Melbourne, who unfortunately went bust in Oct 2010. Roy Sutherland has done a correction kit for the FR47, which is geat quality and very comprehensive. FR47 : http://www.kitreview.com/reviews/SeafireDetailbg_1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Replacement for the spitfire 14 nose for academy kit is available from DACO http://ultra.glo.be/daco/KSpit.htmlHope this helps I'd be a bit wary of the Daco set. I bought two of them some years back and found that the nose was a blatant rip-off of the inaccurate Airfix F22/24 part and the underwing radiator housings were inaccurate in plan form. Now I see that the set has apparently been updated as of two years ago (after I bought it and let Daco know what I thought of it). But from what I can see on the photo on the linked page, the radiators are still curved in plan view – quite wrong, in other words. So, exercise some care before buying, would be my advice. /Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelvy Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 There was at least one thread here discussing the Seafire 47 chin intake...bob Link here - http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...hl=SEAFIRE+fr47 I've used this technique and was quite happy with the result. It wasn't a perfect fix, but it was a big improvement on the otherwise over-heavy chin. It was in other areas that I buggered the kit up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Roy Sutherland has done a correction kit for the FR47, which is geat quality and very comprehensive.FR47 : http://www.kitreview.com/reviews/SeafireDetailbg_1.htm That review is 13 years old… ;-) And I think the only way to get Roy's Seafire kit would be to pay an exorbitant price on Ebay. It's not included in the kits listed on his current website, http://barracudacals.com/products.php?cat=14. Best, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regulus Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The original 1/48 Cooper Details resin Seafire 47 exterior set had the correction for the chin intake, amongst many other things that allowed some refinement of an already-nice kit. I believe those parts/patterns were sold to Compass Rose, who had also released the 1/48 Wyvern detail sets, from patterns done by Roy Sutherland. It is my understanding that eventually the late Spitfire/Seafire upgrade sets will be released as entirely new sets from Roy's Barracuda Studios in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 David, thanks for finding the link to Jon's build. I searched for Airfix+Seafire and got pages of returns which seemed to include anything mentioning Airfix. Grr! bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 There's a replacement cowling in the Aires detail set. Don't know if it's accurate nor if you wanted to buy the complete set but maybe someone could have one that they're not going to use? Hope this is of help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I searched for Airfix+Seafire and got pages of returns which seemed to include anything mentioning Airfix. Grr! The search function isn't brilliant, but the solution to that is to use +airfix +seafire - it should then find only threads that have both words. Using "airfix seafire" will produce only threads that have that exact phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelvy Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I went for the obvious - " Seafire FR47". As I knew more or less when the thread started and who started it I didn't take long. Those are good tips, though and I'll try to remember next time I have to look for something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 It is my understanding that eventually the late Spitfire/Seafire upgrade sets will be released as entirely new sets from Roy's Barracuda Studios in the future. That is the best piece of modelling news I've seen for a long time! Roy's sets are in a class by themselves. /Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynicaljohnny Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Thanks for the help guys - obviously a couple of options to try. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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