roadrunner Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Hello. Starting A Speed Spit from the Tamiya Mk I. To do that, I'll use this: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234954649-speed-spitfire-conversion-for-tamiya-148/?hl=%2Bspeed+%2Bspitfire A lot of Surfacer 500.... ...and sanding. Clipped wings. to be continued Edited August 7, 2018 by roadrunner 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 if you can be bothered the Tamiya kit needs some tweaks to get the basic shape right http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234968337-two-148-mkvb-spitfires-tamiya-and-airfix-new-spitfire-collection-expansion-project-finished-photos-now-in-the-rfi-section-080615/page-3 What stage of the Speed Spitfire life are you going to represent, as it ended up as a unit hack later with a standard prop and PR windscreen and different roundels a load of pics here http://www.airwar.ru/enc/xplane/sspit.html the wheel bump looks smaller too good project HTH T 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Hello, with the "racing" canopy and 4 blades propeller. But what do you thing about the flash? Silver, gold or yellow ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) hello, the cockpit neer compltion. Edited August 7, 2018 by roadrunner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Not my scale but it's the Speed Spitfire so I'm on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Popcorn in hand enjoying this one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) The cockpit is finish.What do you think about the seat, metal or Bakelit on this early product Spitfire? Edited January 19, 2016 by roadrunner 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I think metal... the Speed Spitfire was built prior to the introduction of the plastic, not bakelite, seat. I'm happy to be proved wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 very neat work....but, Note apart from the cockpit the rest of the insides are aluminium dope,eg insdie engine, gun bays etc. see here http://spitfiresite.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-spitfire-cockpit.html Due to the fantastic quality of the restoration work which took full 30 years, the cockpit of this Spitfire conforms almost entirely to wartime production standards. For this reason, the following photographs can serve as reliable reference to the cockpit layout of the production Spitfire Mk. V. note the aluminium behind cockpit. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 Thanks, I will correct this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) hello, I repaint the fuselage interior, the seat. and scratch a new landing gear controls. Edited January 23, 2016 by roadrunner 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Some progress 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) Hello The parts from Adrien (C460 ion Britmodeller) The fabulous 4 blades propeller Scratchbuild new radiator meshes Edited August 7, 2018 by roadrunner 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 There's some nice work going on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Interesting, particularly the new wing shape . . . I shall kept my eye on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Hello, some progress on the racer. Rebuilt of the cockpit overture with some styrene. The clear parts from a Falcon set. Edited August 7, 2018 by roadrunner 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Hello Mr Roadrunner, what did become of this most interesting project ..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 On 2/10/2016 at 10:03 PM, roadrunner said: Hello The parts from Adrien (C460 ion Britmodeller) The fabiulous 4 blades propeler Scratchbuild new radiator meshes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Hello, restart of my Speed spitfire..... ready to paint... ...and painted. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I'm so glad you're back on this one, Roadrunner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Me too! Is there some subtle message in you choice of blue? One could almost say you’ve given this British machine a coat of French Blue! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 Hello, 12 hours ago, greggles.w said: Me too! Is there some subtle message in you choice of blue? One could almost say you’ve given this British machine a coat of French Blue! 😉 No subtle message, Greg, Just a coat of Tamiya TS44, TS15 is too dark.....😎 but TS44 would be good for a Caudron, no? not perfect, but I let this as it is. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 1 hour ago, roadrunner said: TS44 would be good for a Caudron, no? Indeed it would! I am overdue to progress that C.561 .. but now we have a suitable blue thank you! This spitfire is looking very good. g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 38 minutes ago, roadrunner said: No subtle message, Greg, Just a coat of Tamiya TS44, TS15 is too dark.....😎 but TS44 would be good for a Caudron, no? ah, a bit late on this one, of course all we have is 'dark blue' as a verbal description, but in The Spitfire Story, there are photos when first delivered to Heston PRU in this scheme, note the blue of the roundel and tail flash is the same tone as the fuselage, which means that the plane was quite possibly finished in standard RAF roundel blue, which would explain why is appears so dark in some images. there is another shot in these markings, not taken on a film that makes blue look light and yellow dark, and the marking blue still matches the main body blue. Later on as a PR uinit hack it looks like K9834 then got repainted standard PRU blue, as the roundels are much darker Model looking good, did you do the blue. and then mask and do the silver stripe? cheers Troy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 That's a lovely looking blue bird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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