The wooksta V2.0 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Another one of my "Plan" items, this is a Spiteful F.14 of 607 Sqn RAuxAF, circa 1950ish. Home cast resin, using a modified Pegasus second tooling and some CMR parts as a master, with the canopy - as ill fitting as it is clear - from the Magna Spiteful. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 That looks very smart and you cast it yourself... impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Looks great. A home brewed kit, great work. Got a rare planes one in the stash going to do it natural metal RAuxAF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 4 minutes ago, invidia said: Looks great. A home brewed kit, great work. Got a rare planes one in the stash going to do it natural metal RAuxAF Like this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 4 hours ago, invidia said: Looks great. A home brewed kit, great work. Got a rare planes one in the stash going to do it natural metal RAuxAF The Rareplanes one will need considerable reworking of the tail surfaces as they are both incorrectly shaped and way too small. The Czech resin kit that Pegasus used as a master for his Spiteful in '83 had the same errors which he carried over into his second kit and later the 48th Silver Cloud kit. Fixing it is relatively easy - strip an Airfix F22 of it's tail surfaces and use it as a basis for conversion to a Spitfire F21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Superb build and finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 tasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 13 hours ago, Devilfish said: Like this one? 8 hours ago, The Wooksta! said: The Rareplanes one will need considerable reworking of the tail surfaces as they are both incorrectly shaped and way too small. The Czech resin kit that Pegasus used as a master for his Spiteful in '83 had the same errors which he carried over into his second kit and later the 48th Silver Cloud kit. Fixing it is relatively easy - strip an Airfix F22 of it's tail surfaces and use it as a basis for conversion to a Spitfire F21. very similer to the decals i am going to use. I have a airfix spitfire f22 which is abit old and battered, going to be used for cockpit parts, wheels and tail planes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael louey Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Hi Wooksta, Very nice build. I built the 1st Pegasus kit a long time ago. The main things I recall about it were - the really thick canopy, very thick props and radiators that needed a lot of work to open up their faces. I did have the Rareplanes kit at one stage too, not sure if I still do. I picked up the CMR kit a couple of years ago and plan to build it "as is". It belonged to one of our club members who passed away. He used to have 2 parallel themes to me - Spitfires and FW 190's and we used to compare our builds. Since you moulded your own kit - what's wrong with the CMR one? I have vague recollections that maybe it and the later (AZ?) kit may have nose profiles which are too slim in plan to fit a Griffon. Cheers Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 10 hours ago, invidia said: very similer to the decals i am going to use. I have a airfix spitfire f22 which is abit old and battered, going to be used for cockpit parts, wheels and tail planes. The decals came from my Airfix F.22/24. This is the Trumpy 1/48 kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Lovely finished result and very impressive casting, great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 The CMR Spiteful? Seemed too slim and frail compared to the real thing - the Pegasus kit is quite chunky by comparison - plus the cockpit internals are complete fiction. At least CMR got the area just aft of the cockpit right. Plus the U/C is wrong - Mustang style again - and the guns too long. The second Pegasus kit is always the one to go for. Nicer plastic plus white metal and decals. You've still got to sort out the tail surfaces though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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