Tea Taster

This piqued my interest, I have the S.6B in my stash, and the S.6A on backorder. A bit of internet searching and I found this: www.baesystems.com/en-uk/heritage/supermarine-s6a-and-s6b An interesting read, basically the S.6 was upgraded to S.6B and re-designated S.6A It looks like AMP 48026 contains the same plastic and decals as the earlier S.6B. I had assumed (incorrectly) that the new 48026 was an S.6. Awaiting the S.6 kit with anticipation

Having spent a few idle minutes 'surfing', AK Real Color have a chart for colour conversions for other manufacturers. Real Color RC232 Pale Green - FS 34227 - Humbrol H120, Gunze Aqueous/Mr Color H312/C312, Vallejo 71.126 Hataka HTK_091 Model Master 2029 Another site shows Humbrol 120 as a match for a German tank colour RAL 6011, but FS 34272 Tamiya XF- 26 AK Interactive AK715 I haven't seen or compared the colours, but if H120 not available, or enamels not your thing, there may be another substitute for Supermarine 'Apple Green' Alternatively do what my decorators did - paint it Trade Magnolia, then swear blind it is Apple Green.

There again, the Company I work for don't have any -900, and only tell the 'drivers' what they think they need to know😉

My info is from the Company Manuals, not the website. I won't publish a screenshot, but the paragraph I've quoted from states "Applicable to: ALL", i.e. it doesn't differentiate between the types. When there is a difference, it specifies Manufacturers Serial Number "Applicable to: MSN 0XXX-0YYY" Or type "Applicable to: -900"

Wingspan 64.75m, Wing area 432.1m(sq). Same for -900 and -1000. Source Airbus FCOM (Flight Crew Ops Manual).

Agreed. My post was to bring attention to the fact that Kotare have already labelled their sprues, (at least as far as the team responsible for developing the instructions are concerned). Evidence rather than speculation?

Photo of the Mk.Va instructions of interest. Sprue 'F' labelled 'Spitfire Mk.I (Late)/Mk.V' Sprue 'G' labelled 'Spitfire Mk.II/Mk.V Mk.I Late and Mk.II in the pipeline also?

Hyperscale 'What's New' for 7th October previewing decals by Furball Aero Design for the F-35A. Article states they are for the Meng kit, but should work with the new Tamiya kit. Any colour you like - so long as its grey, but at least it has a couple of Aggressor schemes to mix it up.

Solid hatches to replace the Photo-recon camera hatches in the fuselage maybe? They appear to have a curvature?

Ah, but how many of them were left handed ? Tea Taster (left handed Irish non-Spitfire pilot) 😀

+1 for Ray's post. According to Wikipedia (so 100% guaranteed accurate !) Per Ardua is (or was) the motto for the RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, RCAF(1968) and RIAF(1947). Per Aspera for the RSAAF. Eduard are masters at getting the last squeeze from the toothpaste tube when it comes to limited editions. I will pass on this one, but eagerly await the limited edition release of left handed Irish Spitfire pilots (to be released on 17th March).

Hi, Printscale decals 48-014 'Markings and technical inscriptions Luftwaffe bombs' has some useful info on their website - no RLM paint reference though.

Thank you Brewerjerry. What a knowledgeable gentleman Edgar was, I didn't appreciate his notes had been saved as a pdf 👍. Unfortunately nothing in there about Mk.V fairings, bet he would have known though

Thanks Tail Dragon, - great photos 👍

Thanks Graham, I raised a similar question on the Rumourmonger thread for Eduard Spitfires. I'm not sure how to link a quote from another thread, but ABeck kindly uploaded photos of the different lower wings on p.25 which shows the different shape of cannon fairing. Eduard clearly think the difference is significant enough to retool the wing. The early wing is in their release of the Mk.IIb, The Sweeps Dual Combo, and the Mk.Vb early overtrees, and the late wing in The Sweeps and mid and late Mk.Vb overtrees. I've several Mk.IIb s that I would like to build as early Mk.Vb s, for instance Paddy Finucane's , Stanford-Tuck's, and Johnnie Johnson's. My dilemma is which wing to use? Eduard seem to think there was a transition, but was it due to a modification number? A Supermarine vs Castle Bromwich thing? Or a run-out of Mk.IIb airframes built as Vb s? Rather like the Mk.I undercarriage selector debate, Eduard have done their research and stated all Mk.I Spits had manual selectors. The knowledgeable folk on here have proved otherwise (IWM Spitfire Servicing film for example). I'm being a pedant, but Eduard have researched the subject of the cannon fairing, and fair play to them for making their kits so accurate. I would love to know the evidence behind it.