johnd
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One more question...would they be aluminium or painted in underside colour?
Ta,
John.
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Thanks fellas, I'll lift the ones from the Xtrakit Mk XII.
Strictly 1/72 for me, thanks (more kits that way)
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Hi,
I'm building a model of one of the Danish presentation Spitfires, BL924 and I'm not sure about the type of wheels fitted.
This photo*: photo seems to show wheels with some sort of hub cap to hide the spokes. I've seen similar on later marks (a pair are supplied with the Xtrakit Mk XII) but not on the Mk V. Any ideas?
Thanks,
John.
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Well done Nobby! I have to say this has been my all-time favourite 'work in progress', straight on to BM each morning looking for updates ahead of email and Facebook.
It should be preserved for the nation. That's one thing that worries me, with the photos on Flickr, will the links disappear at some point?
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First in 10 years and hopefully the first of many more. What do you fancy doing next?
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Here we go: link
Looks like a IIb is on its way from AZ.
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Jan & Peter: thanks for the pictures and the information, it does look a good kit. I'll start saving for a Mk I and a Mk XII ! btw, I can't spot a part for the wheel well in the pics - will there be one?
occa: yes, the length of the nose and also the width at the front
Tony: regarding the current IIcs, I'm not sure I agree that "none of them are any good". They are all flawed but they are fairly easily corrected. Hadn't realised that the Airfix tailplanes were duff though...
John.
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Well the Tiger Moth will certainly be welcome, though I'm not sure that we need another Hurricane IIc. What we really need is a Mk I.
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If tooling it up for a vac-form, I would probably have done it in sections: a left and right half, with a separate exhaust collector ring for the front. The masters would be solid, and the moulded parts would be hollow, just like any other vac-form part.
Trying to do it as a single piece would be a very deep draw, and with truly parallel sides you would again have the problem of getting the moulded part off the mould.
Ok, thanks. The trouble with sections, I suppose, is getting a nicely round cowling when they're stuck together.
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" just to make a wooden master and vac-form some completely new cowls"
How would you go about doing that? Wouldn't the resulting cowl be solid?
John.
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What's occurring Nobby?
Martin
He's had to source a new supply of beer cans and is now recovering.
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It looks too nice to be thrown away and from the photos looks repairable. When I have disasters like this I put it aside for a bit then come back to it. Usually things don't look quite so bad.
If you're feeling flush and want an excuse to buy another one then you could of course build another option from that and use the 'G' from the new sheet.
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The current, recent tool Airfix Spitfire Ia has a dH prop and spinner. If you buy the subsequent I/IIa boxing, it has not juts the dH prop but also a three-blade Rotol and two-blade fixed pitch prop as well, so that's the one to go for, as it can easily donate its dH prop to your Vb and still make an early I or Rotol II.
That's this boxing:
Ah, that would simplify matters. I didn't realise that the dH unit on the Mk V was the same as the one on the Mk I.
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The AZ kit includes both Rotol and DH propellers and so does Italeri. The Italeri propellers however are not really good.
If you don't mind resinaftermarket, quickboost does a DH propeller.
Thanks Giorgio. On the Italeri one, is it just the prop that's poor, or is the spinner duff too?
John.
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Hello all,
I know that the 1/72 Airfix Spitfire V has a good representation of the big spinner Rotol propeller unit fitted to Castle Bromwich machines, but does any kit have a decent version of the de Havilland ones used by Supermarine and Westlands?
Ta,
John.
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Nice one! I've got one and a half of these in the stash, will follow with interest...
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Excellent work, as usual, Nobby.
What's the advantage of using this Solartrim stuff over painted decal sheet? Can Solartrim be painted (or is that what the Prymol is for)?
John.
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Like most Brits I like to support the underdog or the one that gets on quietly with the job whilst others steal the limelight
Almost word for word what I was about to write!
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... Especially the Mk.IX early cowling !!!
I've heard this is a good way of rescuing an Italeri Mk IX
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Hobbyboss Vb (awful canopy, no gear doors included)
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Will
The Hobby Boss VB is actually quite good in my opinion, though you'll also need to replace the propeller.
John.
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Just had a look in Romanian Fighter Colours 1941 -1945
Only found 2 schemes
1. RLM 02/63 GRAU Overall
2. RLM 70 Schwarzgrun/RLM 71 Dunkelgrun/RLM 65 Lichtblau
The cockpit colour was probably the standard RLM 02
Thanks for looking...
Please forgive my ignorance on RLM codes - are 02 and 63 the same colour? Or is one the upper and the other for the underside? I don't suppose there's a Humbrol equivalent for it/them?
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Hi,
I thought I'd build a Heller He.112 in the Romanian colour scheme provided. It is for a machine used in Bessarabia in 1942. The Heller colours are 7064 for the undersides, 7020 for upper surfaces and 7063 for the interior. I believe that in Humbrol terms that's 65, 64 & 38.
Are there any Romanian Airforce experts out there who can say if this sounds sensible? I'm especially interested in the gloss lime green interior
Thanks,
John.
PS It's missing the propeller - does anyone know the diameter so I can bodge one?
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I wish I'd had this as reference when I built my Airfix one...
I have a soft spot for the Beau as my Dad made the undercarriage legs for them.
This is great stuff, carry on the good work!
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What fantastic inspiration,thankyou for sharing your work,i wonder what your build has done for Airfix defiant sales
Neil
Well I bought two, but am now stuck on the turret as the plunge moulding technique is no good. I'm wondering whether I could plunge one with tapered sides and then straighten them out by cutting 'v' shaped sections from them.
Spitfire Vb BL924 wheels
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Thank you Edgar, a mine of information as always.