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Hi guys, here's my latest creation A bit more challenging than the Dynavector's Scimitar, but i've enjoyed every moment building this little beauty..nevertheless i hope this is the last vacform of my life BR from Prague Andrew
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Having a break from painting (a wall not the plastic) I glanced at the stash and thought " why have I 3 biplanes and 2 Parsols when I hate rigging?"...and thus the story begins... Would it be sacrilege to wiff with a Matchbox Walrus? Probably not thanks to the Revell re-issue, albeit without the multicolored plastic we all love so dearly. ok so ideas now began to form in my crazy mind... Turn this: into this: From Turning to Burning. Or maybe this: Monoplane it (although Supermarine already beat me to this with the Seagull) Or a simpler: Just drop the rigging, and repaint in a new scheme wether alternative warbird or civi. Of course there other whacky options: 'gunship' - rockets, torpedos, turrets etc 'electric' - long before the EKA-3, predating the F3D-2Q, and making even the TBM-3Q seem positively modern. '2000' - well if Dornier can modernise their WW2 vintage boats... 'racer' - didn't a Walrus do a lap at Reno? Not looking like this... ...and I'm sure there more! Some things would be hampered by the rather bare stores box, others by the skill box - but nothing by the 'outside the box'
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Spitfire Mk.XVI Limited Edition Dual Combo 1:48 Eduard I'll not bore you with the birth and progress of the Spit, and I'm even beginning to get bored of saying that! Suffice to say that the XVI was a variation on the IX that was license built in the US using Packard Merlins that were optimised for low level operations, and had a slightly bulged cowling to accommodate the changes. They were armed with two 20mm cannon with an additional pair of .303 machine guns inboard, and a great many of them had the reduced fuselage spine or bubble-canopy. Just over a thousand were built overall. The Kit This is a special limited edition that includes two options in the box, and you can build both a low-back and a traditional razor-back Spitfire from the parts within. It arrives in a standard sized box that has some extra weight to it, part of which is due to the sprue count, the rest can be attributed to the instruction booklet, which deals with the construction of each model separately, so has approximately twice the pages. There are nine sprues in dark grey styrene, two in clear, two sheets of Photo-Etch (PE) metal, which are nickel-plated and pre-painted, a sheet of pre-cut kabuki-style masking material, a large decal sheet and two smaller ones containing stencils. If you are familiar with Eduard's superb Mk.IX kits, you'll see a lot that's familiar here, due to the commonality of parts between the two types. Mould quality is up to the highest standards, and the detail that has been squeezed out of styrene injection moulding is phenomenal. Construction of each airframe is handled separately in the instructions, as already mentioned, but the main differences are easily spotted. The low-back has the option of clipped wings, an additional set of wings with extra bulges over the gear bays to accommodate a larger set of wheels, as well as the necessary differences at the rear of the cockpit to accommodate the lower fuselage. This causes a slight change to the harness, and of course a totally different set of clear parts for each type. The cowlings for the low-back are also different top and bottom, but the exhaust stacks, the majority of the cockpit parts and tail-feathers are identical. You will need to pay careful attention to the options to ensure that you build your low-back up properly, as only one decal option has the larger wheels, and only one decal option will need the un-clipped wing tips that are included. The high back uses un-clipped tips for all three markings options, and the only options are to have the canopy open or closed, which necessitates a little removal of plastic rails around the cockpit if the closed option is chosen. The kabuki tape masks are provided for both canopies on the one sheet, so there is no spare room for wheel masks, however a quartet of small triangular(ish) shapes are provided to facilitate masking of the very tip of the aerial mast behind the cockpit. The pre-painted PE sheets are used extensively in the cockpits providing laminated instrument panels with detail instruments already painted at a resolution that us mere mortals could only dream of. The pilot's armour and seatbelts are also rendered in PE, as are the optional landing gear scissor-links to replace the kit's plastic offerings. The rest of the sheet is used in small parts that are dotted around the airframe to good effect. Both fuselage types have optional 250lb bombs on small pylons under the wings, which are attached via a pair of small holes drilled in the underside of the wings during construction. Markings The choice of markings are skewed toward the low-back XVI, which has five options, while the more mainstream high-back has only three. For the most part they're all green/grey over light grey, but one of the low-backs has a PRU Blue finish that looks very nice. From the box you can build one low-back and one high-back of the following: Low-Back TD341 No.433 Squadron, Uetersen Airfield, Germany, Aug 1945. TB900 No.349 Squadron, Wunsdorf, Germany, Summer 1945. TD240, Flown by S/Ldr. Boleslaw Kaczmarek, CO of No. 302 Squadron, Varrelsbuch Air Field, Germany, Summer 1945. SL721, Flown by AVM Sir James Robb, 1948. SL718, No. 612 Squadron RAuxAF, Cooper Air Race, Elmdon Air Base, July 1949. High-Back RR227, Flown by S/Ldr. Otto Smik, CO of No. 127 Squadron, Grimbergen Airfield, Belgium, Nov 1944. TB752, Flown by S/Ldr. Henry Zary, CO of No. 403 Squadron, Belgium, April 1945. TB300, Flown by G/C Stan Turner, No. 127 Wing, Evere Airfield, Belgium, April, 1945. The main decals are printed by Cartograf, while the two stencil sheets are printed in the Czech Republic by Eduard. Colour density, sharpness and registration is excellent, and the decals are all covered by a close-cropped glossy carrier film. Instrument decals are included if you want to use the kit's supplied plastic panel, although the PE parts will do a much better job. The stencils for each aircraft are printed separately on sheets marked Mk.XVI Stencils and Mk.IX Stencils, with the final page of the booklet containing the stencil placement of the XVI with all extraneous detail stripped away for clarity. The stencil page for the high-back airframe clearly wouldn't fit in the booklet and although isn't mentioned, it is to be found on the last page of the online PDF booklet, which you can find here. Conclusion A nice way to get hold of a couple of interesting sub-variants of the popular Mk.IX, and some varied decal choices that will please many of us. Detail is up to their usual standards, and the inclusion of the PE and masks just adds to the appeal. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of
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Hello Guys, This will be my first entry into the "Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary Group Build" - the Revell 1/32 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIa. I plan to accompany this Spitfire with the Eduard 1/32 Messerschmitt BF109E-3. Introduction to the kit: The Box Art: The Box Contents The Box Contains 3 clear bags of light grey sprues; 5 in one bag, and 4 in each of the two other bags making a total of 13 light grey sprues. There is another small clear bag containing 3 small clear sprues. There is a 12 page black and white assembly/painting and decaling instruction booklet that includes two options of paint scheme and squadron markings, and lastly, a sheet of cartograf decals; Sprues A + B: Sprues C + D + D- NO, that's not a mistake, but it is one by Revell of Germany!! I have two sprue D's which are the portside upper wing sections and no Sprue E which is the starboard side upper wing section! Aaaarrrrrggggghhhh!!! I went to Revell's website to order the missing sprue E and it can take up to 8 weeks to be delivered from Germany!!!!!????!!!! Bloody hell!! Sprue F Sprue G Sprue Q Sprue T Sprue S (x2) Sprue H (x2) Clear Sprues I, R + U A 12 page black and white Assembly/Painting and Decaling Instruction Booklet Front Page 1 and Back Page 12 Pages 2 + 3 Pages 4 + 5 Page 6 + 7 Pages 8 + 9 Pages 10 + 11 The Decal Sheet The molded parts are very crisp and clean with zero flash apart from a couple of little areas. The parts have nice fine recessed panel lines and lots of rivet details. The clear molded parts are very clear with zero aberrations except for one side of the sliding canopy which is slightly "glazed". The decals are excellent looking with zero carrier film beyond the decal edges and good register. The black and white instruction booklet appears to be clear and concise, but the two paint and decal options would be better in color. The color call outs are in Revell colors only. I will make a final report when the build is complete indicating any issues that I come across. In the meantime, thanks for taking a look and I hope you enjoy following along with my build. In the meantime, if you'd like to see my YouTube "in-Box-Review" video for this kit, here is the link: https://youtu.be/SWiiFXlU6zA Let the build begin!! Cheers Martin
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After its 1/48th Spitfire Mk.IX, Eduard is to release a limited edition Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII - ref.? Source, p.5: http://www.eduard.com/store/out/media/InfoEduard/archive/2014/info-eduard-2014-01CZ.pdf V.P.
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.24 PK724. This was built as a Mk.22 at Castle Bromwich in early 1946. This was one of 54 incomplete Spitfire Mk.22 airframes moved to South Marston where they were completed as Mk.24s. The Mk.24, was similar to the Mk.22 except that it had an increased fuel capacity, with two fuel tanks of 33 gal each installed in the rear fuselage. There were also zero-point fittings for rocket projectiles under the wings. All had the larger "Spiteful" tail units: modifications were also made to the trim tab gearings in order to perfect the F Mk 24's handling characteristics. This aircraft never saw much RAF service in fact when examined in 1968 had only flown for 7 hours, with 20 hours on the engine. This is one of only 3 Mk.24 Spitfires to survive. A full history can be found here on the RAF Museum's web site. Pics thanks to Ian (Depressed Lemur) at The RAF Museum Hendon.
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AZmodel new "Joy Pack" - ref. AZ07705 - Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IB, IIB, VB, VI. 3 kits in 1 box & no decal Source: http://www.azmodel.cz/product_info.php?products_id=766 V.P.
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Hi, Got back into modelling recently and I decided I couldn't help but get Airfix's Spitfire Mk.22. I'll be building it basically out of the box and also plan to make a diorama for it. I hope to make it so that it's landed on an airfield with various people from the WWII RAF Personnel, having the pilot running over. After buying it I was slightly nervous about the canopy, as I want to have the canopy open, but I was relieved to find that the canopy comes separated. I'm going to have to cut the door from the one piece to have it open. Haven't done it before but I think I know how to do it, or at least, how I plan to do it. I'll be getting started on it soon, just waiting for a few things for it that are in the post. Thanks for reading.
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Supermarine Swift FR5 WK281 at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Pictures thanks to Jonh (jaw). John wishes to say thanks to the people at Tangmere for allowing him to take these.
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Iconicair (http://www.iconicair.com/) is to release a 1/32nd resin kit from the Supermarine Spiteful F.14. Source: https://www.facebook.com/largescalemodeller?ref=stream&hc_location=timeline Source: http://imodeler.com/2013/11/scalemodel-world-telford-u-k-3013/ Source: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=23004&hl=spiteful V.P.
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With Christmas just around the corner, it's time to relax a little, and what's true in real life is true in model building: I've spent most of the year on a rather tough build (which I hope to complete during the holidays as well), so it's time for something easy. I've been looking forward to building Airfix' new(ish) Mk.I for a while, especially after getting hold of the I/IIa boxing. Since I also have the Tamiya in my stash, I thought they would make a nice double build. I will build the kits mostly out of the box, with some minor alterations. The Airfix kit will be built as the early Mk.I that's included in the box, I just love the white/black wing paint job on it and the wooden prop. Since I'm not using the IIa specific parts, I will use these to convert the Tamiya to a IIa by adding the Coffman starter, the Rotol prop and the fishtail exhausts. I will be building this plane: This was the personal plane of Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands, husband to Queen Wilhelmina. When Holland was occupied by the Germans in May 1940, the royal family fled to Britain, where both Wilhelmina and Bernhard worked tirelessly to support the war effort against the Axis. Bernhard took a great interest in military matters and involved himself with soldiers and pilots that had fled to Britain as well, and he played a large part in creating the 322 (Dutch) squadron. He also had a reputation for being a playboy and he enjoyed driving sports cars and flying aeroplanes. This particular Spitfire Mk.IIa was his personal plane, and he must have flown it a number of times, though this little landing mishap seems to be someone else's fault. FlevoDecals have kindly issued a Dutch Spitfires set that includes this plane. The photo was apparently taken in spring 1942 so the plane will already have the ocean grey camo I think. It also seems to have fishtail exhausts. Box contents, in dark grey Tamiya, light grey Airfix. On first inspection, the differences are quite obvious. Airfix panel lines are not comparable to Tamiya's, being slighly too large for my taste, not as bad as on earlier kits but certainly not as good as their more recent efforts. Tamiya's on the other hand are so petite they may disappear under too much paint. We will see what looks best after completing the build! A word on accuracy: I am not a rivet counter but I have heard the Airfix is pretty much spot on. When comparing, I find the Tamiya kit is slightly narrower at the cockpit and tail and about 1,5 to 2mm shorter in the area behind the cockpit. For me it's not big deal but your mileage may vary. After market - after taking the picture I decided to skip the Eduard zoom set for the Tamiya kit in order to compare the kits more fairly. I have chosen to use the QB seat, which is lovely, on the Airfix kit. Initial construction of course starts with the cockpit. Pretty similar, with Airfix detail just slightly cruder than Tamiya and the former settling for a decal for the instrument panel where the big T supplies a moulded panel. The decal may actually be better visible after closing the fuselage. I drilled out the lightening holes in the rear oval bit, but used a diameter which was slightly too large, so the headrest area on the Airfix kit broke... Seats from left to right: QuickBoost, Airfix (not used), Tamiya. Tamiya's seems slightly too wide - maybe I should have used the QB item on that kit instead... Fooled around a bit with Photoshop as the pic was a bit too dark. I used gunze interior green with some black mixed in to create RAF interior green, followed by a dark wash and a drybrush with interior green, picking out the instruments with black and red. Both kits are very good in this respect. After a good few hours the fuselages go together. No issues at all on the Tamiya kit, which by the way also allows you to put the halves together and then install the cockpit from below. On the Airfix kit, I removed the upper locating pins to get a better fit, but I still need some filler in the area just in front on the cockpit. Apart from that, fit is pretty good. To be continued!
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This is the first one I've done in a while- building it has kept my mind busy in a very difficult time in my life, it's been a huge help to me! It's my first attempt with a decent airbrush (I went for the H&S evolution silverline 2 in 1). Cheers for looking. Jason
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V, with engine out at Duxford. Pics mine.
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I Mk.Ia P9374, Pics thanks to Martin.
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Seafire Mk XVIII SX336, pics from Graham James
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The Grace Spitfire ML407 Built as a Mk.IX and later converted to a TR Mk.9 photos from Colin Ruffles
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Hi all, I'm calling this one done (for now), only got to add u/c legs. Anyway, if you ask me, this is R.J. Mitchell's other design (the Spitfire being the first). It's very hard to believe that the Walrus and Spitfire were designed by the same person only separated by a couple years. This particular Walrus was used by 277 Squadron on D-Day and I've taken inspiration from this painting; I added a vacform canopy, resin engine Vickers gun to improve the old kit as well as scratch building the interior and a few other bits. IMG_7515_zpsc44ac00d by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_7512_zps5f55e312 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_7511_zps8b896ea7 by Ben Standen, on Flickr IMG_7510_zps51d841d9 by Ben Standen, on Flickr Pretty happy with how it turned out and very pleased with the water (first time I've ever tried to model sea). Thanks for looking! Ben
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I've just ordered the 1/24 Gift Set version of the Spitfire Vb for £23.95 with free P&P from Amazon, which has to be a bargain in anyones eyes. No idea how long it will stay at this price - here's the link. Happy shopping! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airfix-A50141-Memorial-Supermarine-Spitfire/dp/B005SPU69W/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1389141007&sr=1-1&keywords=airfix+spitfire+mkvb Regards all, Dave
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My tenth and FINAL build for this group... It was going to be a lovely Matchbox Hawker Fury but I've decided to convert it to a Yugoslavian built version so I'll wait and take my time. So in it's place I'm doing a little PRU Spitfire in pink with fictional markings, I really can't justify spending more than the kit cost to print out a few grey letters and a serial number My kit came with two sets of decals, I'm sure they'll come in handy for something else as some point. All parts removed from the sprue. Wings and fuselage glued and setting... It's going well seeing how I only opened the box six minutes ago!
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This is last model I finished. The aircraft modelled is the DW-O of the 610th RAF Squadron that operated from Biggin Hill in July 1940 during the Battle of Britain. It's my pride. For me, it's the best model I have build so far. The Tamiya kit is excellent with superb fit, great detail and very easy to build. It gave my no trouble at all. It was very relaxing and I enjoyed it very much. Here are some photos from the last stages of WIP with close ups. The exhausts are painted with a mix of Humbrol Metalcote Gun Metal, Metalcote Steel, Metallic Blue, Bronze and afterwards they were dry brushed with Metelcote Gun Metal και Rust. Here are the final photos. And some close-ups that I forgot to take while having the blue background... The model was awarded Bronze Medal at the 32nd IPMS Hellas Exhibition/Contest and I'm very proud of it!
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Hi All, Here are some pictures that variously show A9-1 A9-5 and A9-6, three Supermarine Seagull III aircraft of the RAAF. Cheers, Daniel.
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Scimitar XD317 pics from Phil Chapman (Vulcanicity)
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I've finally got round to finishing this, a bit of a self KUTA. It was started last year but in an attempt to get the top wing to sit on all the struts, I kinda melted it by being over zelous with a hair dryer so it went on the shelf of doom until this year. I picked up another kit and went about the top wing differently to avoid making a same mistake twice, something which I'm quite adept at !!! Anyway, apart from the engines which are CMK resin ones, the kit is OOB. This was my first attempt at using Alclad2 (polished aluminium over grey primer) which is great stuff, but I ran out before spraying was complete so it got finished off with some white aluminium and steel mixed together. As the plan was to do some weathering, I wasn't too wooried about variations. The last few weeks were incredibly boring doing all the rigging out of that elastic stuff, but after running out of expletives, it's finally done....well almost, a wire popped off on one of the floats so it needs redoing ! I always strugle taking pics of silver models, so I apologise for the lack of detail definition, I didn't want to use the flash. Hope you like her. Just ordered an Italeri Sunderland to go with her at some point
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Way outside my comfort zone ... first resin kit, lost the instructions - though thanks to CarLos, I have the instructions for the Sea Lion II, which is basically the same type, with a different engine. Box photo, camera shake all my own
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