JackG Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) Building Tamiya's Spitfire Mk.1 with wheels in the up position and have a couple questions: 1) - on the lower end of the gear door, would the strut be visible past the door edge? 2) - on the opposite end, the kit has the gear bay exposed - is this correct or does the door need to be expanded upon to cover this area completely? 3) - colour of wheel hub, same as undersides or silver/aluminim? regards, Jack Edited November 12, 2011 by JackG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_m Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Building Tamiya's Spitfire Mk.1 with wheels in the up position and have a couple questions:1) - on the lower end of the gear door, would the strut be visible past the door edge? 2) - on the opposite end, the kit has the gear bay exposed - is this correct or does the door need to be expanded upon to cover this area completely? 3) - colour of wheel hub, same as undersides or silver/aluminim? regards, Jack 1) I think it is just visible on the real thing, so the Tamiya is not too wrong. 2) See this photo (click for higher res) that I found via Google Images. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/12517603 3) I'd go for aluminium paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 See here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...c=76210&hl= Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 1/. Depends on how much the oleo was pumped up; pilots tended to have more pressure in the port leg, since the engine torque pushed the port wing down. 2/. See above 3/. Steel. Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Thanks for all replies - now I know what needs to be done. regards, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Building Tamiya's Spitfire Mk.1 with wheels in the up position and have a couple questions:1) - on the lower end of the gear door, would the strut be visible past the door edge? 2) - on the opposite end, the kit has the gear bay exposed - is this correct or does the door need to be expanded upon to cover this area completely? 3) - colour of wheel hub, same as undersides or silver/aluminim? regards, Jack Jack here's one you should find useful http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/mark_hay...ire_mk1a_p9444/ hanging up in London's Science museum with gear up, genuine BoB MkI Spitfire. Lots like this which are available as large high res pics, not just a thumbnail like this. 37 pics total.... right click heaven. HTH T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Later Marks (this is the VC - note the curvature) had gap 2 filled in:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Troy - thx for the link, I looked further into that site and Spitfire Parts link even has pics of the strut leg with swival part - something I will have to scratchbuild. Edgar - yes that curvature was what made me wonder as an Osprey book had line drawings illustrating this on both A Mk1b and MkII - that began the head scratching regards, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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