greatgonzo Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) The craft was flown by Wojciech Kołaczkowski in Polish 303SQ. Kołaczkowski flew well known RF-Krysia Spitfires later on and being excellent pilot and officer he promoted to CO of 303rd. But in spring 1941 RF-W for Wojtek was his mount. This very Spitfire was used by legendary CO of first Polish Fighter Wing Witold Urbanowicz on two missions, when he led the unit over France. Leaving Polish squadron the craft entered service in Australian 452SQ and helped Irish ace Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane to score three of his kills. It wouldn't be possible to build this model without always extraordinary help of Edgar. I want to thank You here very much for placing light on shadowed mysteries of Spitfire construction and history. You've done wonderfully, I only did my best. Unfortunately when I have started this build in 2007 I wanted quick and easy Spitfire to please myself. My modelling preferences changed soon which forced me to perform many surgical corrections in already existing and fixed elements. This and my poor original planning shows up here and there. Edited April 23, 2013 by greatgonzo 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady72 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I'm speechless! Brilliant. Utterly brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Stunning build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicE1 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 That's stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Lovely build, I like it a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFS-miniatures Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Superb! I wish to see some better quality pics of this miniature, because I believe it is much better than we can see above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Almost looks real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratpit Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Awesome looking Spitfire - really well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 One of the best Spits I`ve ever seen. Tony O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOAN Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Amazing work ! wich scale ? excellent build so far. Olivier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Breathtaking. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Superb finish, as said before it looks real. gazza l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) Doesn't look too quick & easy to me. That is simply superb. Steve. Edited April 23, 2013 by stevehnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatgonzo Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 Doesn't look too quick & easy to me She wasn't. Only started that way. Thank You all for kind words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfv Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Very impressive looking Spitfire, thaks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trucker Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 As real! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveinns Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 She's a real beauty. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatgonzo Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 Thank You very much! The forum does not accept full scale pics. This connected with Photobucket settings do handicap the quality. Anybody interested in better version may take a look here: http://www.pwm.org.pl/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=35803 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king daddy Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 just simply brilliant!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady72 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Dear greatgonzo, thank you for appreciating my and other colleagues comments on Polish forum: http://pwm.ukw.edu.pl/viewtopic.php?f=180&p=439475&sid=46add9a0a041fc89e7142d5be7d7451b#p439475 Zrobiłem też galerię na Britmodeller, bo chciałem publicznie podziękować Edgarowi Brooksowi, bez którego cierpliwości nie byłbym w stanie zgłębiać tajemnic konstrukcji Spitfire. Tamtejsze zachwyty są miłe, ale obiektywnie bez większej wartości... Translated: I've made a gallery on Britmodeller, because I wanted to publicly thank Edgar Brooks, without his patient I would not be able to explore the mysteries of construction of Spitfire. Their comments are nice but objectively without any value... Honestly said I feel embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Fantastic build & finish.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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