Homebee Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) AZ Model is to release 1/72nd Supermarine Spitfire Tr.8/.9. - Ref. AZ7478 - Supermarine Spitfire Tr.8 Source: http://www.azmodel.cz/product_info.php?products_id=741 - Ref. AZ7479 - Supermarine Spitfire Tr.9 In Dutch service Source: http://www.azmodel.cz/product_info.php?products_id=742 - Ref. AZ7480 - Supermarine Spitfire Tr.9 IAC & RIAF Source: http://www.azmodel.cz/product_info.php?products_id=743 V.P. Edited February 20, 2019 by Homebee 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Very happy with this ! Finally a two-seat spitfire without having to buy a conversion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) Now we need a sheet with some warbird/film star decals for these. (OK I know they wouldn't be hard to do from generic sheets but....) Steve. Edited June 10, 2014 by stevehnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Brilliant news, especially the three civilian schemes for G-AIDN / MT818, which is a legendary and lovely aeroplane - a vivid fixture on the south coast flying club scene in the '50s and early '60s. when post-war austerity was still very much a reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atvd1020 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 YES! Now I don't have to buy the Brigade conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroubos Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Great timing, I just finished the Brigade conversion for 3W/22 of the LVA. Still, don't mind doing H99 in camo colors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Oh dear. I can see Wor Lass and my wallet being very unhappy about this. It's also ironic it gets released after I've spent the past few years acquiring several Brigade and the (very rough but buildable) M&E conversion. Still, they were intended for whiffing anyway... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Oh at last! When are they to be released? I have a real problem though. I dont know wether to get the Dutch version or G-AIDN... Or both... Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Oh at last! When are they to be released? I have a real problem though. I dont know wether to get the Dutch version or G-AIDN... Or both... Ben Get both, Ben. You know it makes sense. And then, just for the sake of completeness, get the Irish one as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 My LHS has all three on order. Are there sprue shots anywhere? AZ also announced a Russian mk IXc UTI - I've a Polish kit somewhere that's so bad it makes a Merlin kit look like Tamiya... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris57 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Wooksta you save your dosh for the Nats, I've kept 1 each Brigade & M & E ready for you, and dug out some more Ventura spits. all the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denford Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Lovely, but I hope the kit of the TR8 is more accurate than the box art. This shows: - Long ailerons of Mk 1X - All gun access panels etc for 'c' wing - Small elevators more appropriate to a V or very early 1X - Rear cockpit not really 'humped' enough, though the box art looks much better - For all-yellow scheme there should be a small, but noticeable, white circle with a red cross (presumably first aid kit) halfway down the starboard rear fuselage. None are beyond correction, and I am more than grateful to AZ for a kit of this subject: something I thought I would never see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Wooksta you save your dosh for the Nats, I've kept 1 each Brigade & M & E ready for you, and dug out some more Ventura spits. all the best Chris Cheers, Chris! The pennies are already being saved for the Nats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
172flogger Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 testshot: http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=726&t=76046&hilit=uti&start=945#p1612346 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Released http://www.aviationmegastore.com/spitfire-tr9-irish-ac-indian-af-az7480-az-models-8592014az7480-scale-modelling/product/?shopid=LM53989cdf7558a64a81ef4488af&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=122049 http://www.aviationmegastore.com/spitfire-tr9-dutch-service-az7479-az-models-8592014az7479-netherlands-military/product/?shopid=LM53989cdf7558a64a81ef4488af&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=122048 http://www.aviationmegastore.com/spitfire-tr8-prototype-az7478-az-models-8592014az7478-scale-modelling/product/?shopid=LM53989cdf7558a64a81ef4488af&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=122047 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) And Mk.IX UTI - ref. AZS7208 Source: http://www.aviationmegastore.com/spitfire-mkix-uti--soviet-af-azs7208-az-models-azs7208-scale-modelling/product/?shopid=LM53989cdf7558a64a81ef4488af&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=122053 V.P. Edited June 27, 2014 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Hmmm, something else I need want. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 (edited) Czech in-box review with pics. Here: http://modelweb.modelforum.cz/2014/07/01/172-supermarine-spitfire-tr-9-iac-riaf-az-model/?lang=CS V.P. Edited November 14, 2018 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prenton Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 That's really great for those of us interested in the Irish Air Corps. We can finally put those old Brigade Models conversion kits onto e-bay, or in club sales. Those conversion kits required an accurate donor kit - a Mk IX. Many tried with the Italeri kit - you can imagine the modeling skills required, folks!. All that will now be no longer necessary - thanks AZ!! Philip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorheadtx Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 That DOSAAF bird is a must-have! EXCELLENT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroubos Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) That's really great for those of us interested in the Irish Air Corps. We can finally put those old Brigade Models conversion kits onto e-bay, or in club sales. Those conversion kits required an accurate donor kit - a Mk IX. Many tried with the Italeri kit - you can imagine the modeling skills required, folks!. All that will now be no longer necessary - thanks AZ!! Philip Yup, I built the Brigade Model conversion with the Italeri Mk IX. It wasn't too bad to be fair - the fit of fuselage with the wings is quite decent. Trickier is to get the Italeri interior (one of the kits redeeming aspects) to fit in the conversion fuselage. I also used a few QuickBoost items (exhausts, prop) to improve the model. The most troublesome area is the fit of the rear cockpit, it's absolutely atrocious. I'd share pic but it's in storage Edited July 8, 2014 by sroubos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Re DOSAAF - wonderful if you believe it. OK, rather nice anyway. The only photo I've ever seen is the overall dark colour one. The Italeri Mk.IX nose, being too short for a Mk.IX and too long for a Mk.V, does give you a good starting point for a Mk.III. You still need a Mk.V oil cooler for one wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panoz Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 That DOSAAF bird is a must-have! EXCELLENT! Agreed. Pity it's fictional... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 The Russian UTI can always be finished as ML407 as it is now owned by Carolyn Grace! Its in the right configuration!! Re the T8/9 kits note in picture 2 and then 3 the ejector pin on the iside of the port fuselage half behind the rear cockpit(Picture2) Then look carefully at picture 3 the lug protrudes through the fuselage slightly still behind the rear cockpit opening along a panel line and aft the cockpit fairing area!! I noticed this on my kits I recieved recently Not a major drama and easily removed but a moulding fault nevertheless!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 The UTI is not the same configuration as ML407. The UTI has the front cockpit in the standard single-seater position and the rear cockpit further aft than on ML407. Although ML407 has modifications to lower the line of the rear canopy, in other respects it is a proper Spitfire Trainer with both cockpits further forward than on the UTI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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