llking Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Finished this one this morning. the kit is the Hasegawa spitfire MK IX, it has an Aries cockpit and the wingtips were sourced from a MK VI kit, painted with MM metalizers. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Naked Spitfire, very nice indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Very nice spit, great job on the nmf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Very nice metal finish - always good to see kits finished in an unusual way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Lovely (and unusual) finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike DeTorrice Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Great job on this extremely interesting Spitfire variant. Nice ! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portamus Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) Hi there Nice build of MA 504. My grandfather flew this very aircraft when it was with 9 Sqn SAAF. There were a total of 4 Spitfires modified to this standard as a way to counter German high altitude recon aircraft. I believe the one aircraft was stripped of everything but its weapons (with a very, very limited number of rounds), while the other aircraft was stripped of everything but its radio. The pair then took off and were vectored onto the incoming German recce bird. I have had plans to build a model of this very aircraft myself, and have spent hours looking for pics of it... and I found a fresh one in my grandfather's briefcase (lots of ww2 pics). I have managed to gather 12 odd pictures of the 4 Spitfires in total. Please do not take this as criticism, but MA 504 did not have the extended wing tips. I have a side on photograph taken of MA 504, and from the shadow its wing casts in the ground, it has the standard wing tips. Where did you get your decals from?? Keep building! Edited February 11, 2015 by Portamus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 She looks nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Lovely ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Leijdens Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Wow, really nice!! I love the pointy tips of this Spit. Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Very interesting - I never heard of this special type. Great build too. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llking Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Hi there Nice build of MA 504. My grandfather flew this very aircraft when it was with 9 Sqn SAAF. There were a total of 4 Spitfires modified to this standard as a way to counter German high altitude recon aircraft. I believe the one aircraft was stripped of everything but its weapons (with a very, very limited number of rounds), while the other aircraft was stripped of everything but its radio. The pair then took off and were vectored onto the incoming German recce bird. I have had plans to build a model of this very aircraft myself, and have spent hours looking for pics of it... and I found a fresh one in my grandfather's briefcase (lots of ww2 pics). I have managed to gather 12 odd pictures of the 4 Spitfires in total. Please do not take this as criticism, but MA 504 did not have the extended wing tips. I have a side on photograph taken of MA 504, and from the shadow its wing casts in the ground, it has the standard wing tips. Where did you get your decals from?? Keep building! Thanks, that's an easy fix. The decals are from Rising Decals in the Czech Republic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Nice to see a different finish on a Spitfire Great work as normal Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Oh yes! me likes, very nicely done. Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the MDman Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Very well executed, a lovely Spit indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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