Dorbeck Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 (edited) One of the great things about Britmodeller is that the builds of others inspire you. So when I saw the build of Ced B. who built a Frog spitfire MK. XIV with an V1 flying bomb. In one of his posts he showed a picture that he used as his desktop. The orange triangle under the windshield points to a Dutch pilot.The plane in the painting is one included in an old Dutch Decal sheet I have. It's a 322 Dutch Squadron one. 3W F was flown by Flying Officer Rudy Burgwal. Born in the the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), he came to the UK when war in Europe broke out to fight for freedom. And just to put this in perspective: he wasn't ordered, he did so voluntarily.As a pilot in the 322 he claimed five doodle bugs in one 90 minute flight. In 3W F he scored 6 V1's in 17 flights. His total was 19. Total for the squadron was 108 destroyed.He was KIA being shot down by flak escorting a bombing raid over the south of France in august '44.Rudy in the cockpit. On this photo he's the guy pushing the propellor. So having the decals, it was about getting a kit. I first thought about a Frogspawn one, which has the V1, but although Ced made a great beauty out of it, I don't think I will do so well. So I decided to do an easy build, although Procopius said it looks like an XIV on donuts.... The Academy one it will be.The kit The decalsheet. I've already built one option a few years ago: another spit Edited June 21, 2015 by Dorbeck 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorbeck Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 And I've started with the cockpit and joining the wings and fuselage. So far so good. But the problems began when joining the wings to the fuselage... no easy fitting... the wings needed some serious sanding down because otherwise they didn't fit... bummer... not what I expected from Academy.... after sanding down the wings did fit. And to stay positive: with a tight fit, less filler was needed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorbeck Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 And of course there was some need for putty. In this case on the the joint between fuselage and wings on the underside of the model. But nothing to serious. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I've meant to post in this thread three times, but kept getting distracted, most latterly by cleaning the hedgehog's cage. The Academy Spitfire XIV is indeed bloated, but it does build easy. Are you using the yellow primer to show seams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Looking good Dorbeck - I'm in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Shift over, and share the popcorn........ .I made this a couple of summers ago, it is a nice kit to build Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hi Dorbeck, I've just finished one of these kits in D-Day guise and it really is a nice kit with great fit and detail. Apart from the fit of the aft of the lower wing part, I only had problems with the alignment of the flat spots of the tires with the table top and didn't manage to make the propeller spin while ensuring its backplate kept flush with the aircraft's nose. I also rescribed some panel lines missing on the area around aft of the lower wing part. Good progress on your build. Looking forward to seeing it developing. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Not so secret fan of the Academy kits! I usually find them pretty comfortable to build with okay detail at 1/72 Also relatively price friendly Post away...looking forward to the progress indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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