TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Good evening My second entry in this Gb is the Airfix Spit Mk1 flown by S/L Adolph Malan during the Battle of Britain Malan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_MalanI replaced the instrument panel and the seat by a Quickboost one Today I placed the seat and instrument panel on the right half fuselagePatrice Edited July 13, 2015 by TEMPESTMK5 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Great start Patrice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Good morning Steve Thank you .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Hello Patrice! Good start. It looks a nice kit (must get one....). The post war activities of Malan were unknown to me. Most interesting. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Interesting subject and a good start Patrice - nice interior detail I'll join in if I may Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Very nice start in the cockpit. Those replacement parts really look the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Good afternoon First of all I wish to apologize to you for the mistake I made in the title of this post the first name of Sailor Malan is Adolph and definitely not Adolf , I don't know how to correct my mistake if someone can help me I will be very grateful .. Hello Patrice!Good start. It looks a nice kit (must get one....).The post war activities of Malan were unknown to me. Most interesting.Trevor Hello Max Thank you .. Before reading his biography I did not know about his activities after the war very and I find that very interesting .. Interesting subject and a good start Patrice - nice interior detail I'll join in if I may Hello Cedb Thank you Yes of course you are welcome .. Very nice start in the cockpit. Those replacement parts really look the business. Hello PlaStix Thank you , you are right these parts improve the build .. Patrice . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Patrice To change your title, go to the first post and choose Full Edit. Then you can amend the name. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Nice choice of subject Patrice! ( http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234979313-airfixs-supermarine-spitfire-mk-1-148th-scale-the-new-one/ ) And a great start too! Malan's post war activities meant he was pretty much written out of South African history books by the Apartheid regime, and should you think that Cape Town's airport used to be named for him - alas it was named for D F Malan - pro-apartheid prime minister of the RSA. He probably deserves to be remembered for his stance against apartheid as much as his flying. Jonners 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Good evening This afternoon while watching The First of the Few movie I closed the fuselage I also painted the propeller , the undercarriage wheels etc ..Patrice 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 First of the Fews a good film. Liking your work so far. She's looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Good evening Hockeyboy Thank you ;;; Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) Good evening Today I placed the wings and elevators Patrice Edited July 14, 2015 by TEMPESTMK5 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Looking good so far..... Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) Sqn Ldr Adolf Malan, better known as Salior Malan. I thought due to the fact he spent allot of time in the English Chanel. Turns out he was a merchant seaman before joining the RAF. Edited July 14, 2015 by Hockeyboy76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Good morning Thank you for your comments .. After a few days on hollidays I am back to work today so I won't have time to work on the Spits before the Week end I am afraid .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Patrice! This is coming along nicely. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi Trevor Thank you .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 19, 2015 Author Share Posted July 19, 2015 Good evening Today I started painting the underside in blue Humbrol 65 But I find it a little bit too dark what do you think ?Patrice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Hard to tell from the photo Patrice... but you are the best judge for your model. Looking at the photo of the H90 on your other build that looks a bit dark in the photo too but we all know H90 is THE standard (and then the fight started...) Both are looking very good, great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hard to tell from the photo Patrice... but you are the best judge for your model. Looking at the photo of the H90 on your other build that looks a bit dark in the photo too but we all know H90 is THE standard (and then the fight started...) Both are looking very good, great job. Good morning CedB Thank you , The Xtradecal notice indicates to paint the underside of the aircraft in Sky Blue but doesn't give any reference for this blue .. I think I am going to try a mix of blue and white and see what I get .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hi Patrice. I'm no expert I'm afraid... but have you seen Sean's Hurricanes? He has one of each 'Sky' here so perhaps he could help with brand / colours. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hi Patrice. I'm no expert I'm afraid... but have you seen Sean's Hurricanes? He has one of each 'Sky' here so perhaps he could help with brand / colours. HTH Thank you I am going to ask him what Blue he used for his Hurricane ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Good evening I have mixed Humbrol 90 and blue 65 And I prefer it ... Patrice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hi Patrice, it would appear I'm too late. Personally I use Humbrol 65, but only after it's been stirred quite a lot, and then left for about 20 minutes, it seems to be little bit lighter than using it straight away. But it is an older tin, so this might have something to do with it. Sorry, I've only come across this now. The blue does look good though, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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