periklis_sale Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) Latest model finishedTamiya spitfire mk.ixc Kit Manufacture: Tamiya Scale: 1/32 Type: SpitfireMk.IXc Extras used: - Paints used: Tamiya, GunzeWeathering:Oils Edited February 1, 2016 by periklis_sale 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas Madahar Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Lovely. Just lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Lovely. Just lovely. +1 superb !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Wow...that is fantastic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periklis_sale Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Cheers guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 That is a fine rendition of a well used aircraft. Fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_110 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Wonderful detail around that engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 very nice spit, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periklis_sale Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 thank you all for your kind words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Perfect! That looks amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjD Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Wow! That's great. That's one of the decal options in the box, right? Got this one in the stash too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llking Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 That is an absolutely beautifully modelled Spitfire. Stunning attention to detail and finishing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Excellent work, I love the weathering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Painstaking representation of a rather beat-up warrior! Fabulous work, really. I assume the flaps are (rather atypically) lowered since the flap actuators are visible. But what's the matter with the aileron linkage? The port aileron is drooping while the stbd one isn't deflected up at all… not glued yet, perhaps? Impressive modelling! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periklis_sale Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Joachim you are right I haven't glue the ailerons ... Can they be both down or one up one down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Joachim you are right I haven't glue the ailerons ... Can they be both down or one up one down? Periklis, Ailerons are connected to move in opposite direction. If one aileron is up, the other one goes down for lateral (sideways) control of the plane. When flying, if you move the control stick in the cockpit to the left, the left aileron will go up and the right aileron goes down. Tthe plane will lean to the left and, as a result, turn to the left. On a scale model sitting on the ground, it's probably looks best to have the ailerons almost straight. If one is very much up and the other one very much down, the position of control stick should be offset to reflect that movement and things get complicated if the cockpit is already finished… ;-) It's a beautiful model, Periklis! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) Nice to see you back Periklis, you seem to have been away for a while? VERY weathered, but the engine looks fantastic. Great modelling. Edited January 26, 2016 by Alan P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Nice to see you back Periklis, you seem to have been away for a while? VERY weathered, but the engine looks fantastic. Great modelling. This is technically correct, but subject to common misconception, and unfairly criticised in my opinion. The deflection of the ailerons is not uniform, the downward deflected aileron always deflects down more than the upward one deflects up. Sometimes the upward deflection is very difficult to discern with the naked eye as it is so slight. The downward deflection increases the camber of the aerofoil and creates the lift which raises the wing. The upward deflection on the opposite side acts as a spoiler and creates a reduced lift effect on the opposite wing. By all means nitpick if that's your thing, but consider first if it's fair and accurate. Hm. Nitpick? Unfairly criticised? Who's doing what here, I wonder? :-) The basics of ailerons is that as one goes up, the other one goes down; I think we can agree on that? And that information is all that's needed for a model not to look 'wrong'. As a one time sailplane pilot, I'm well aware of the theoretics of aileron differential movement and secondary aerodynamic effect. But that's the advanced course and rather irrelevant in this case, where it's just a question of having the ailerons of a beautiful model look right. I'm sure you have the best intentions, though, Mr. Alan P. Dixi. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Hm. Nitpick? Unfairly criticised? Who's doing what here, I wonder? :-) The basics of ailerons is that as one goes up, the other one goes down; I think we can agree on that? And that information is all that's needed for a model not to look 'wrong'. As a one time sailplane pilot, I'm well aware of the theoretics of aileron differential movement and secondary aerodynamic effect. But that's the advanced course and rather irrelevant in this case, where it's just a question of having the ailerons of a beautiful model look right. I'm sure you have the best intentions, though, Mr. Alan P. Yes of course I do, which is why I deleted my comments a while back. You must have spent a long time digesting them while I was doing that!Happy to continue the discussion off the thread privately, as I question if it actually does look "wrong" as you say. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 *Dixi' is Latin, meaning 'I have spoken', meaning I'm not going to discuss further. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaka.hi Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Wow! I think I'll just put mine back in the box.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Very nice model. I have one in the stash but it scares me!! Great work.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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