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Hi all,

 

Here are a few shots of my French Spit 9.  I performed the basic mods/enhancements such as:

 

Fuselage

 

-               cockpit door cut out and replaced with Ultracast resin door

-               kit seat replaced with Ultracast resin seat

-               kit exhaust replaced with Ultracast resin exhaust

-               kit prop and spinner replaced with Ultracast resin parts

Wings

 

-               wing cannon barrels drilled out

-               fresh air intake drilled out

-               under wing IFF antenna added

-               kit wheels replaced with Ultracast resin wheels

-               elevators repositioned

 

Paint and Decals

 

-               airframe painted with Xtracolor X1 RAF Dark Green BS241, X6 RAF Ocean Grey, X3 RAF Medium Sea Grey BS637, X103 Insignia Red FS11136, X124 Blue FS15109, X141 White and X106 Insignia Yellow FS13538.

-               all national insignia are painted on, while remainder of markings are from Hussar Spitfire Mk IX in Color

-               model is weathered with chalk pastels

 

References

 

-               Aero Detail No. 27 Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VI-XVI

-               Model Art No. 387 Supermarine Spitfire

-               photos of MJ897 found on Internet

 

The decals are printed by Techmod and usually I have nothing but grief when I use Techmod decals, but these were absolutely wonderful to use, with no troubles whatsoever.

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Cheers

Randy

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4 hours ago, spruecutter said:

Very nice work and great to see some French roundels. The insignia are very neatly done.

Thanks.

 

I forgot to mention that I also painted the Sky colour around the serial numbers.

 

Cheers

Randy 

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3 hours ago, WildeSau75 said:

Lovely Spitfire - great to see one in a different livery.

 

Cheers,

Michael

Thanks Michael.

 

I agree, it is nice to a Spit in different markings.

 

Cheers

Randy

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23 minutes ago, rgb40 said:

up to your usual high standards Slim

good to see you at the show

George

Hey Georgie Boy

 

Thanks and yes it sure was nice meeting up again.  I told Debbie about our conversation and she thought that was nice.  Thanks for that.

 

Cheers

Randy

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