PaulR Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Evening all, Haven't entered a GB for ages, but could not miss the RAF's 100th Anniversary. By coincidence, I have just finished reading Geoffrey Wellum's book First Light, and having seen him on the BBC's recent programme about the RAF thought it would be a perfect project. This was helped by finding a thread somewhere that gave a serial to go with his first assigned spitfire on 92 sqn, K for King in the pre-1947 phonetic alphabet (I think!). Am going to use the last of my old tool Airfix Spitfire MK1s (still a very good kit) out of the box, with codes and serials from the spares box. The obligatory sprue shots before a quick dash of Tamiya primer.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 I'm going to watch this with interest, I did enjoy Wellum's book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 I did too. Although it's a bit of a cliche to do a Spitfire, it and the Battle of Britain is always going to be the critical moment in the RAF's history. I think Geoffrey Wellum must be one of the very last pilots still alive from the BoB; I think the BoBMF has P7350 painted up with his codes on the right hand side of the plane at the moment, funnily enough K for King. I think this plane got badly damaged in early September, being replaced by G for George, but not before he did some damage to the 'other side' with K. Cheers, P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulR Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 (edited) Quick update! Being a simple kit, things have moved along quickly. I added the bar that runs from the back of the headrest to the main fuselage from plastic rod, and did the same for the aerial - I understand that K9998 had the earlier pole type aerial from comments online, and it would figure since she was built in the intial batch ordered. I also added a piece of clear plastic for the reflector gunsight. The plan is to do this wheels-up, in flight; and on that note, I also had a go at making my own stand. I got a fence post cap for 50p from the local hardware store, sanded it and buffed it up with beeswax. I found a piece of brass tube, and after drilling a hole in the wood I had a pretty oood stand. It also helped that the brass tube fitted the hole for the light under the fuselage perfectly. Pilot next! Edited May 6, 2018 by PaulR 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Looks promising Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Looking good. Great idea with the stand. Think some fence post caps might be finding their way on too my shopping list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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