TEMPESTMK5 Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Good afternoon Jeroen Welcome aboard and see you on april 11th for the start of your building the Tamiya Spit . All the best Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Hi Patrice, I would like to join please. I have a tasty looking 1/48 Special Hobby Seafire Mk.II that is sitting in the stash. Cheers Ash 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 Good evening Ash Welcome aboard see you in a few weeks for the start of the GB . Patrice . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Count me in I have a 1\32 mkIIa in the stash just need an excuse to build it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 14 hours ago, peterairfix said: Count me in I have a 1\32 mkIIa in the stash just need an excuse to build it. Good morning peterairfix Welcome aboard and see you in a few weeks for the sgart of this GB .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 3:20 PM, Doccur said: Hi Patrice, I would like to join please. I have a tasty looking 1/48 Special Hobby Seafire Mk.II that is sitting in the stash. Cheers Ash I quite like the SH Seafire kit, good luck with this one. To date I have built two and I am doing a MkIII for this GB and another for the end of the war GB later in the year.. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Grey Beema said: I quite like the SH Seafire kit, good luck with this one. To date I have built two and I am doing a MkIII for this GB and another for the end of the war GB later in the year.. It’s a good kit then? You never know what your going to get with special hobby I find... anything I should be wary of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Doccur said: It’s a good kit then? You never know what your going to get with special hobby I find... anything I should be wary of? I think the fuselage is about 2mm short but I don’t think it notices @Troy Smith is the expert on this. You will need yo make up some tabs to align the fuselage. Don’t rely on the pins on the fuselage, and have plenty of filler available. Apart from that, as far as I remember it’s enjoyable to build.. You can go for a highly paint peeled Mk II... Edited March 6, 2020 by Grey Beema 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Grey Beema said: You can go for a highly paint peeled Mk II... I like the sound of that! Will need to find some reference photos. Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Doccur said: I like the sound of that! Will need to find some reference photos. Ash Ø6*K looks pretty worn https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205151076 No idea what happened to Ø6*B https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205186445 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) What's the correct mark for this ? Any suitable kits in 48 th or 32 nd ? Edited March 11, 2020 by Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 This is a PR Mk.XI. I don't now of any kit but is a reasonable conversion from a Mk.IX kit particularly as it appears to be unpressurised. You will need a PR canopy with side blisters and a retractable tailwheel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 15 minutes ago, Graham Boak said: This is a PR Mk.XI. I don't now of any kit but is a reasonable conversion from a Mk.IX kit particularly as it appears to be unpressurised. You will need a PR canopy with side blisters and a retractable tailwheel. Side blisters on a PR.XI, are you sure about that Graham? Certainly the unarmoured curved windscreen but felt sure the sliding hood was standard. There is a conversion kit in 32nd scale by Alley Cat Models for the Tamiya Mk.VIII or IX @Erwin and one by Quickboost in 48th scale for the Hasegawa kit but don't think that included a new windscreen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Did someone mention Spitfire Mk. XI? I plan to convert my Mk. X kit to one. If I fail I won't lose a lot financially (see the price tag from an air show vendor in June 2019!) The decal set cost me double the kit price (p&p included, of course). I'll replace the windshield with an unarmoured one and that'll do it for me. V-P 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Col. said: Side blisters on a PR.XI, are you sure about that Graham? Certainly the unarmoured curved windscreen but felt sure the sliding hood was standard. There is a conversion kit in 32nd scale by Alley Cat Models for the Tamiya Mk.VIII or IX @Erwin I thought I saw it in the picture, but I had my right lens replaced yesterday (2nd cataract op) so clearly wasn't seeing straight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 06/03/2020 at 23:24, Grey Beema said: Ø6*K looks pretty worn https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205151076 No idea what happened to Ø6*B https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205186445 Thankyou! I really fancy doing the aircraft on the box top MB218, HMS Unicorn. Can’t find any reference photos however! Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 6:44 PM, Graham Boak said: This is a PR Mk.XI. I don't now of any kit There's a rough & very limited run Ventura PR.XI in 1/72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 5:44 PM, Graham Boak said: This is a PR Mk.XI. I don't now of any kit There's the MPM kit. now OOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I have a confession forgetting I signed up for this build I subconsciously started I f the 25% rule applies I will stop as I have only done a tiny bit hopefully I can still squeeze in if so I will stop. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 Good morning peterairfix Yes the 25% rules applies I think you should wait until the start of this GB to continue your build and open a thread to ppost photos of your work .. All the best Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 @peterairfix that cockpit is so good I’d stop there and display that! What is that brown you have used? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Hi Patrice, As long as nobody buys it before April 11th I'd like to join in with this: I put it up for sale as I thought I'd never build it but since nobody wants it, I'll build it to spite them Alan 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixpeter Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 12 hours ago, Valkyrie said: What is that brown you have used? Tamiya XF64 Red Brown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 It's a shame(well not really) that the Spitfire,Stuka and He111 GB's have all arrived in the same year of the BoB 80th GB as they were three of the main combatant's but I'm sure they will all be well represented in all four GB's.I've ordered an Airfix 1/72 Vb and Mk1 seventies toolings to continue my oldies themed builds I fancy re-scribing the panel lines to see what can be done with them. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Just gathering weapons and ammo in preparation for this one...ordered Humbrol dark green rattle can and Tamiya AS-9 RAF dark green rattle can for a trial along with Tamiya XF 64 flat red brown and XF 71 flat cockpit green for my builds. My two spits have arrived for this too and here is a wee refresher build I started.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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