06/24 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Excellent update, full of wide ranging goodness. Whilst I hesitate to disagree with you on Spitfires, are you sure none feature the Oxygen bottle? The aforementioned Eduard IX has a small bottle to add on the fuselage wall in approximately the place you describe? Great save by the clothes peg, and great fun with the boys. Bravo sir 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 1 minute ago, 06/24 said: Whilst I hesitate to disagree with you on Spitfires, are you sure none feature the Oxygen bottle? The aforementioned Eduard IX has a small bottle to add on the fuselage wall in approximately the place you describe? Oh, does it? Have I been omitting it, or has it just been that long since I've built one? Hm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 A wonderful example of the 'Adventures of Fine Scale Modelling.' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 55 minutes ago, Procopius said: I shall be erecting a shrine and charging 2s. 6d. admission. Half a Crown seems rather steal when you can watch 162 episodes of Magnum PI for $9. 1 hour ago, Procopius said: Does anyone have or know of any good reference photos of a 90-gallon slipper tank on a small-carburetor intake Spitfire? Is this any help? (You could always use some plasticard to make the top of the tank.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Beard said: Is this any help? Hm, sort of, but isn't that a 45-gallon slipper tank? In any case, I'm much too lazy to do a convincing job of the tank's underside and the weird sloping area that accommodates the intake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Procopius said: Oh, does it? Have I been omitting it, or has it just been that long since I've built one? Hm! Eduard Oxygen by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr Part A32? Right place and shape. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 1 minute ago, 06/24 said: xygen by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr Part A32? Right place and shape. Damme, that's it! Best dig out the ol' Amnesia Ray and put this all past us... 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 30 minutes ago, Procopius said: Hm, sort of, but isn't that a 45-gallon slipper tank? In any case, I'm much too lazy to do a convincing job of the tank's underside and the weird sloping area that accommodates the intake. I think it is. I'm sure there's a photograph of one in Spitfire The History, I'll have a look when I get home from work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 If you wanted to fill in the tank you have, how about Fimo or similar air drying clay, stuff some in the ‘ole, shape with a dampened lolly stick, and Robert’s a relative on your mothers side... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Nice Spitfire progress (especially the peg catch), nice day with the kids, nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Procopius said: Then I got a little excited, which happens to lots of guys, I'm reassured, and spurted glue into all the crevasses of the fuselage before I could stop myself. I got caned for writing something like that once. I was 17. 2 hours ago, Procopius said: Does anyone have or know of any good reference photos of a 90-gallon slipper tank on a small-carburetor intake Spitfire? Don't forget that XIIs have a bigger intake that Merlin Spits without tropical intakes. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 PC, On the slipper tank question, I've only seen one standard size of opening at the front. The image showing your test fit makes me think that the intake should be mounted further forward than it is now. If you move it forward, it might fill the gap more fully. I think that the XII intake under the nose was unique to that model (similarly-engined Seafires had the later, bigger intake). Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Any good Mr P? Stuart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Here you go........ https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C378920 Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I've found a reference to slipper tanks in STH. but no photographs, but am too busy watching a documentary about Tiger Sharks eating Albatross chicks to have a good look. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 PC, A couple of points from my Mk12 researches, which don't appear correctly on some models and profiles (needless to say, in the case of the latter). No port/starboard lights on the wingtips. You can see this in photos posted earlier. I read that these were early clipped tips so solid wood? No cheese cutter IFF aerials, this was the mast type near the ailerons. Usually invisible or censored out on photos, you can clearly see its shadow on the famous underside photo of MB882 (e.g. cover of Camouflage & Markings "Spitfire" pamphlet). The same photo shows the Griffon leaked at least as much as a Merlin! Hopefully I'm not too early for either of these. I look forward to seeing how your model comes out, tempting me to break out the XII as my next build (after the 109, Z506B and Mossie all at various stages at the mo). Cheers Will 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 I can't find any photographs of short carburettor intake Spitfires with 90 gallon slipper tanks in STH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Looking good, great work so far. Keep up the good work. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Gah! Missed this happening. On board now for the thrill ride sir. 😃 Excellent peg story look out for the cursed sister peg that will ping off and land in paint/ glue/ your eye. Had a wonderful catch up and I agree with the story so far. Please carry on. Love the kids T-shirt by the way. ✈️🚁 John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 Well, things rather fell by the wayside this week, didn't they. As some of you may have seen or read, it having been picked up by the BBC and every single national news organization here, late last night, after a week of me double-checking multiple times a day to see if we would, my employer (breathe not their name) interjected itself into the most contentious political debate currently ongoing in American life. All well and good, even though the statement and intervention were, like a camel, designed in committee so as to please nobody, but they didn't believe they needed to check with their long-suffering and excruciatingly underpaid social media professional to ensure we had anything in place, so that when it broke I thought a clever hoaxer had seized their chance, and only after a frantic exchange with my counterpart in the PR department did the two of us determine (a) that it was genuine, and (b) Very Senior People decided we should all sleep on it and issue our statements, tweets, and Facebook posts the following morning. All the while the internet churned, until, after nine hours had elapsed, I was finally able to get something out. It feels really great, let me tell you, to read industry blogs, as I did today, calling me incompetent (not by name, I'm unimportant and anonymous) on account of something someone else did. Today was a very long day and a lot of people were Mad On The Internet at us. Most of the rest of the week was pretty crap as well. Anyway, I cleaned up the glue print, and eliminated a ton of surface detail in doing so: I also found another spot and globbed some more Mr Surfacer there. ANNNNND, because I'm an idiot and forgot how capillary action works, the tape wrapped around the nose caused the glue to flow along the edges and scar the plastic badly in the under nose region. More filler: Good thing this isn't a rare and hard to find kit I'm wrecking willy-nilly, right? Oh. I then lost the plot and decided to add the wings on, because why not: 20180928_235347 by Edward IX, on Flickr I used rubber bands to try and coax some dihedral out of the wings, but this one is not looking good for me right now, folks. 16 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 That was a sympathy 'like' mate Doesn't sound like it was a particularly good week then? I have full confidence that you will overcome all, including gluey fingerprints. Cheers, Stew 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Yes...confidence is high here too... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amblypygid Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I think the Spitfire is looking rather good; sure that you'll deal with the forensic evidence with elan. And while I envy your skill with small aircraft, I don't envy your job in the slightest! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMP man Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I find that the ones you have the most problems with you tend to have most affection for. Sounds like someone has been naughty in the Colony, and might have to be sent to bed without supper! Keep the faith and Box on Strickers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Procopius said: Good thing this isn't a rare and hard to find kit I'm wrecking willy-nilly, right? Oh. I don't think you're wrecking it but it will remain rare. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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