Brad-M Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Guys/Gals, With the impending release of Tamiya's new Spitfire Mk I, does anyone have a link that describes why the older boxing of Tamiya's Spitfire Mk I is inaccurate shape wise? Thanks in Advance Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I believe @Troy Smith is the man to call for this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 While nobody is going to mistake it for an Fw190, and as nicely as it goes together, the old Tamiya Spits are really pretty awful accuracy-wise. Going from memory: Fuselage is a tad short, and noticeably too pudgy Upper cowling contours around the rocker covers are too pronounced. And the biggie: Tamiya started the curvature of the wing leading edge (the tangent point) at the wing roots. On the real Spit the tangen point is at the fuselage centerline. That makes the entire wing balloon out, especially visible to my eye in front view. Basically the entire wing leading and trailing edge curves are wrong. From what I can see, their new one is a real cracker, and I can’t wait to get my mitts on the three I’ve got on pre-order from Hobby Easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 8 hours ago, Brad-M said: does anyone have a link that describes why the older boxing of Tamiya's Spitfire Mk I is inaccurate shape wise? try this, where I have a go at fixing the Tamiya kit fuselage 7 hours ago, Sonoran said: Fuselage is a tad short, and noticeably too pudgy yes, more infact 'slab sided', see the link for more on this 7 hours ago, Sonoran said: And the biggie: Tamiya started the curvature of the wing leading edge (the tangent point) at the wing roots. On the real Spit the tangen point is at the fuselage centerline. That makes the entire wing balloon out, especially visible to my eye in front view. Basically the entire wing leading and trailing edge curves are wrong. but easier than the fuselage to fix, the hardest part is filling and re-scribing the flap lines. the Tamiya wing curve is also found on the Occidental(reboxed Italeri) IX /XVI kit, the Academy XIV kit, and the Airfix Spitfire XII and Seafire XVII. HTH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-M Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 Hi Troy, Super, thanks very much. Brad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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