Pilot Armour Re: New Tamiya MkI Spitfire

[Phas3e]

Hi all.

 

Been reading about the armour plate or maybe lack of it in the new tooled Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire MkI

 

I realise a lot of people will just fabricate it themselves but I was wondering if the parts from Eduards Etch set Edpfe152 for the old tool one would suffice?

 

 

Being a new modeller I would enjoy the ease of just clipping it out and adding it in.

 

Cheers,

travis

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

In theory it should work ? Is the etch shown for the older Tamiya or Airfix Mk.1 spitfires ? I would think that if it was designed for the older Tamiya kit, it should be a pretty close match ? 

[Phas3e]

sorry, yes the etch is for the old mold Tamiya.

[Plasto]

Yep I think it will work ok maybe with a bit of tweaking. 

 

 

[JackG]

In short it should fit since the edges of the shapes really don't touch the walls of the fuselage.  The head armour section is nice since you don't have to deal with the slot for the harness, something you would have to tackle if scratch building that piece.  The other main piece is presented similar to what Tamiya had in plastic, and may be off a bit dimensionally when compared to drawings Edgar had posted a while back:

 

 

 

 

regards,

Jack

 

[Planebuilder62]

Hi there

What did the armour plate attach to? Was it the seat itself or the mounting braket for the seat. I am puttering along with an Airfix 1/24 Mk1.

 

Regards Toby

[Rolls-Royce]

Pretty sure it was to the bracket. Mounting direct to the seat would introduce other problems (impact transmitted directly to the pilot, etc), especially for the later composite seats.

[JackG]

From behind can see four bolts that must be the attachment points.   Top view can see a slender  L  shaped bracket utilized between the seat and armour plate but cannot say how said bracket is attached at the seat end?