theplasticsurgeon Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Joining you with this Fujimi 1/72 Recon Spitfire. Which cost me £8 at IPMS Avon show in 2017. A view of the parts. Building this option, with invasion stripes. Hosts have been consulted , and adjudicated on the eligibility of this build. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Excellent Tim, good to see your thread started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 Storming over the beachhead. Another image of the parts. And the wing/cockpit coming together. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 That is off to a flying start, a Spitfire's wings always look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 Fuselage, and it goes together beautifully. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Lovely shape. Just watching my recorded BBC 2 documentary re D-Day and only now realising the part photo recon played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 This kit offers decals forRM643/Z and RM635/Y. Both 541 Sqdn at RAF Benson. Each has fuselage stripes - but can anyone validate from their histories, any D-Day related missions that they took part in? I bought a tin of Humbrol 230 PRU Blue yesterday, and am about to atomise some paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Airbrushed. I'm very pleased with that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 And looking like a PR Spitfire now, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 This is that we're here for. Decal leftover from a P-51b Mustang. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Looking great. I'm enjoying following this, reminds me of my Fujimi Spitfire XIV build... many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 1 hour ago, theplasticsurgeon said: This is that we're here for. Decal leftover from a P-51b Mustang. PRU blue, the best colour there is, and D-Day stripes! What’s not to like! She’s a treat. Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 What rob85 said 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 Decals, canopy and prop. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Good evening Very good job she looks great with the decals .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Hi Tim, I do like the Fujimi Griffin Spit, and I like your rendition a lot. The PRU blue looks spot on to me. If accuracy is your thing, the Mk XIXs at the time of D-day were, I believe, unpressurised. So, the cabin air intake beneath the starboard exhaust stacks would need to be removed. If the kit has the external canopy rails, these would also need to be removed. If you're entirely unfussed or the build is too far advanced, please ignore my waffle. I built an Airfix Mk XIX as a D-day Spit a while ago and found out the hard way . . . Regards Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 Undercarriage. And up into her pins. Just the camera windows left now. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 Declaring completion. Wheel wells metal, and camera windows. Cleaned the camera lens for this. And now I'm off to enjoy this 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Looks good Tim And the model's not bad either. Nah, the ale is well deserved, you've built a cracking Spitfire - saw it in the gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 I've been asked how this kit compares with the Airfix PR19. Not a kit that I've built (yet), but have got in my stash - so I've scrutinised that. Initial thoughts are that Airfix looks an easier build. Fujimi offers wartime options, whereas Airfix has post-war. This build has some locations for an armoured screen, that I should have sanded off. Don't really know if feature in Airfix. Airfix tailwheel undercarriage has open/closed doors, Fujimi has closed only, with wheel sticking out. and the beer is going down a treat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 She’s come out beautifully mate, very nice work Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Very good job 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Edited 01 Dec 2019, after adding wing roundels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 And now in the company of my French restored warbird Airfix PR19. Seen with wingtips, and cropped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Nice build(s) Tim, I've long thought the XIX with the contraprops looked a real beast. I reckon you've caught it a treat. Its older brother looks just the way it should. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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