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Spitfire-retractable tailwheel well photo


Robin-42

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Any of you experts have a photo of the interior of the retractable tailwheel well? I have some drawings in my references but they are unclear as to how far the “mudguard” section goes foward. There has to be some open area for the strut to retract. Most of the kits seem to jusy have a solid well. 

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I have the same diagram, the way the cutaway goes through two seperate cutaways makes it hard to follow. It appears to me that there is just enough opening to allow the leg to swing through it’s arc, but a picture would be worth a thousand words!

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4 hours ago, silberpferd said:

A couple of pictures, taken by me a long time ago, partly showing the tailwheel well on the Spit XIV displayed in Brussels.

Perfect! Just what I needed, thanks so much! A picture only a modeler would take....

 

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Here are a couple from my own website, This first one is from a XIV, although a little grainy owing to the shitty gear I had at the time:

 

http://warbirdswalkaround.wixsite.com/warbirds/nh799?lightbox=dataItem-ioi8eliq

 

This one is the tail section of an F.21 undergoing restoration, taken with a 35mm film camera, so not great quality.

 

http://warbirdswalkaround.wixsite.com/warbirds/la198?lightbox=dataItem-ighlu0mo1

 

 

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