Madmaks Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 I have been on a Spitfire building binge. Here is a quick conversion of the 1/72 scale Fujimi FR XIVe kit to a FR XVIII. The kit comes with an enlarged rudder and short of pulling out some calipers to take measurements, simply eyeballing and comparing it to the the Aeroclub and MPM rudders, it looked right and I thus decided to leave it alone. The main mod was drilling the 2 ventral camera ports under the fuselage. I did not mess with the wing panel lines . The build was actually very straight forward and fun. I used the excellent book "Spitfires in the Sun" as my reference for markings to build this as HS637 of No. 15 squadron Indian Air Force based out of Ambala in 1951. The airplane still carries white ID wing tips from the J&K war. All colors are Tamiya. Comments/suggestions/questions are always welcome! I hope you like this quick build: Thank you for looking! 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Madmaks said: a Spitfire building binge Enjoy your run! This is a good addition to the lineup for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 The Mk.XVIII is one of my favorite Spitfire variants you've done her justice here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 A lovely looking build in a scheme that really suits the Spitfire. 👍 Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Lovley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmaks Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 4 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: Enjoy your run! This is a good addition to the lineup for sure. @John D.C. Masters thanks and it is but I do need to make something different after the next 2 Spitfires on my workbench before the binge starts looking like an obsession! 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmaks Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 6 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: The Mk.XVIII is one of my favorite Spitfire variants you've done her justice here. @Corsairfoxfouruncle Thank you! I love the XVIII too and hopefully someone will make a good kit of it for us to build soon enough! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 5 hours ago, Madmaks said: starts looking like an obsession! 😁 Nothing wrong with that. Feel free to track my "Spitfire A-Go-Go" threads...😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmaks Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 10 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: Nothing wrong with that. Feel free to track my "Spitfire A-Go-Go" threads...😉 @John D.C. Masters thx for the heads-up and will absolutely track that! 18 hours ago, stevehnz said: A lovely looking build in a scheme that really suits the Spitfire. 👍 Steve. Thank you @stevehnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 The Griffon Spit's are my favourites, this one's nice, and different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmaks Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 On 11/4/2019 at 11:24 AM, DaveyGair said: The Griffon Spit's are my favourites, this one's nice, and different. Thanks @DaveyGair I have a soft corner for the VIII and the XVIII and here the 2 of them together 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Cracking build, love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Looks great! Very nicely done! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Very nice Spitfire! I need a bubble top in 1/72... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmaks Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 11/15/2019 at 4:34 PM, Mig88 said: Looks great! Very nicely done! Miguel On 11/18/2019 at 12:49 PM, Adam Poultney said: Very nice Spitfire! I need a bubble top in 1/72... On 11/15/2019 at 10:10 AM, F-32 said: Cracking build, love it! Thank you all - been on a hiatus but the encouragement is much appreciated! Working on a another Spitfire to be posted soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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