twp1 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 A few years back my Dad had a flight experience to fly alongside a Spitfire at Duxford. The aircraft he flew alongside was Spitfire HF Mk.lXe TA805 'Spirit of Kent'. During the briefing I had the opportunity to take a load of up close pictures of the aircraft with the intention of building him a kit of it as a gift. I ended up using the Revell 1:48 Spitfire lXc/XVl (4554) kit. This was in the days before I realised that Eduards kits were far superior and included PE but it's a decent enough kit. The only changes I had to make were to swop the gun covers around to convert the kit to an e wing. I purchased aftermarket sets of stencils, codes, letters and rounds to give me the correct scheme and brought decal paper to make my own 'Spitit of Kent' decals and squadron badge carried under the canopy. The thing I couldn't get right was the legend in white lettering so the only thing that isn't as accurate as it could be is these are black. Once completed, it was given to him in a presentation box. The kit was brush painted and finished in a gloss varnish 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Lovely looking Spitfire with a fresh from the factory look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I bet he loved it, great job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhutchi Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Not bad for a grey jet builder 😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twp1 Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 1 hour ago, jhutchi said: Not bad for a grey jet builder 😂 A man of many talents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie(kinda) Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Excellent. And absolutely the right finish for a restored and still flying Spit. I imagine he was chuffed to bits! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Great looking warbird! And for once, the red crowbar is entirely correct, as is the beautifully shiny finish…😉 Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Very cool! A nice gesture to present this as a gift - hope they were rightly chuffed! I only recently learned (about 10 years ago) that it is a crowbar stored in the cockpit door. Before then I just assumed it to be a cross-brace to strengthen the door! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Cracking work, looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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