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Brits and Korea, Part 3... Spitfire F.24


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Hello Dears !

Now, That's the last one for 2019 !!

So, let's go to Kai Tak in September October 1951...

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The lady is surely shy, given the last minute glitches that has occured !!

But, I can call her finished and I'm reasonably glad.

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The Airfix kit in Eduard boxing is a great and good deal !!

The resin interior has been corrected by Aires and is far easier to use than the first outing !

(The one I used on my Seafire .47 as an example....:rage:)

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I like that big nose and the Barracuda prop' blades look far better !!

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An pic of the beastie the day they arrive at Kai Tak...

In september, they received the black and white stripes to avoid any shooting from the trigger happy cow boys from the colonies...

However, they did'nt flow over Korea, they were involved... Patrolling the chinese border...

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As usual, I worked my interiors

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They were not all repainted in black, so I elected to let her in interior green, The shade seen on the pics is not darker enough methink !

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I think that I should have painted the seat in interior green too, but it was too late ... Cockpit was already buttoned up !

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And I also elected to let her as clean as possible, so No Woosh thingies or fuel tanks of any sorts !!

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I also changed the wheels, but I don't remember where I picked it up...

The canopy is a Falcon one since the original one did'nt fitted the plane at all.

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For the ones interested in the build up, here's the thread...

Well I say Brits in Korea ?? So here she is for a family pic !

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 and then, here are FEAF cousins, I think, the last units to use her majesty the Spitfire operationally !!

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I see on a IWM film, that the .24 were later painted in high speed silver.

As usual, paints are X-tracrylics ! Plus the Flory grime and so on !

Seemingly, the cutting mat is now too little to welcome this....

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Well Gents, feel free to comment or even show your if any !

I wish you all a merry Christmas !! Hope that Santa will be kind with you !!

Bringing some long awaited kits.

Dear Santa, Go kick some A... at Airfix factory... We both need a good 1/48 Scimitar !!

Well take care Gents !!

Did I take a second blue Chimay ??:P

Nope tomorrow it's 8 hr under that horrible weather ! So, it's up to the smiley to have one !! :drink:

Cheeers !!

Sincerely.

CC

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On 12/26/2019 at 11:22 AM, Farmerboy said:

Great build to add to a wonderful collection, hope you enjoyed your drinks!

Hello FB, Sure I enjoyed it !!

Next time ar SMW 2021, come on and join the band of usual suspects...

Thanks for the kind words !

 

On 12/26/2019 at 11:27 AM, polybebber said:

Excellent build, paintwork and finish - your collection is indeed admirable :goodjob:

Lothar

Vielen Danken Lothar !!

Next addition will be a Mk IX and a PR XI !!

Glad that you enjoyed it !

 

On 12/26/2019 at 11:44 AM, Grey Beema said:

How did I miss this?

 

Great work CC..

Hello Grey !

Thank you Sir !

I restarted the Hellcat of Stan Orr, I Will finish her in 2020 !

 

On 12/26/2019 at 1:08 PM, Unfinished project said:

Superb Spitfire. Looks like a powerhouse with that front end 👏👏

Thank you UP !

Yes, I like to see that view; She look really a Horse power mean machine !

 

21 hours ago, Vinnie said:

Very nice Spitfire, CC. I like the rest of the collection as well. 👍

Thanks Vinnie,

I'm glad that you enjoyed it !

Look like a mini Spitfire SIG...

 

19 hours ago, alex_stela said:

Excellent Spit and whole collection! I'm interested in Korea War too, but I did't know that F.24s were in area! Thanks for sharing!

Hello Alex !

The .24 stayed at Kai Tak untill 1955, Korean conflict is a very interesting one !

Now, my next Korean will be the F3D-2 and a F4U-4 ... Then the Sea Furies !!

Thank you for the kind words !

 

11 hours ago, Tempestwulf said:

Niiiiiice

Thanks TW !

 

Well Gents !!

Have a wonderfull new Year

I wish you all the best, Models, Health, and a C-17 full of joy and pleasure !!

Sincerely.

CC

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On 12/28/2019 at 6:32 AM, Hobo said:

Wow! That's an impressive collection!

Thanks Hobo,

Sorry for the late answer...

 

On 12/28/2019 at 9:51 AM, bigbadbadge said:

Great work CC, lovely looking Model and what an impressive collection fella they look lovely.

All the best

Chris

 

 Thanks Chris,

I'm now searching for your new build !

 

On 1/4/2020 at 2:45 PM, russ c said:

Great looking Korean Spitfire and very cool collection/theme

Thanks Russ,

I enjoy working in series like that.

 

8 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

Yet another fantastic finished build Alain. I’m lost for words. Simply stunning. I love everthing about this one. 👌👌👌👌

 

Johnny

Thank you Dear Spad

There are more Korean war machine coming down the pipe...

And I'm still keeping my promises...

Did'nt started any kits so far....:whistle::whistle:

But it's tough....

 

Thanks for the kind words Gents !!

Amazing to think that this Spitfire was a pre-pandemic one...

Our lives have been seriously changed since December 2019....

That's crazy...

Sincerely.

CC

 

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