davebruce Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Evening all, First of all I must thank @Deanflyer for all of his help on this build as without him I would not have been able to reproduce this aircraft. I present to you today the AZ models 1/72 spitfire Tr.9 dressed up in the colours of NH341 Elizabeth. The model is built as a gift for my brother who was lucky enough to have a fly in and fly, for a bit this plane for his 50th birthday. I was originally going to build the brigade conversion but @Deanflyer was happy to let one of his spare AZ ones go to a new home and he also let me have the template for me to print off my own decals for the nose, code, squadron crest and kill score markings, plus some masks for the fuselage letters. Thanks again Dean! The build itself was a little more of a challenge as I'm only used to airfix and revell. There are no locator pins anywhere on the kit and the wing tips and tail elevators are all butt joints. No tabs! Plenty of filling and sanding to be done but enjoyed the build and pleased with how it has turned out. Plus its going to be in a case so most mistakes will be hidden, result!. As always, thanks for looking. 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigbeale Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 That’s a superbly turned out Spitfire. Very well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I believe that this is the first Tr.9 I have ever seen and this one looks great!!!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanflyer Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Happy to help, Dave. Looks pretty good to me- I keep looking at it and thinking it's mine! Hope your brother likes it... :-) Cheers, Dean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Looks great to me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Wonderful build and display! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Excellent looking two-seater! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 5 hours ago, davebruce said: Plenty of filling and sanding to be done Sounds familiar, great work, looks fabulous. Got one of these on the go myself at the mo. Great work on yours Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Lovely looking Spit, well done ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Haven't seen this modelled before. It's turned out great. Well done, Dave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Have one of these in the stash. Looking at the lovely result that can be had by building one maybe it should move to the bench... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Very nicely finished.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebruce Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 Thanks guys, 15 hours ago, Deanflyer said: Looks pretty good to me- I keep looking at it and thinking it's mine! Cheers Dean, your wip was a great help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Well done! Lovely work it’s a tricky kit to build from memory- look out for an Airfix twin tub soon! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Excellent! Another good example of an AZ Spitfire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Very nice, I've got a Tr.9 in my collection, I'm going to build it at PV202 which I was lucky enough to fly in last year, I hope it turns out as well as yours! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Sherratt Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Very nice - like it. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro1 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Great build, Dave! Lovely Spit. Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Looks very nice. I have this kit which I'm planning to build for my daughter's father in law who's having a flight in a T9 for his 60th. Any tips for the build? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebruce Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 14 hours ago, Bangor Lad said: Looks very nice. I have this kit which I'm planning to build for my daughter's father in law who's having a flight in a T9 for his 60th. Any tips for the build? Cheers Bangor, The canopies are not a great fit, the front one needs some filling on the rear portion and the rear canopy is just way too thick and will need quite a bit scraped off. Have a look @Deanflyer's wip on the same aircraft(link a few posts up), that has some usefull information there. Good luck on your build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebruce Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 On 11/12/2020 at 10:31 AM, F-32 said: Very nice, I've got a Tr.9 in my collection, I'm going to build it at PV202 which I was lucky enough to fly in last year, I hope it turns out as well as yours! Nice one @F-32, I look forward to seeing that when completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_the_drummer Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 That's absolutely lovely - what a great result! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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