FinnAndersen Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 This is my take on the famous BR114 of 103 MU at Abukir in Egypt. The base kit is a Eduard Spitfire IXc with a homemade Mk V nose and oil cooler. I removed the overwing cannon feed covers and inserted hypodermic needle to represent the .5" machine guns. The cockpit is without armour and as you can see the radio mast is not fitted. The sliding canopy was replaced with a Falcon item that included a knockout panel as the real had. The Abukir filter came from a Tamiya Spitfire Vb. Paint is Xtracolor and the non-standard camouflage scheme was deduced from the few photos that exist. Some will say that it should have been a B scheme, but I claim that it wasn't. Weathering was done by adding a drop of middle stone to the final varnish, to tone down the white in the roundels and code letter and leave a dusty impression of an aircraft left in the desert. Panel lines are done with brown shades of heavily diluted artists oil paints on the upper surfaces and blue below. Decals from DK Decals 72046 Camera is a D750 with a 28-300mm lens. It's my favourite Spitfire. Quite unique with its four blade propeller, deep undercowling and special armament. The Eduard Spits are a joy to build and I have a few more to go 🙂 Enjoy /Finn Bonus picture of the Spitfire HF VI BS124 "Marker" (BR114 was the "Striker") which I posted here last year 29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2996 Victor Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Superb Spits, Finn, the modified Mk.Vc the reasons behind the mods and it's very specialised purpose is particularly interesting. Kind regards, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Very nice build Finn.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnAndersen Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 Thanks for the kind words and interest. I only hope that it could be an inspiration for others; I can't be the only one that enjoy mixing historical interest with craftsmanship (don't laugh too much here 🙂) /Finn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Like. Very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire madman Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Outstanding job well done 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 This looks fantastic , you have done a cracking job on this important machine. I like that very much. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Lovely conversion! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Sorry I hadn't spotted this before, one of my favourite Spitfire subjects too, after reading of its exploits in the RAF Middle East book decades ago. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnAndersen Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 Thanks for all the kind comments If you are interested in how the conversion was done, it's basically the same as my Australian Spitfire Vc Cheers /Finn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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