TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Good evening I am joining this Gb with the Airfix Spitfire MkVc I will represent one aircraft of Squadron 79 based at Momota Strip Admirality Islands in 1944 The box art The sprues The decals sheet , the canopy and the Eduard PE Set I started today by painting the side walls and placing various PE parts I also placed the instrument panel on its support and the belts on the seat Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 That is a great start so far. It looks to be a cracking scheme. All the best, Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 Good evening Ray Thank you very much for your comment .. Cheers Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Coming along well Patrice,..... but according to Peter Malone,.... RAAF expert,..... this silver Spit flown by Caldwell never carried the codes CRC. It was swiftly re camouflaged as he felt too conspicuous flying it in action. Sorry mate but I thought you might like to know, Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 11 hours ago, tonyot said: Coming along well Patrice,..... but according to Peter Malone,.... RAAF expert,..... this silver Spit flown by Caldwell never carried the codes CRC. It was swiftly re camouflaged as he felt too conspicuous flying it in action. Sorry mate but I thought you might like to know, Cheers Tony Good morning Tony Thank you for this info so I think I will have to change the subject of my build .. Cheers Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 14 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: Good morning Tony Thank you for this info so I think I will have to change the subject of my build .. Cheers Patrice Sorry Patrice,..... Peter really knows his onions and if he says that it is wrong,..... then I believe him,... as per this link! Personally I would go for one of the other two schemes on the sheet,.... they would still look superb. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 7 hours ago, tonyot said: Sorry Patrice,..... Peter really knows his onions and if he says that it is wrong,..... then I believe him,... as per this link! Personally I would go for one of the other two schemes on the sheet,.... they would still look superb. Cheers Tony Good morning Tony Thank you again and don't worry I will try to find some other decals and change the subject of my build as I really want to build a NMF Spitfire I have the SMER decals for UP°? aircraft https://www.scalemates.com/kits/sm-r-0871-supermarine-spitfire-mkvc--147075.. I hope this one is accurate ? Cheers Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 12 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: Good morning Tony Thank you again and don't worry I will try to find some other decals and change the subject of my build as I really want to build a NMF Spitfire I have the SMER decals for UP°? aircraft https://www.scalemates.com/kits/sm-r-0871-supermarine-spitfire-mkvc--147075.. I hope this one is accurate ? Cheers Patrice As far as I know UP-? is accurate,.... I opted for that one myself and there are photos of the real aircraft n my post; . Cheers Tony 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Good afternoon Tony If you allow me I think I will change the subject of my build and represent this aircraft .. I just hope that I won't have any problems with the decals ... Cheers Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Good evening Today I placed the seat , control stick and instrument panel on the "bathtube" Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Good evening During this week end I placed the "bathube" on the right half fuselage and closed the 2 fuselage halves , I glued the horizontal stabilizators I also glued the upper and lower wings together Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 Good evening Yesterday I managed to place the wings on the fuselage I also placed the tropical filter under the nose Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 Good morning all I'm going to start painting this kit soon and I'm wondering what the color of the spinner pan was I found many Spitfire Mk Vc pictures of this unit but most of them are of camouflaged planes the rare photos of planes in aluminum finish does not show the spinner so if you have more info on the subject I would be interested .. Cheers Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 Good evening During the week end I managed to start painting the kit in Humbrol Metal Cote 27002 , the tail in White HU34 and the anti glare panel in Black 33 Patrice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Good evening Yesterday I placed the exhausts and the windshield Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Being in the midst of trying to finish my Sword version, it looks from your work Patrice that the Airfix version goes together well and does not have any niggles or issues. That said the Sword kit still probably has slightly finer surface detail than the Airfix, but it is probably OOP now. The silver finish looks very good Patrice. Did the original aircraft keep the wing leading edge strips as well as the tail? Will you be using decals from the spares box or do you have a complete set please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 11 hours ago, Olmec Head said: Being in the midst of trying to finish my Sword version, it looks from your work Patrice that the Airfix version goes together well and does not have any niggles or issues. That said the Sword kit still probably has slightly finer surface detail than the Airfix, but it is probably OOP now. The silver finish looks very good Patrice. Did the original aircraft keep the wing leading edge strips as well as the tail? Will you be using decals from the spares box or do you have a complete set please? Good morning Olmec Head I already built the sword kit a few years ago I had not encountered any particular difficulties and I agree with you on the surface detail .. The Airfix kit really goes together well ..From the only photo I found of the real plane, only the tail and the front part of the cannon fairing were painted white .. I will use the decals from the old Smer kit .. Cheers Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 11:56 AM, TEMPESTMK5 said: Good afternoon Tony If you allow me I think I will change the subject of my build and represent this aircraft .. I just hope that I won't have any problems with the decals ... Cheers Patrice Hello Patrice,.... I used the old Smer kit decals on my modelof UP-? and they were superb. Good luck mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) On 3/18/2021 at 7:51 AM, TEMPESTMK5 said: Good morning all I'm going to start painting this kit soon and I'm wondering what the color of the spinner pan was I found many Spitfire Mk Vc pictures of this unit but most of them are of camouflaged planes the rare photos of planes in aluminum finish does not show the spinner so if you have more info on the subject I would be interested .. Cheers Patrice Hello Patrice,..... if you check out the link to my model which I posted earlier,..... as I stated there are photos of the real aeroplane,.... including a full view including the spinner! Edited March 24, 2021 by tonyot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Hello Tony I will try to place the decals during next week end , I hope that the Smer kit decals will not pose a problem .. Cheers Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Just now, TEMPESTMK5 said: Hello Tony I will try to place the decals during next week end , I hope that the Smer kit decals will not pose a problem .. Cheers Patrice As I said mate,.... the decals that I used were really nice nd no problem at all,..... here is the link to my build which includes the photos of the real aeroplane,.... as posted earlier on your thread;. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, tonyot said: As I said mate,.... the decals that I used were really nice nd no problem at all,..... here is the link to my build which includes the photos of the real aeroplane,.... as posted earlier on your thread;. thank you again very much for the link to your build and the photo of the real aircraf ... Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Good evening Yesterday I placed the decals and today I made a light weathering and pkced the undercarriage and the propeller Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmec Head Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Looks very good Patrice, Silver is a bold colour to use and it shows off your build very well. I think you mentioned on my camouflage Sword version (at least Camo went somewhere to hide my build errors) that you had built the Sword Vc as well as the new Airfix Vc, which did you find better please? 79 Squadron must have been very bored to have stripped down a Spitfire on a desert island airstrip! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 11 hours ago, Olmec Head said: Looks very good Patrice, Silver is a bold colour to use and it shows off your build very well. I think you mentioned on my camouflage Sword version (at least Camo went somewhere to hide my build errors) that you had built the Sword Vc as well as the new Airfix Vc, which did you find better please? 79 Squadron must have been very bored to have stripped down a Spitfire on a desert island airstrip! Good morning Olmec Head Thank you for your comment .. I built the Sword kit a few years ago and I admit that I no longer remember if I had encountered difficulties during assembly or not , regarding the Airfix kit I did not encounter any problems during assembly on the other hand I find that the movable part of the canopy is not really great and I think that the next time I build this kit I would choose the closed canopy option .. tonyot also built this kit and he seems very satisfied .. Cheers Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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