Tail-Dragon Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 (edited) Spitfire Mk Vc, BP966, was originally manufactured in the desert scheme, then routed to Renfrew, Scotland for shipment to Malta. While there, it was refinished in the temperate sea scheme (as per a misunderstood Malta request), and shipped to Malta on operation Calendar, to serve with 249 Squadron. (As per the latest Paul Lucas research). The 1/48 kit is the Classic Airframes Spit Vc, "Yankee Spitfires", which is the same plastic as the Special Hobbies Spit Vc. The kit is quite nice, with a good cockpit, photo etch, but with a few small problems ... the wrong prop and spinner, the fuselage is too short, the wings are in the wrong place, and the tail is canted up at a strange angle - so - a challenge! The fuselage was cut forward of the windscreen and extended .060" (moving the wings forward at the same time), and the rear fuselage cut and repositioned. A spare DeHavilland prop was sourced, and the spinner chucked onto a bur in a drill and machined down to the proper DeHavilland short spinner. Extra details added to the cockpit, a vac canopy, and Ultracast exhaust and entry door readied it for the paint shop. It is finished in Tamiya acrylics, and weathered in oils and pastels. It is one of 3 (a triple Malta build) and the first ready to be shown, hope you like. Colin (build log here) part 1 part 2 Hope you like, thanks for looking, Colin Edited June 6, 2022 by Tail-Dragon more details 46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Escudé Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 What a nice finish !!! all those Malta spitfire schemes !! Nice rendering bravo !! 🤗 and to add, your exhaust weathering ... splendid !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autle Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Really like this model especially the painting, I reckon you've nailed this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilj Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Fantastic! Great interpretive paint job! I have a Malta spitfire question - which ac had yellow codes and which had those light-grey-sky ish ones? ilj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tail-Dragon Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 49 minutes ago, ilj said: I have a Malta spitfire question - which ac had yellow codes and which had those light-grey-sky ish ones? ilj I can't see any real pattern to it, other than the darker aircraft seem to get the yellow codes. Yellow codes appear to be seen on 185, 229, 243 and 249 Squadron aircraft almost at random. 249 also seems to use white codes (Beurling's UF*S for example), as well as light grey codes. According to the Paul Lucas research, on the 'Calendar' delivery, something like 1/3 were finished in the 'Renfrew' scheme, 1/3 in the ASU scheme, and 1/3 (desert scheme) refinished on the Wasp. Delivery codes were kept until the opportunity presented itself to apply the Sqdn codes to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Great work on the Spit, love the weathering ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulaero Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Really lovely work , I must add a Malta Spit to my collection especially since having been on holiday there but there is so much choice as it appears no two were the same !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Robin Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Very nicely done. Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACALAIN Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 06/06/2022 at 16:47, Tail-Dragon said: Spitfire Mk Vc, BP966, was originally manufactured in the desert scheme, then routed to Renfrew, Scotland for shipment to Malta. While there, it was refinished in the temperate sea scheme (as per a misunderstood Malta request), and shipped to Malta on operation Calendar, to serve with 249 Squadron. (As per the latest Paul Lucas research). The 1/48 kit is the Classic Airframes Spit Vc, "Yankee Spitfires", which is the same plastic as the Special Hobbies Spit Vc. The kit is quite nice, with a good cockpit, photo etch, but with a few small problems ... the wrong prop and spinner, the fuselage is too short, the wings are in the wrong place, and the tail is canted up at a strange angle - so - a challenge! The fuselage was cut forward of the windscreen and extended .060" (moving the wings forward at the same time), and the rear fuselage cut and repositioned. A spare DeHavilland prop was sourced, and the spinner chucked onto a bur in a drill and machined down to the proper DeHavilland short spinner. Extra details added to the cockpit, a vac canopy, and Ultracast exhaust and entry door readied it for the paint shop. It is finished in Tamiya acrylics, and weathered in oils and pastels. It is one of 3 (a triple Malta build) and the first ready to be shown, hope you like. Colin (build log here) part 1 part 2 Hope you like, thanks for looking, Colin Well done I had made the same in 1/72, not a long time ago. Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wlad Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Great build. Wlad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Fantastic looking Spitfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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