providence Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Hello Everyone, Once I was a child, I Read 9 lives, the autobiographie of Alan Deere. Since then, I always wanted to build one of his spitfire with a kiwi. I did last year, and I'm pleased to share with you. I hope you enjoy it. Providence 51 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Lovely work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Really nice Spitfire, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Really nice Spitfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Very nice. Love that kiwi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Oooooo this looks lovely, great work and paint. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
providence Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Thank you all for your kinds comments. I don't know if you ever read 9 lives but it is truly a gem ! It is one of my favorite book with the big show of Pierre Clostermann ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Robin Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Superb. Your Spitfire looks suitably "used". Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 That is a lovely job. As a young Kiwi, the same book made Deere into one of my boyhood heros, it is always nice to see his aircraft modelled so well. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 looks good , although the seat would have been a redish brown colour ( Bakerlite ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
providence Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 Hello Keith in the UK, It was my understanding that Bakelite seat was introduce later, after the beginning of Battle of Britain. Am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 The plastic seats, not Bakelite, according to the late & much missed Edgar brooks in this thread, were introduced into production 14 May 1940 so maybe in time for the Evacuation but not necessarily so, to be sure you'd need a production date for this machine & without a serial number (?) that is hard to do. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmcgill Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 16 hours ago, keith in the uk said: looks good , although the seat would have been a redish brown colour ( Bakerlite ) Not on N3180 Kiwi1 shown here. N3180 was completed months before the plastic seat was introduced into production. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
providence Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 @stevehnz and @wmcgill : thank you very much for providing these clarifications. Providence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Judging by the modellers datafile there are detailed pics of Spitfire interiors , The oldest Spitfire which resides in the RAF museum Hendon has the redish brown seat , also it appears the the later marks right up to the MK XVI also show the seats in the same colour however these are preserved aircraft and may have had the seats replaced at some point ? . My own gut feeling would be that most early marks of Spitfire would have had the plastic redish brown seat fitted and later marks fitted with metal seats. No doubt there are guys here who know better and i will be proved wrong. 😬 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
providence Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 Hello Keith in the UK, thank you for all these elements. I will add some pictures of the cockpit (Imgur seems to have trouble right now). Providence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
providence Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 Hello everyone, I take some pictures of the cockpit. I added some hoses and minors details. Regards Providence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Very nice looking cockpit. 👍 I am much too impatient to put that amount of work into a cockpit, the effort is worth it looking at this. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Sherratt Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 That's really splendid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonj Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Wonderful work. Great subject matter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
providence Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 Thank you all for your kind words Regards Providence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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