Don149 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 For anyone who has built this model , what is your opinion on the quality of the kit ? . Don . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 This for the latest 2014 kit, I found it a nice build with some faults that needed some help from Barracuda resin sets, here are some faults that were pointed out by the late Spitfire expert Edgar Brooks. Here is the list with my "solutions" though I did go a bit overboard with the resin. 1/. it needs a "Mk.I" oil cooler. Barracuda detail set 2/. it needs the crowbar deleting, unless your model dates after January 1942 (the fit was retrospective.) Barracuda cockpit door 3/. 2-bar rudder pedals are o.k., but need the fabric straps over the top. Tamiya tape or similar 4/. gun button was brass, with a silver surround, not red (post-war elfin safety?)Paint 5/. Very pistol cartridge rack was normally left off, and Castle Bromwich had (red) plastic seats, not (green) metal. Use a Barracuda seat 6/. seat armour is missing. Use a Barracuda seat and armour 7/, seat backrest has an odd depression moulded in, which I've never seen. As for 6 8/. I have no idea what part 40 is (see later), and 41 (oxygen bottle) should be black, not green. Paint 41 black 9/. part 42 (compressed-air bottles) was silver, not green. Paint silver 9/. rudder and elevators' "stitching" is overdone. Sand down a tad 10/. I have no idea what the two "lozenges" (on the top of each wing) are. Remove 11/. unless your Mk.II dates from 1940, the rudder "prong" shouldn't be there, neither should the aerial. Cut off the prong and leave off the wire 12/. post 1940, IFF aerials were fitted, and the position of the discs is marked. Fit wires 13/. if you drop the flaps, the door, in the top of the wing, needs to be cut out, and opened. I will not drop the flaps, no need for action 14/. 50B is/are/were "station keeping lights," which might have been coloured like the navigation lights, but that remains a mystery, for now. Whoops see later 15/. while over-prominent, the "rivets" are nowhere near as bad as the photos appeared to show. Good 16/. the fuselage is about 2mm shorter than the Hasegawa Vb (all at the spinner end,) but it doesn't "shout," and it appears to have better curvature than the (somewhat slab-sided) Hasegawa fuselage. Leave well alone 17/, wingspan and chord (minus wingtips) are identical to the Hasegawa Vb. Good 18/. Revell have matched Tamiya, in the wheel wells, by providing back-sloping walls - very well done - but the "orifices" are too oval. Leave alone 19/. there are three oblong "protuberances" on the spinner, but Revell do tell you to file them off. No problem 20/. Revell have confused Sky with Sky Blue (oh, yes, they have.) No problem 21/. instrument panel is fixed, but is missing the landing lights control. Using Yahu IP 22/. The air scoop on top of the kit’s upper cowl wasn’t for the Heywood compressor which wasn’t introduced until March 1942 on the Mk V, but the Spitfire already had a compressor, which was fitted once the Mk.I went from the “pump-handle” u/c retraction system to the hydraulic type. From what I can tell the early compressor had a small almost invisible scoop while the Heywood needed a larger type which was more prominent. Modify the air scoop and bulges 23/. You'll need the early (circular) HF radio controller in place of the pushbutton VHF type (37/38); Barracuda cockpit detail set 25/. Kit part number 25 This should be replaced by a circular item rather like the headrest. This refers I believe to the voltage regulator fitted to the fuselage frame behind the pilots headrest which on the kit and later Spitfires is a double barrel shape. 26/. 40 should be fitted to the instrument panel above the pilot's left leg, not on the starboard wall; See 8 above 27/.Ailerons should be fabriccovered, though that isn't as noticeable as some make out (just fine lines where the stitches go); Barracuda wing detail set 28/.there should be two fuel **** levers to the right of the compass (which, incidentally, is black inside and greenishgrey on the outside); Use the Barracuda cockpit detail set, not sure what to do about the levers, probably nothing. 29/.the throttle quadrant has one lever too many (the one pointing forward); Use the Barracuda cockpit detail set 30/.(probably the most difficult) replace the single fuel gauge (bottom RH corner of the instrument panel) with two smaller items; Use the Yahu Instrument panel. This was my attempt at the build https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/66520-last-build-for-2016-a-bit-late/ Cheers Dennis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don149 Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 Thank you Dennis , that`s the kind of info I wanted . Don . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lusitanian Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 I am waiting for the new Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.I. It comes from the Wingnut Wings design team, and looks beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Lusitanian said: I am waiting for the new Kotare 1/32 Spitfire Mk.I. It comes from the Wingnut Wings design team, and looks beautiful. As am I Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don149 Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 Now me too . `Just had a shufti on Hannant`s website . Could it be W/Wings making a comeback ? . ( on the quiet ) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholas mayhew Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 I would wait for the Kotare kit. I junked all my Revell Spits as soon as I heard about the new company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 3 hours ago, nicholas mayhew said: junked all my Revell Spits Did you really throw to the garbage your Revell models due to some dimension errors? You could have gifted them to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholas mayhew Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 7 hours ago, Sturmovik said: Did you really throw to the garbage your Revell models due to some dimension errors? You could have gifted them to me. ha ha no, i actually donated them; one went to a local kid who makes models, and the others were given to Models For Heroes - a charity which helps veterans here in the UK; I donated about one third of my stash to them. i am currently building a Tamiya P-51 and it has been a revelation; there's a lot to it, but everything just 'works'; I decided in the Summer that life is just too short to build kits which are a PITA, but of course others may choose a different path Happy modelling! Nick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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