Spitfire31 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 One of the Model Alliance Recce Spitfire sheets has the same Swedish option as the Airfix kit. It's difficult to judge the colours from the scan in the review on www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Rev2/1201-1300/Rev1202_ModelAllianceDecals_MA72133/rev1202.htm. The crowns should be outlined in black – they may be or may not, impossible to see. But, no walkways and apparently no stencilling at all. The Maestro Decals sheet from www.rebell.com looks like the obvious choice – if it's reprinted, that is… Best, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 The irony is that I've got that sheet and have no interest in doing Swedish aircraft... Anyhoo, more wing tests. The Ventura Seafire 47 wing fits neatly, meaning an F21. The CMK wing fits, so a 14 is also possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Anyone noticed in the rush to get the box open that Airfix's box artist has drawn it with a reflector gunsight LOL for that naaaa daka daka daka moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Looks nice Jonathan. What paints did you use there? Did you go with the Humbrol colours specified by Airfix? TIA Cheers Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Thanks Rick, Humbrol acrylics thinned with windshield washer fluid, Kleer varnish then a coat of Humbrol satin acrylic. Sadly the model has since been loaned out so I didn't get the chance to photograph her finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) Hi there,well,i went & got one....!! it's good isn't it ?? (compared to the abominable Me 109* !!) Started it Yesterday,was fairly impressed with fit,of parts,will do Swedish Scheme,for my Club's OOB Night But will change all that,much later on,for ANOTHER overall PRU-Blue scheme,(RAF WW2). So far so good,let's seriously hope the Mk IX is half as good,eh ?? Cheers,Bazza. *YES,i KNOW that designation is wrong,but SO is the KIT !! !! Edited August 11, 2009 by Bazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Finally got my hands on one, and it looks a nice little kit, certainly plan to build a couple more. I think I spotted one error that no-one else seems to have mentioned - have Airfix cocked up the alierons again? The hinge line is the same top and bottom, although this time it looks like the correct line on top and too small on the lower wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Finally got my hands on one, and it looks a nice little kit, certainly plan to build a couple more.I think I spotted one error that no-one else seems to have mentioned - have Airfix cocked up the alierons again? The hinge line is the same top and bottom, although this time it looks like the correct line on top and too small on the lower wing. Annoying that they continue to make small mistakes like this, but at least it should be fairly simple to correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Finally got my hands on one, and it looks a nice little kit, certainly plan to build a couple more.I think I spotted one error that no-one else seems to have mentioned - have Airfix cocked up the alierons again? The hinge line is the same top and bottom, although this time it looks like the correct line on top and too small on the lower wing. you have lost me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousA667 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 you have lost me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 But the 19 is hinged in the middle and the back of the wing is flat where it sits, dont think there is a difference in skin overhang, you set the clearance in the gap to a set figure last time I helped hang some on. will look monday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousA667 Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 The pic was only intended to show Frise type ailerons. The hinge point is irrelevant as long as it is such that part of the aileron projects below the wing under surface. It's always been my understanding that Spitfires were all equipped with Frise type ailerons, otherwise they would need a boot full of rudder to fly balanced turns. peebeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltro Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 (edited) Finally got my hands on one, and it looks a nice little kit, certainly plan to build a couple more.I think I spotted one error that no-one else seems to have mentioned - have Airfix cocked up the alierons again? The hinge line is the same top and bottom, although this time it looks like the correct line on top and too small on the lower wing. I've got three of them now, and building the first at the moment. Nice little kit and the fit is pretty good. Panel lines are a little deep, but that's just my opinion. Another little thing they seem to have missed too Dave. The small teardropped fairing on each upper wing surface has been missed off, but they can be added. Just outside the root walkways...... http://www.airplane-pictures.net/images/up...-6/29/51522.jpg Edited August 15, 2009 by Veltro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango India Mike Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 And where are the prominent canopy slide rails, the canopy stoppers, the air outlet vent (visible here just in front of the whip-aerial)? Fair enough, they weren't present on this MPM kit either and I added them myself. Fair enough also that it will be some time yet before the Airfix kit is available here in Western Australia, so all I can go on are the images I'm seeing of it on the internet...but let's stop kidding ourselves, this is not a great kit. It's mediocre at best. Still, I understand that it's cheap, so I suppose you get what you pay for. None of its shortcomings will stop me from buying it, but I can't help feeling disappointed by them all the same. There's going to be just as much work involved - if not more - in making a realistic model from it as there is in building either the MPM or Fujimi kits. Sorry if my views don't sit well with those of you who just want a 'fun' building experience resulting in something that looks a little bit like the right shape, but I want realism in my models. If I only wanted shelf-fillers, then I'd simply buy ready-made die-casts. Having said all that, I suppose it will at least be 'fun' to turn the raw material into something more closely resembling the genuine article! Cheers all, Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greycap Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 some realism in tango india mikes opinions .its a kit that hs to be modelled as oposed to just being made oob. i suspect the mk9 will be similar ,when, in a years time,we get it . regards greycap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 The outlet air vent is there but blink and you'll miss it! So are the canopy rails but they are quite subtle. Look, there's a choice. The expensive Fujimi kit, which needs a lot of work to eliminate the armed option, plus a new interior. The MPM kit which is a horror to assemble and could do with a better cockpit interior. The long gone Ventura kit, which needs major clean up and a complete interior. And the Airfix one, which does have some minor flaws but nothing that we can't overcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 BTW...i have virtually done mine,i still maintain it's a damn fine kit !! (may well get another one,in a "what-if"....?? scheme) BUT one small cocky-up,on the Decal front....!! The instructions,for the Swedish example,mention a small decal,#16,("first aid panel"),which is TOTALLY absent on the sheet !! WHOOPS !! Take a good look,and prove me right !! Naughty,naughty,Airfix,a Typo error !! Cheers Bazza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango India Mike Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Yes, I know chaps, I'm being too critical of a kit that I don't even have in my own hands yet...I'm sorry! Of course I'll always find things to improve on in a kit as it comes out of the box...but that's just me. I'll refrain from further comment until I DO get my itchy fingers on the plastic...whenever that will be, of course! Still no sign of that Mk IX, I suppose? THAT's the one I'm really wanting to get at! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Some rumours I've heard about the mk IX are critical about the interior. Apparently it's somewhat.... lacking. And it only has the rounded rudder rather than the more common pointy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Did a bit of research and as far as I can see the mk XIX had the same Frise ailerons as the earlier Spitfires, so a little rescribing needed. Playing around with the mk XIX last night I decided to compare it with an Airfix mk 1 (taken to be the 'Gold' standard as far as 1/72 IJ moulded Spitfire accuracy). The two compare quite well, with the 'rudder post to cockpit' exactly spot on. Wingspan and leading edge of the wing are identical, but there is an interesting discrepancy on the wing trailing edge - the mk XIX kit has a progressively deeper chord from tip - root, resulting in a difference in chord at the wing root of about a mm (and a different shape to the plan). Not sure which is right, but it is an observation. Doesn't affect the overall look of the kit IMO. Maybe we need another thread to discuss accuracies/improvements in the kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 The PR19 wing will fit the Airfix Mk 1a fuselage, although the latter does need some minor surgery to allow the back of the wing to fit whilst the PR19 wing will need the radiator mounts removed and filled plus the booster pumps removed for earlier PR types. How accurate the wing is for earlier PR types isn't my field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeehah1 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Lovelylooking kit. Just wondering though...can this version be done in 1/48 scale? Liam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) Lovelylooking kit. Just wondering though...can this version be done in 1/48 scale?Liam Not from this kit........... Edited August 17, 2009 by Dave Fleming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousA667 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 ...can this version be done in 1/48 scale? Heritage do a resin kit in 1/48. peebeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) Heritage do a resin kit in 1/48.peebeep Yeah, ignore me, I was talking nonsense!! Edited August 17, 2009 by Dave Fleming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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