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[Guest]

Hi Guys,

Heres some other 1:48th models, resources and paint schemes that you might like to look at...

http://http://www.scaleworkshop.com/gallery/spitfire18pl_1.htm

http://www.extratech.cz/products.php?page=news&selscale=3&selgroup=8&pos=1

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Fea1/701-800/Fea791_Spitfire_Acikgoz/fea791.htm

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/spitfireviiitd_1.htm

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/spitfireixcolorsbs_1.htm

http://www.clubhyper.com/raafvcpm_1.htm

Toby

[wonwinglo]

Free Spitfire download-Go get it now.

http://www.theheavenlyhangar.com/proto_promo/index.htm

To commemorate the anniversary of the Spitfire prototype K5404 ,Aeroplane Heaven have prepared a free download,only thing is you will have to be quick as it is only online for 24 hours,this one really is a beauty and I have been flying her all afternoon,so in between building your model you can fly this one,it is suitable for both FS2002 & FS2004,the cockpit is the best one that I have seen and the roar of the Merlin is superb,download the file and will autoload when opened.

[wonwinglo]

*** Excellent research Squiffy,the last link gives excellent reference for the Vowkes filters used on tropical Spits,in-line engines suffered badly in such dusty conditions and radial engined aircraft faired much better in the desert.

Those etched parts look fiddly,if you cannot afford such luxuries then ordinary tin foil such as pizza bases is excellent for making seats and fittings,just use a pair of nail scissors to cut to shape,stick with cyno,rivets can be simulated by pressing a pin indent into the foil.

Hi Guys,Heres some other 1:48th models, resources and paint schemes that you might like to look at...

http://http://www.scaleworkshop.com/gallery/spitfire18pl_1.htm

http://www.extratech.cz/products.php?page=news&selscale=3&selgroup=8&pos=1

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Fea1/701-800/Fea791_Spitfire_Acikgoz/fea791.htm

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/spitfireviiitd_1.htm

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/spitfireixcolorsbs_1.htm

http://www.clubhyper.com/raafvcpm_1.htm

Toby

[Guest]

Gents,

There are usefull detail sets at the following two sources:

1) Eagle Models: www.eaglemodels.co.uk

2) Squadron.com: www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=TM61032

Some nice stuff there.

[Guest]

well guys my modle arived today, supermarine spitfire mk.1 got my enzo to do first and im resisting the urge to multi-task as my desk is not big enough

my parents got me a new desk last week from ikea, more like a kitchen worktop so it can withstand the cutting :S but they forgot the legs, so at the moment i am very limited on space

[wonwinglo]

Now lets see Richard W,does that mean you are legless ? or that you are down to ground level with the desk ? I am just trying to visualise the scene ?

[Guest]

I am sure it was the thought that counted!

I just have this picture of you sat on a stool with a desk top sat on your knee, trying to hold it all steady while you make a model.

Sorry strange sense of humour!

[Guest]

no im going for the oriental style with a cussion.lol

[Guest]

Legs or lack of..

Hello all, why not come up with a weird alternative for legs? :thinking: My suggestions are 1, use up all of those old video storage cases and glue them together or 2, take the collection of platic kit boxes an do likewise BUT not glue them .

cheers :music_too

Jim

[Guest]

:smile11:

[Guest]

Hi Guys,

Just spoken to Tamiya and everything should be here tommorow, so all being well youll have your kits by thursday!

[wonwinglo]

Spitfire cockpit detail.

Well made a start today on the Spitfire cockpit,after researching I found about a dozen interior shots,everyone differed in some way,once more very few were not very clear for modelling purposes,stuck at it and found this very old MoS picture published in wartime,it shows more than enough detail and at 1=48th a lot will just get lost in the small scale,but it is enough to add the essentials,so get out the scrap wire,foil and sprue and be a real modeller and accept the challenge,the easiest way to make the instrument panel is with scraperboard obtainable from art shops,you just scratch the dials through with a needle mounted into a chuck,the chuck can be a piece of dowel and the needle stuck into place with cyno,once the dials have been scribed a few dabs of clear varnish simulate the glass,knobs etc can be made with tiny blobs of PVA adhesive applied with a pin,seat can be made from pizza tin base folded into shape,for the rivets just press gently with the pinhead,trim wheels can be made from sprue of suitable diameter chopped off,fuse wire is excellent for all of the pipes etc and then suitable painted,great fun to see what can be achieved with everyday junk,and it can be done.



Spitfire cockpit.

[John]

It's amazing what you can buy on the Internet, this is a great site for reference as it shows a lot of original parts and thought it would be useful

https://www.spitfirespares.com

[John]

Hi Guys,Just spoken to Tamiya and everything should be here tommorow, so all being well youll have your kits by thursday!

Do you have you an update on this squiff? do you know when you will be sending them out?

[Guest]

he got them on thursday, so im gessing he will send them out asap/when he gets the payments if not already.