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Name: Terry.
Category: Judge - none competing.
Scale: 1/32nd scale.
Kit: Hasegawa Spitfire MkVb.
Accessories: HGW fabric seat belts, Xtradecal and home made decals, some scratch-building.
It's been over five months since I've been at the bench, due to problems associated with arthritis, so I hope I can get back into the swing with this one !
The subject will be the Spitfire MkVb, coded AZ-X, flown by P/O Stan Farmiloe in late 1943 / early 1944, operating from bases in South West England, when the Squadron was engaged in both coastal defence, and sweeps across the Channel. I've had the kit for a couple of years now, and have been looking for a suitable subject for a 'clipped' wing MkV variant, having already used the venerable Hasegawa offering three times in the past 30 years, but converted into the Mk1, MkIX and MkXIV respectively !
I had the pleasure of meeting Stan a couple of times, back in 1995, at the 50th Anniversary of the attack on Shell House, the Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen (Stan flew a 234 Sqn Mustang III as one of the escort on the operation), and a month later, at a more sombre event, during the funeral of W/Cdr 'JAS' Storrar, at Christelton, near Chester, UK.
It was only a couple of months ago, after adding another volume of the 'Action Stations' series to my library, that I chanced upon a photo, in the book, showing Stan's Spitfire in flight, and decided that this would be an ideal subject for the model. I just need to confirm the letter prefix of the serial number, which is a bit feint in the photo, but the numbers are definitely '709', and I'll post some pics in the next post.
Note:- I hope this posts OK, as the 'tools' bar is not showing on the forum's header to this thread !
Name: Terry.
Category: Judge - none competing.
Scale: 1/32nd scale.
Kit: Hasegawa Spitfire MkVb.
Accessories: HGW fabric seat belts, Xtradecal and home made decals, some scratch-building.
It's been over five months since I've been at the bench, due to problems associated with arthritis, so I hope I can get back into the swing with this one !
The subject will be the Spitfire MkVb, coded AZ-X, flown by P/O Stan Farmiloe in late 1943 / early 1944, operating from bases in South West England, when the Squadron was engaged in both coastal defence, and sweeps across the Channel. I've had the kit for a couple of years now, and have been looking for a suitable subject for a 'clipped' wing MkV variant, having already used the venerable Hasegawa offering three times in the past 30 years, but converted into the Mk1, MkIX and MkXIV respectively !
I had the pleasure of meeting Stan a couple of times, back in 1995, at the 50th Anniversary of the attack on Shell House, the Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen (Stan flew a 234 Sqn Mustang III as one of the escort on the operation), and a month later, at a more sombre event, during the funeral of W/Cdr 'JAS' Storrar, at Christelton, near Chester, UK.
It was only a couple of months ago, after adding another volume of the 'Action Stations' series to my library, that I chanced upon a photo, in the book, showing Stan's Spitfire in flight, and decided that this would be an ideal subject for the model. I just need to confirm the letter prefix of the serial number, which is a bit feint in the photo, but the numbers are definitely '709', and I'll post some pics in the next post.
Note:- I hope this posts OK, as the 'tools' bar is not showing on the forum's header to this thread !
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