An American Spifire,Eagle Squadron!

[ThunderThud]

Here is My Hasegawa 1/48 scale Spitfire MK V in American Eagle sqadron Marking from Aeromaster decals sheet 48-364, personal mount of LT.Duane Beeson ,334th FS/4th FG at debden Oct 1942. the cockpit was also detailed with eduard Photo etch .Antena for radio being repaired.Stretching spue is an art!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Nice!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Njaco]

Nice job! (I'm too scared to try stretching sprue! I just pretend wire is there. )

 

[Wurger]

You have to try to do it.
Imagination you can use for something different.

 

[ccheese]

Fine looking model.....

Charles

 

[ThunderThud]

Njaco its very Easy to do and once you get some experience you can stretch sprue to the thicness you might need for some extra details instead of bying plastic rod.

 

[Wurger]

TT,what kind of sprue did you use for that?

 

[ThunderThud]

well usually i find nice straight lengths of plastic sprue from what ever kit i might be building at the time usually grey plastic like tamiya or Hasegaws kits. i have used some clear from canopy prues too!
have them long enough not to burn fingers on candle flame!

 

[Wurger]

I know the method.It is really good one.Especially for bigger scale models.
I use strands I got from my wife's old tights.

 

[ThunderThud]

Ive perfected stretching sprue to the point ,i can get it thinner than human hair!

 

[Wurger]

Yea its true,but these from tights are always thin and easy glued.Like for my old Spitfire Mk.IIa of 1:72 scale.

 

[ThunderThud]

Very Nice Spitfire and antena looks good for 1/72 just about right.

 

[Wurger]

It would be better if I wouldn't have painted the "wire" at all.Now I know about it and I use black or dark grey only.There are also in graphit colour available what gives them a metal tonality.

 

[Heinz]

Great looking Spitfire

 

[Screaming Eagle]

nice!

 

[Bf109_g]

Nice models

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Great stuff guys.

Question though? I thought the Americans in the BoB still flew in RAF marked planes?

 

[Heinz]

They did. It was afterwards I believe when they started using the American marked spitfires.

 

[ThunderThud]

Yes,when they first started the Eagle Squadron all there spitfires were Marked in British Markings.Only after the United States came into the war did they start Changing there markings,until they were disbanded and there pilots absorbed into the U.S. squadrons,once our Planes were in England!I'm Sure every one Knows that Gebreski first flew in a Polish Squadron before the wolf pack.