fubar57
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User name: Fubar57
Name: George
Category: Intermediate
Kit: Airfix
Model: Spitfire Mk.lXc/XIVe modified to a Spitfire FR.lX
Aftermarket: LionRoar seatbelts and bits of plastic. Scrounge up some letters and numbers.
I'm in. An RCAF recon spitfire from 414sqn. 1944.
The first job will be to bore out a hole in the radio hatch for the camera port. The following profile shows a fairing around the port and the drawing shows no fairing. I can find no pictures showing this version with the fairing and Italeri's model is without a fairing.(Just found out they made a dedicated model of this as I am typing this and cruising the interwebs looking for reference material....heavy sigh) Italeri's box top shows wheel bulges on the upper wings so those are the ones I will be using(innards already painted).Being none too gifted in the art of scratch-building, I will make an effort to duplicate the fairing but don't be too surprised if it doesn't show up and I opt for the easy way out. Also not the profile does not have the boat(?) antenna shown in the drawing.
And now a question to the gallery. What is the correct style of camera control box to scratch-build? I've seen pictures of a multi-camera controller mounted on the port side wall. Below are pictures of what looks like a single camera controller mounted where the gun sight was located. Also included is a diagram downloaded during dyslexic moment.
Thanks in advance for any info that can be offered.
Geo
Name: George
Category: Intermediate
Kit: Airfix
Model: Spitfire Mk.lXc/XIVe modified to a Spitfire FR.lX
Aftermarket: LionRoar seatbelts and bits of plastic. Scrounge up some letters and numbers.
I'm in. An RCAF recon spitfire from 414sqn. 1944.
The first job will be to bore out a hole in the radio hatch for the camera port. The following profile shows a fairing around the port and the drawing shows no fairing. I can find no pictures showing this version with the fairing and Italeri's model is without a fairing.(Just found out they made a dedicated model of this as I am typing this and cruising the interwebs looking for reference material....heavy sigh) Italeri's box top shows wheel bulges on the upper wings so those are the ones I will be using(innards already painted).Being none too gifted in the art of scratch-building, I will make an effort to duplicate the fairing but don't be too surprised if it doesn't show up and I opt for the easy way out. Also not the profile does not have the boat(?) antenna shown in the drawing.
And now a question to the gallery. What is the correct style of camera control box to scratch-build? I've seen pictures of a multi-camera controller mounted on the port side wall. Below are pictures of what looks like a single camera controller mounted where the gun sight was located. Also included is a diagram downloaded during dyslexic moment.
Thanks in advance for any info that can be offered.
Geo
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