**** DONE: 1/48 Spitfire Mk IX – Home Country Modern Aircraft/Spitfire Marks GB

[meatloaf109]

Durn oleo friggin' legs are back on...props are glued on to the back plate, and the 60lb rockets and rails are painted.
It's hard to see, but the rails and the rocket attatchment "grips" are an "aluminimum paint" color, such as the RAF used for crap that I can't think of just now...while the rocket tubes are a light grey.
(The rocket warheads are o.d. green, but you didn't need me to tell you that)

 

[Wayne Little]

Good work Paul, low flying crowbars.....glad we don't have 'em down here....

 

[ccheese]

Looking good. Love that messy workplace....

Charles

 

[Catch22]

Nicely done.

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Paul. I might have missed a discussion, but in WW2, the RP motors (the 'tube') were normally painted Dark Green, with yellow and red stencil markings.

 

[meatloaf109]

O.k., I painted U.S.N. I guess...
Change is on the way...

 

[Gnomey]

Coming along nicely!

 

[N4521U]

Looo king gooood Loaf!

 

[brucejscott]

Looking good Paul.

 

[meatloaf109]

Here's the 60 lb rocket set up.
Thanks to one and all for the input and interest!

 

[A4K]

Looking good Paul, but about that crow bar... Hope you're alright man!

 

[Wayne Little]

Rocket setup looks good paul...

 

[meatloaf109]

Looking good Paul, but about that crow bar... Hope you're alright man!

Why start now?
Seriously, thanks for the good wishes everyone. Still have trouble concentrating and remembering stuff, but as the doc pointed out, it may just be the benifits of many years of recreational abuse of brain cells.
I wish I could find the picture that shows a spit in Italy with this set up; it was not common even among the ground support squadrons. But as I have got the artistic licence thing going on, (and it looks cool!), LZ895 will sport them proudly.

 

[Airframes]

Looks good Paul.

 

[Crimea_River]

I like it.

 

[woody]

Looks good Paul hope the noggins feeling better.

 

[fubar57]

Looks great Paul, the end is near...model progress-wise.

Geo

Edit. Was going through Bill's(N4521U) helo build and came upon this remark from you Paul which in part reads,"I have been told that I have a strange sense of humor, I only hope that it doesn't ever "read" wrong, You may all rest assured that I have the greatest respect for all here.
Even if some of you insist on building these flying crow bars." Premonition, perhaps.

Geo

 

[meatloaf109]

Looks great Paul, the end is near...model progress-wise.

Geo

Edit. Was going through Bill's(N4521U) helo build and came upon this remark from you Paul which in part reads,"I have been told that I have a strange sense of humor, I only hope that it doesn't ever "read" wrong, You may all rest assured that I have the greatest respect for all here.
Even if some of you insist on building these flying crow bars." Premonition, perhaps.

Geo

Could be...

 

[meatloaf109]

5, 8, 16, 33, 39, and power ball, 6.
O.k, if anyone plays those numbers and wins, I want some!