**** DONE: 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Vc - Pacific Theatre of Operations II

[Wayne Little]

Lookin' good Vic!

 

[rochie]

Does look rather nice Vic

 

[Angels one-five]

Cockpit looks amazing

 

[Catch22]

Nice.

 

[mikewint]

Great job Vic, you've got to keep that canopy open to see all that great detail

 

[Crimea_River]

Good work Vic. The end of the harness that's sticking up needs to feed through the armour plate under the headrest. It then connects to a reel with two cables toward the back of the aircraft.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks Andy, that's my next job fixing up the harness and anchor.

 

[Crimea_River]

Gotcha! Gonna do the O2 tank or no?

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Gotcha! Gonna do the O2 tank or no?

I take it your referring to this piece of equipment Andy. If so, it wasn't on the schedule………………..but then again!!

 

[Crimea_River]

That's the one. It's visible from the rear glazing and easily made from a bit of sprue.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks again Andy, I do believe I have a small rack that this could be bedded on that are not in the instructions.

 

[Airframes]

Nice work Vic. Is that a cushion in the seat pan?
It was normally empty, waiting to accept the seat-type parachute, although 'Erks' often bunged in a rolled up tarp or other padding, if they needed to sit in it to taxi or do engine tests etc.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks Terry, The cushion came with the resin seat and I was not inclined to go digging it out.

 

[parsifal]

That's the one. It's visible from the rear glazing and easily made from a bit of sprue.

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Hi Andy

Is that cockpit framing something youve added, or did it come with the kit. if youve added it, it really sets off that interior really nicely.

I expect if its scratch built, youve used styrene or similar????

 

[Crimea_River]

That's the kit framing Michael. ICM Spit IX.

Vic, I didn't bother with the rack as it's not seen. I just glued the tank to the wall.

 

[Totalize]

Vic,

Nice job on the cockpit. This bird is really comng together. Cool.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Once again guys, thanks for looking in and for the kind words.

I finally finished fiddling with the cockpit area today, adding the harness and restraining wires. I also added the small Co.2 bottle that Andy mentioned, but of course, now she is closed up you won't see in these pic I put up.

So the two halves are joined with a couple of minor fit problems, the one close to the gunsight could be partly my doing with all the extras within the cockpit. But the nose one like a couple of other places is not nice and snug.

For the life of me I don't understand why Special Hobbies have done this but on the underside they have left a elongated hole that I assume follows the panel lines of the real aircraft, and have provided the kit with a very ill fitting panel to fill it. There is nothing of significance in the area apart from the battery who's access is from a side panel and then the control rods/cables, so the reasoning mystifies me.

 

[Angels one-five]

Looking very nice. I think the fuselage cut out is for the arrestor gear that is fitted in the SH boxing of the kit in Seafire guise.

 

[Wildcat]

Nice work Vic!

 

[N4521U]

Yep, really nice Vic.