**** DONE: GB-57 1/48 US Spitfire Mk.IXc - WW2 Foreign Service

[fubar57]

I still remember those from two GBs ago. A wee bit over engineered.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Wayne!

 

[Donivanp]

I still remember those from two GBs ago. A wee bit over engineered.

I find that in general Eduard is a bit more the WEE BIT over engineered, that being said they have gotten better and re done some of their catalog with some re de engineering. So good on them and still a fine kit...

 

[Wayne Little]

Don't disagree with that Wee Bit Don...

bit more done, worked on getting the radiator housings done and in place....

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Slow and steady.

 

[le_steph40]

Slow and steady.

I agree, and nicely too...

 

[Donivanp]

That's the I like, that's the way I like it!

 

[Crimea_River]

Lovely.

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Wayne!

 

[36feet10inches]

Going to follow this with interest, having recently acquired the same boxing (mine will end up MJ250, the silver one with the camo cowl).

I quite like the Eduard approach to wheel wells, yes lots of parts but they drop together nicely.

 

[T Bolt]

Moving along nicely Wayne

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks guys and for your patience.....a bit more to now share with the P-38 done....

additions to the starborad side and seat assembled....

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff Wayne. Not sure that flare rack should be there though but Terry might set me straight.

 

[36feet10inches]

Good stuff Wayne. Not sure that flare rack should be there though but Terry might set me straight.

I believe the flare rack was absent from Spitfires after the Mk I, except for Seafires? There shouldn't be on in my recently completed Mk V, but I didn't know this at the time. Sure Terry can confirm.

Tidy looking pit. I'm always impressed by how people can assemble practically the whole thing and then paint it up; I do all the bits individually then stick them together, am I making life hard for myself?

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Tidy looking pit. I'm always impressed by how people can assemble practically the whole thing and then paint it up; I do all the bits individually then stick them together, am I making life hard for myself?

I think it is a matter of what is comfortable for you, one has to consider age, eye sight, a steady hand and most of all how tolerant and patient one is particularly in close and cramped painting space. For myself, it's 50/50.

 

[Wayne Little]

well...I'm no Spitty expert so set me straight.....I had some time in between P-38 stuff so whacked the seat assembly together from the Eduard instructions...
easy enough to get rid of....

 

[Donivanp]

patient

As I tell my wife, I'm not a doctor so I don't need any!

 

[Airframes]

Yep, the flare rack was deleted from the seat. The Mk.I had a metal seat, and when the composite seat was introduced, the rack was deleted.
That said, it could still be present on some Mk.II and early Mk.V airframes, using the metal seat, although fairly rare by then. Note that a metal seat was re-introduced from the Mk.IX onwards, I think from mid production blocks, as there had been cases of the composite seat collapsing under high "g" with the more powerful later Mark Spits.
However, it was still possible to see the composite seat on later Marks.
Some restored Spits include the rack, which is probably why some kit manufacturers persist in reproducing it.