**** DONE: Spitfire Mk. I P9306 ZP H of No 74 Squadron Battle of Britain Group Build

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Told ya the wing to fuselage fit would be good!

 

[Airframes]

Excellent job Glenn. Just noticed, not having done a Tamiya Spit before. Just forward of the oval blister on the top of the wing, there is a low, rectangular 'lump'. This is Tamiya's interpretation of the red landing gear indicator peg, one on each wing of course. These should be much longer, and only show when the gear is down and locked.
Here's a pic showing what they look like and the angle, this one on one of the Duxford- based Spits.

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks guys!
Didn't know about that indicator tab Terry. Should be easy to replicate.

 

[Airframes]

Dead easy mate - unless you want a fully functioning one of course, then you call in Wojtek !
Some of the books I'm sending you have a lot of minor details like this , so you should be well covered. I took that shot last year, specifically for members doing Spits for this GB. I've got a number of other detail pics I took when doing the AV for the BBMF, but they are all on 35mm trannies.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That's pretty ingenious, thanks for the education Terry!

 

[Airframes]

You're welcome David. It's a fairly common system, and is on the FW190 too - it's basically just a peg, attached to the gear leg, or a cam off the leg. When the gear leg goes down, it forces the peg up through an opening in the wing, and vice versa.

 

[Wayne Little]

Didn't know the indicator sat at an angle....thanks Terry!

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks like a nice job so far Glenn. Want to get that kit but can't find it around town unfortunately. Must be popular.

 

[T Bolt]

Looks like a nice job so far Glenn. Want to get that kit but can't find it around town unfortunately. Must be popular.

I got mine on-line from Squadron. just a couple of weeks ago

 

[Crimea_River]

I should have done that too. I always lump a big order togtehr to save on shipping but it did not occur to me last time.

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

It's always an education when doing models on this forum. Great job on the kit.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

You're doing some great work on this one Glenn, that cockpit detail is just magic

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks guys!

 

[T Bolt]

Last night I did some sanding where the wing meets the lower fuselage. It wiped out most of the panel lines so I re-scribed them, then re-scribed panel lines on the top of the fuselage and put the horizontal tail surfaces on.

 

[Wurger]

Cool Glenn.

 

[Wayne Little]

8)

 

[ozhawk40]

Don't she look lovely! Good work Glenn.

 

[Airframes]

Just love those smooth, elegant lines !

 

[vikingBerserker]

Well done!