**** DONE: Spitfire Mk IXc - James Edgar " Johnnie" Johnson - Aircraft of the Aces GB

[brucejscott]

Red crow bar? What red crow bar? But seriously, thanks for the heads up. Cockpit done and fuselage going together.

 

[Airframes]

Ah, it looked like it might have been red in the other pics - sorry !

 

[brucejscott]

It was. My poor attempt at humor. Apologies.

 

[Peebs]

LOL had me checking my eyes there for a minute Terry!

Making some good progress there Bruce!

 

[Crimea_River]

Good progress!

 

[ozhawk40]

Nice!

 

[Wayne Little]

Nicely done Bruce!

 

[brucejscott]

Here are a couple of update shots. The bulk of the fuselage is done. There were a couple of rather minor seams to fill and sand at top and bottom but nothing bad. Now it's on to the wings.

 

[Airframes]

Coming along nicely Bruce.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looks good Bruce.

 

[woody]

Good looking cockpit Bruce.

 

[brucejscott]

It's getting there. The big bits are done ( a little sanding and touch-up to do) and now it's time for all the little detail parts.

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking good Bruce. I look to Terry to confirm but I think Johnson's MK392 had the Merlin 66 and therefore did not have the small teardrop blister on the starboard cowl just behind the prop. If true, and you care, it's easily removed with a file.

 

[javlin]

Bruce that copit looks pretty nice for an OOB build keep up the good work.

 

[Airframes]

Yep, the blister was for the Coffman starter, not present on this particular aircraft.

 

[brucejscott]

Andy and Terry, Thanks for the info. You guys are a goldmine of useful knowledge. That blister shall disappear tonight, and thanks everyone for their kind words.

 

[Crimea_River]

Bruce, here's a good reference on that blister and anything to do with Spitfires. I went there to confirm my suspicions.http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/spitfire-mk-ix-xi-and-xvi-variants-much-varied.html

 

[tigerdriver]

Looking good so far , very neat

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice man!

 

[Catch22]

Nice work Bruce!