**** FINISHED: MK 1 Spitfire 92 Sqd.

[Night Fighter Nut]

That's a wonderfully done plane Kevin.

 

[javlin]

Great work, I hope I will be as good someday.
Werent the red patches on the gun barreles standard?

I think you are right Looney the profiles I had did not show them but you keep on looking you start seeing them.And to think I was building the MKIX rigth next store to it and it has the yellow wing ID's with the barrel patches.Cheers

 

[Airframes]

Yes. The patches were on all fighters, to prevent the guns freezing from 'Damp Cold' at altitude, and to stop dirt ingress on the ground. The patches were fabric, 'stuck' with a red dope, and applied after each sortie where the guns had been fired.When the guns were fired, the patches were torn and smoke stained, as seen in the well-known film clip, a close up of a Spitfire's guns being fired, shown in nearly every production about WW2 air fighting.

 

[B-17engineer]

Great work!

 

[A4K]

Yep. Great work Kevin!

 

[aircro]

Me like it. From what manufacturer is?

 

[Wildcat]

Nice work Kev

 

[javlin]

Me like it. From what manufacturer is?

That is the Tamiya kit and thks for the comments.Cheers Kevin

 

[Jayl]

Nice job, it turned out really good.

 

[jamierd]

lovely job mate

 

[Airframes]

Kevin, could you please add the entry details to the beginning of this thread. That's the category, kit, scale etc.
Thanks.