GB-62 1/48 Spitfire Mk.IX - Spitfires

le_steph40 · May 15, 2024

Username: le_steph40
First name: Steph
Category: Advanced
Manufacturer: ICM 48061
Model: Spitfire Mk.IX
Scale: 1/48
Addons: Eduard P-E FE142, vacuform canopy Rob Taurus RT48015, resin exhausts Utracast 48060, resin early style elevators Ultracast 48062, resin wheels Ultracast 48066, resin 4-blade propeller & spinner Ultracast 48082, resin lower cowl with early style intake Ultracast 48093, resin Spitfire pilot access door with crowbar Ultracast 48095, resin replacement standard wing tips, resin Spitfire C wing cannons, Ultracast 48149 Spitfire seat and some other extras from spare box...

The kit

In the box here, mine is a former version molded in a white styrene

Extras:

Almost ready

Edit: Ultracast Spitfire seat added...

Wurger · May 15, 2024

Vic Balshaw · May 15, 2024

Beauty Steph, look forward to your magic.

Crimea_River · May 15, 2024

Looking forward to see what scheme you've chosen.

Jock Tamson · May 16, 2024

Very interesting with all the proposed mods. Looking forward to it.

captain Frey · May 16, 2024

ICM Spitfire and all that stuff, good luck,
it's a real challenge.
I will follow with pleasure.

rochie · May 18, 2024

good one Steph

le_steph40 · May 18, 2024

Hello,

The project will be an early Spitfire IX (Merlin 63 engine) serial MA568, coded FNoL flown by Norwegian Ace Svein Heglund.

Vic Balshaw · May 18, 2024

Couple of good pics and that first one is interesting with a bit of a dent in the nose. Wonder what the story is behind this.

le_steph40 · May 19, 2024

Vic Balshaw said:
Couple of good pics and that first one is interesting with a bit of a dent in the nose. Wonder what the story is behind this.

Spinner damaged by a part of the Fw 190 he downed the 16 August 1943, 331 Sqn's 100th victory and the 8th for Heglund...

Crimea_River · May 19, 2024

Nice one. Good thing he's not sporting the difficult thin blue/white/red rings on the spinner seen on some later war Norwegian flown aircraft.

le_steph40 · May 20, 2024

Hello,

My second Shiden-Kai is almost finished, I started this project with the very first step: to fix the shrinking !!!

fixed !

Wurger · May 20, 2024

Vic Balshaw · May 20, 2024

Very neat work Steph.

fubar57 · May 20, 2024

Good fix Steph. One of the reasons mine is still in the box. I'm going to post this photo on all the Spitfire builds; its something I found out about at Britmodeller and a Google image search will find more, a lot in colour. So far I've seen this up to the Mk.IX. The base colour of the antenna mast

Crimea_River · May 20, 2024

Good catch on the sink marks Steph. They are quite noticeable, though I don't think I fixed all mine.

Wayne Little · May 21, 2024

Gnomey · May 21, 2024

Good work so far!

le_steph40 · May 27, 2024

Hello,

Second Shiden-Kai finished, so I can work on this project more seriously...
Work on the port side of the cockpit and pilot's place with a mix of ICM kit parts, Eduard photo-etched parts and Hesegawa kit parts + Ultracast resin seat.

Wurger · May 27, 2024

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