Pitot Tubes

[Kevin Barclay-Jay]

Anybody know of anybody who makes pitot tubes, in any form, for Spitfire ...... i must have about a dozen in the carpet

1/48 scale

 

[herman1rg]

Hypodermic needles come in various sizes and can be cut and used for pitot tubes

 

[mikewint]

 

[Airframes]

I don't know of any off hand, but a piece of plastic strip, cut to shape, and a length of stretched sprue, or plastic rod, or, as mentioned, a hypodermic syringe, or brass tube, will easily make a replacement pitot. Many of those in 1/48th scale kits are over scale anyway.

 

[Wurger]

Too much of work using the hypodermic needles. Also these have to be soldered. The best way for making a such detail for Spitfire is to use two plastic parts , a piece of polistyrene plate and a thin plastic stick. Of course some of glue is required too.

The pic source : the net.

 

[Airframes]

Yep.

 

[Kevin Barclay-Jay]

fat fingers and failing eyesite betray me

 

[mikewint]

Terry, you'd know for sure but didn't the Spit have a strange "Forked" pitot

 

[Crimea_River]

Mike, that's an oddball one for a Spit.

I'm with Wojtek on the fix. It's a very basic scratch build and no worse that handling a kit part. Glue the support onto the wing first, then attach the tube at the end.

 

[Wurger]

Terry, you'd know for sure but didn't the Spit have a strange "Forked" pitot
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Mike, that's an oddball one for a Spit.

The kind of the pitot tube was used for early Spits and replaced with the later one in 1939 IIRC..

 

[Airframes]

That's correct re the early type of pitot.