Another project I'm currently working on is a Směr (A Czech kit company - http://www.smer.cz/ ) Supermairne Spitfire Mk.Vb of a Czechoslovakian pilot Stanislav Fejfar...
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb BL973 (RY-S)
F/Lt Stanislav Fejfar
No. 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF
Spring 1942, England
Some reference:
Cabin:
Camo:
Manual:
The kit itself isn't very complicated, it just needs to be snapped together... Almost no sanding nor filling neccessary.
Last night I finished the seat (the seatbelts are scratchbuilt from vine foil):
and the whole cabin (I lost the gunsight! It dropped on the floor and since there is parquet with large gaps, it probably fell there... I should scratchbuild one.), so I sticked all the parts together and the general shape is starting to appear!
I allways mark my models inside the fuselage (a message for the next generations? ). It's the date I started the whole model. 19/8/2005... So you can see I'm not the fastest of fastests.
BTW, the reference cabin pictures isn't my cabins. I just didn't know how such a Spit Mk.V cabin looks like, so I downloaded some reference materials from the net.
I've been waiting for so long for the rigging kit to arrive for my Stringbag that I've started another model.
I'ts a Coastal Command Beaufighter even with extra power specs and a magnifiying glass I am having trouble seeing what to do. So when its finished I'll post it but I have to warn you model makers. I have a feeling its going to be a blob with propellers.
It would have done me no good at all writting me name inside when I was a youngster, as all my models ended up suffering the same air gun fate.
Plastic oblivion in four shots.
I'm not laying claim to this model but I saw it today and was just blown away by the quality. Three cylinder 4 stroke capacity 25cc output 2HP
prop size 9 inchs approx.