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You do very nice work. I like those figurines. I tried to do some myself but found it hard to find figures. Did you use oil paint or regular model paint on them? The detail on the plane is excellent! You might want to look at some of the other post as I believe there is someone currently doing a 1:1 scale job of a Spitfire cockpit. Will you be doing any weathering or some representation of wear on your model?
Very nice work Alberto, and yes, the seams should be there on that style of exhaust stub. I'm not sure about the signal flare rack on the front of the pilot's seat for a MkIX though. If it should be there, the holes should be drilled out. This was a folded aluminium 'box' section, with the holes designed to hold the 2 inch (50mm) Verey cartridges.
I would love this kt, to go alongside a MkIX I converted from the Hasegawa MkV years ago, but I can't justify (to myself)the £100 price tag here in the UK. That's a lot of money to duplicate something I have (especially as I prefer to have the cowlings in place normally), no matter how good it is, and it's obviously very, very good!
Looking forward to the next stages.
...The holes I meant are those along the front edge of the pilot's seat pan, moulded on the kit parts. This was a signal flare rack, and fitted to the early metal seat on Mk1's. They may have been fitted to the MkIX, but I have never seen one on this Mark. It's possible/probable, that Tamiya have based their model on a current restoration, and / or other references, where the flare rack has been present. The papier mache-resin bond 'plastic' seat shown in the kit did not normally have the rack.
This just to add that I managed to remove this piece without damaging the seat or other parts.Y
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Unfortunately the cockpit is now complete and I don't know if I will mange to strip this piece away without damaging the cockpit itself.
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Many thanks Wurger, if I decide to go this way, I need to find out how to do new covers with the blister in the right place.Here E wing for LF variant. The standard one looked the same .The wing tips were longer only making the Spitfire wing look so charakteristic.