David Mooney Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Ok after I had a real mission on building the trumpeter Chinook, I thought id go and try something a little easier and quicker. To my surprise I spotted the fairly new Revell Supermarine Spitfire retailing at a remarkable price compared to the Tamiya effort. So as it was nice and cheap I thought id take a punt at it and see how good it was and its very good, didn't have fit issues at all. The only real pain is that the spures are pretty much numbered completely at random, so most time was wasted checking every sprue for a certain piece. I do not doubt that there maybe a few historic inaccuracy's in the kit where Tamiya has probably got it right, but for me is it worth the extra money??? Not in my book its not! This was built almost out of the box, the only addition was the seats belt which came from the eduard #32088 set. All in all I think it turned out pretty well considering and I wont be avoiding Revell kits from now on, they have really improved a lot that's for sure. Please remember I build with a 'it looks about right' mentality and the undercarriage is intentionally at the angle it is due to the fact I wanted it looking 'fat' on a diorama, so here goes.................enjoy and all comments welcome geedubelyer, MikeC, dmthamade and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mooney Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 and a nice black and white to finish R.I.P Edgar Brooks MikeC, dmthamade, geedubelyer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Beautiful rendition! I'll be happy if mine looks half as good! David Mooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Sorry, David - this one doesn't qualify for the Group Build, as it needs to be built in a build thread within the GB itself. Look out for the upcoming Eric Brown tribute GB, however! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mooney Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Sorry, David - this one doesn't qualify for the Group Build, as it needs to be built in a build thread within the GB itself. Look out for the upcoming Eric Brown tribute GB, however! Kev sorry mate, please remove the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Hi David, regardless of whether or not the build is eligable for the GB it really looks good and is a fine tribute to the man. If you have another Spitfire in the stash and feel like joining in you'd be more than welcome. There's still plenty of time left before the last day of May cut off. Cheers. dmthamade, Shaka HI and mozart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 As others have said regardless of eligibility it is a fine build. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Two mon Hi David, regardless of whether or not the build is eligable for the GB it really looks good and is a fine tribute to the man. If you have another Spitfire in the stash and feel like joining in you'd be more than welcome. There's still plenty of time left before the last day of May cut off. Cheers. Two months might be enough to complete another build..jump on in!! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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