Hans

Very nice sheet, John. Interesting options. Will there be a Ju 88R-1 or R-2 in the future? A merry Christmas Hans

That is perhaps not the correct term. The kit parts form an ellips, whereas the Cox drawing of the Mk. I show a kind of pearshape in that area that transforms into an ellips further aft.

It also lacks the kink just aft of the rear glazing

Thank you Dennis for the link. I missed that one. An epic build indeed. Comparing the Revell/Hasegawa Spit with drawings and photos, the fuselage aft of the windshield appears too tapered, resulting in a notably undernourished rear fuselage, that is lacking 2-2,5 mm in widt.

It is the Air Model Special no. 06, isbn (?) 4910087340844. Available from the Luchtvaart Hobby Shop at Schiphol at € 29,95.

Another question..is there a walkaround available somewhere on the early Mk I cockpit? I trawled the net, but came up with only a few photos.

Model Art, the modeling magazine from Japan has a special on the Zero that contains a photograpically illustrated step by step conversion of a Tamyia 1:32 A6M5 into a clipped wing A6M3. The text is all in Japanese, though.

Thanks, Steve. Pavla sells a metal (resin) seat for the Spitfire. And the interior should be painted 'eau de Nile'. Now that one is for another tread....😎 Best regards, Hans

Thanks guys for the feedback. I have the Revell/Hasegawa Mk II in the stash. If I can find the seventies Revell Spit, I am gonna try to mate the seventies fuselage -good shape, nice surface detailing- to the Revellgawa wings. For the cockpit I will use the Aires Mk. V pit with some mods and a new seat. The flat canopy has to be home-made for lack of aftermarket alternatives.

Are there conversion sets on the market to convert the mark one Spit into an early model with the wooden prop and the flat canopy? Hans

Dornier Wal...an innovative desgn from the twenties and boatloads of interesting paint schemes. Thinking about scratching a Do 24..it has a wingspan of about a metre in 1:32.

A Ju 523m...these are happy times. My favorite is the Canadian single enginef Ju 52 on floats...next year a B-24?

I hope they put several variants in one box. We will likely know more the day after tomorrow..

A Ki-45..I am pleasantly surprised to say the least..looking forward to it.. More additions for the bookshelf are B-29 hunters of the JAAF by Koji Takaki & Henry Sakaida from Osprey (osprey aviation elite . 5) and Monogram Close-up 14, Japanese cockpit interiors part 1. has some colour cockpit shots of the Ki-45 in storage with the NASM. Arawasi magazine also had a two part feature on the Toryu a couple of years ago.

The Tamiya kit has rivets all over...let's wait and see what Revell will come up with..

I hope they leave their riveter at home, as the Mk IX has hardly visible rivets on the exterior. And please, overlapping panels on the rear fuselage, mr. Revell

There appears to be a photo of this plane in vol. 2 of 'Nachtjäger, Luftwaffe night fighter units 1943-1945' by David Williams in the Luftwaffe Colours series. Can somone help me to a photocopy or a scan of this photo? The book is out of print and Amazon is well, eh..pretty expensive. Tia Hans

Thanks again Brad! Those are very useful!

Thanks Brad. Failing a kit I'll try and find scale drawings and probably scratch the beast. Are there any?

Is there a kit or vacform of the Australian CAC Wackett trainer available? I remember reading on this forum that is was in the works, but has it ever seen the light of day? Hans

Thanks for the pointer and the link, Stephen. The Sherwin Williams company appears to have no records of these paints in their archive; others before me have contacted Sherwin Williams about this. So I thought that tapping the collective knowledge of the membership might turn something up. From 1942 till 1944 the Dorniers served in Australia so perhaps someone down under can bring a beam of light in the darkness?

A similar -or the same- color was used on the fuselages of Dornier Wal flying boats in the Netherlands East Indies from 1932 onwards. The same source claims that the Do 24's were finished in an olive green shade from april 1941 onwards ( Dornier Wal, de eerste grote zeeverkenner van de Marine Luchtvaartdienst by Nico Geldhof. Maarsen 2014, p. 329).

In the middle of 1941 the Do 24 flying boats of the Dutch naval air service in the then Dutch East Indies had the airframes repainted in Duco line paints from the USA, manufactured by the Sherwin Willams Paint Co., Cleveland Ohio. The upper surfaces in mud color, a dark greenish-grey, Duco line flat group 83.278-4202 and the undersides in Duco line flat group 83.278-3449 milky white. I am curious to know if there is an ANA or Fs equivalent known for these colors or perhaps there are color swatches still around? TIA Hans

Ladies & gents, Where can I find a photograph of this particular airframe? It has a peculiar camo of overall medium grey (RLM 75) on top wirh mottling in dark grey (RLM 76). A computer-generated sideview can be found on page 88 of the Valiant Wings Publishing book on the He 219 by Richard A. Franks. Hans

Trumpeters daughter Merit has just issued a Spad XIII in 1:24 scale..