Iain Posted October 17, 2024 Posted October 17, 2024 My copy of the Cauchi book 'Malta Spitfire Vs' arrived yesterday - exactly what I was after - so thanks again for the heads-up on that Andrew! I doubt we'll ever get to the exact colours used on those machines - but this book is certainly an excellent basis to work from. As an aside - anyone remember the 44 Sqn Avro Vulcan that appeared at Red Flag with 'desert' paint colours on the undersides? I've seen debate over the 'exact' colours being Dark Earth and Mid stone'. Now, my friends father was Crew Chief on that aeroplane - apparently they decided to camouflage the underside after they'd arrived at Nellis. He told me the paint was sourced from a local DIY store in Nevada and mixed up 'by eye' so the underside could be painted overnight. Not the first, or last, time in aviation history that 'non-standard' paints/colours have been used. Now - Spitfire Vc's... Iain Kagemusha, geedubelyer, John1 and 1 other 4
John1 Posted October 17, 2024 Author Posted October 17, 2024 (edited) LFD keeps mentioning that there are some "amazing" decals for Malta Spits coming out, apparently in conjunction with their release of this conversion. Very much interested in seeing what's offered, hoping that they'll hit on some of the subjects profiled in the book above. EDIT - looks like they may have arrived: Euro Decals Item No. ED-32141A - Supermarine Spitfire Over Malta Pt. 1 Review by Brett Green (hyperscale.com) Edited October 17, 2024 by John1 Iain 1
Iain Posted October 17, 2024 Posted October 17, 2024 (edited) Hi John - interesting - any idea if these are more new sheets, or the two sets recently released by Fantasy Printshop/Euro Decals? I'm working on reviews of the latter for LSP at the moment. EDIT: Aha - our posts crossed in the post! 😆 Iain Edited October 17, 2024 by Iain John1 1
Dennis7423 Posted October 17, 2024 Posted October 17, 2024 3 hours ago, John1 said: LFD keeps mentioning that there are some "amazing" decals for Malta Spits coming out, apparently in conjunction with their release of this conversion. Very much interested in seeing what's offered, hoping that they'll hit on some of the subjects profiled in the book above. If I remember correctly, LFD didn't specifically mention Malta Spits, but rather some "amazing" decals for Spit Vc's overall. Time will tell! - Dennis S. Mt. Juliet, TN USA Shoggz and John1 2
John1 Posted October 17, 2024 Author Posted October 17, 2024 (edited) 6 hours ago, Iain said: Hi John - interesting - any idea if these are more new sheets, or the two sets recently released by Fantasy Printshop/Euro Decals? I'm working on reviews of the latter for LSP at the moment. EDIT: Aha - our posts crossed in the post! 😆 Iain Only issue with those decals that I see is that all the Vc’s they have for subjects have the 4x20mm weapons fit and I didn’t think LFD was including the extra cannons in their conversion set (and pretty sure they aren’t in the Tamiya IX kit either). Edit - apparently LFD is including the extra cannons and the larger wing bulges as part of their kit. Impressive. Edited October 17, 2024 by John1 Iain and Shoggz 2
Dennis7423 Posted November 6, 2024 Posted November 6, 2024 Okay, time to let the cat outta the bag! @Eli Raphael and I at Zotz have designed a decal sheet specifically tailored for your Spitfire Vc project. We think you'll love the variety of schemes we have chosen! We hope you'll enjoy, and that it will encourage you to not only buy the decals, but the Vc conversion to go with them! - Dennis S. Mt. Juliet, TN USA Uncarina, Dpgsbody55, BloorwestSiR and 13 others 10 6
BloorwestSiR Posted November 6, 2024 Posted November 6, 2024 A great selection there Dennis. Great, now I need to add more Spitfires to the stash. Carl
Dennis7423 Posted November 6, 2024 Posted November 6, 2024 6 minutes ago, BloorwestSiR said: Great, now I need to add more Spitfires to the stash. Don't we all though? - Dennis S. Mt. Juliet, TN USA BloorwestSiR, Anthony in NZ, John1 and 1 other 4
Shoggz Posted November 6, 2024 Posted November 6, 2024 What a great selection! The hard part is deciding which one(s) to do... Dennis7423 1
Dennis7423 Posted November 6, 2024 Posted November 6, 2024 28 minutes ago, Shoggz said: What a great selection! The hard part is deciding which one(s) to do... Between the Laminar Flow conversion and what we assume will be the eventual Kotare release of a Vc, you'll have many opportunities to have several Vc's in your collection. Personally, we think you should build all of them! - Dennis S. Mt. Juliet, TN USA Shoggz, Uncarina, Paul in Napier and 1 other 2 2
Anthony in NZ Posted November 6, 2024 Posted November 6, 2024 Such great news! I've the conversion on its way....where can I order this set from....Option #4 for me. Johnny was my neighbor and good friend for many years Dennis7423, Kagemusha and Iain 3
Pete Roberts Posted November 6, 2024 Posted November 6, 2024 Some nice subjects, well done! Another Brennan subject is BR192, W-2. Brennan wrote that he flew this aircraft in combat on one occasion, equipped with four cannon and was so tired when he returned that he forgot to raise the flaps after landing. Makes for a Spitfire with a difference, and a legitimate subject for modelling the flaps deployed. Dennis7423, Uncarina and Anthony in NZ 3
Kagemusha Posted November 6, 2024 Posted November 6, 2024 15 minutes ago, Anthony in NZ said: Such great news! I've the conversion on its way....where can I order this set from....Option #4 for me. Johnny was my neighbor and good friend for many years Hannants Anthony in NZ and Iain 2
John1 Posted November 8, 2024 Author Posted November 8, 2024 The LFD conversion goes on sale tomorrow lads. Don’t be late! Shoggz, geedubelyer, Anthony in NZ and 3 others 3 3
MikeMaben Posted November 9, 2024 Posted November 9, 2024 Dpgsbody55, Model_Monkey, Shoggz and 9 others 11 1
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