1/32 Tamiya - Laminar Flow Design Spitfire Mk.Vc "Operation Bowery- Malta"

[Tolga ULGUR]

Today's update

 

[KiwiZac]

Great work so far Tolga!

[Tolga ULGUR]

3 hours ago, KiwiZac said:

Great work so far Tolga!

 

Thanks Zac

[Uncarina]

Thanks for showing us the way!

 

Cheers,  Tom

[FW190A-5]

The LFD parts are very nice.

[Tolga ULGUR]

1 hour ago, Uncarina said:

Thanks for showing us the way!

 

Cheers,  Tom

 

LFD parts configuration is very userfriendly Tom

 

1 hour ago, FW190A-5 said:

The LFD parts are very nice.

 

Definitely

[Tolga ULGUR]

A few progress

 

[williamj]

A Mediterranean Spit, this should be great.  

[Tolga ULGUR]

A few progress

 

 

 

[nmayhew]

Looking good - always cool to see Malta Spits built.

my guess is as soon as the Kotare Vb is out, LFD will offer a Vb Trop conversion - or at least they should if they want to cash in.

 

As to the Malta colours research, I have both books and also followed numerous discussions on BritModeller.

I am reviewing my potential Malta projects and have found myself using a combination of the two sources.

Lucas certainly starts from a what was documented / let’s look at official orders, whereas Cauchi seems to work more of the b/w photos. I don’t have a hard opinion on which is ‘better’ - some of what Lucas says seems to have a more solid grounding, and then other bits he seemingly chooses to ignore what is in photos.

 

my one word of caution on ditching Cauchi and going all in on Lucas would be some of his Luftwaffe work is at best misguided, at worst is derided in serious Luftwaffe research circles - things like all over red Bf109 F-2 cowlings, RLM04 gun troughs on Emils… just utter nonsense. 

anyway, apologies for my digression…

 

the story of this particular bird is indeed amazing - the pilot truly had brass ones to land back on the carrier after his slipper tank proved faulty!

dare I ask what colours you will go for?
 

cheers

Nick

[Tolga ULGUR]

58 minutes ago, nmayhew said:

Looking good - always cool to see Malta Spits built.

my guess is as soon as the Kotare Vb is out, LFD will offer a Vb Trop conversion - or at least they should if they want to cash in.

 

As to the Malta colours research, I have both books and also followed numerous discussions on BritModeller.

I am reviewing my potential Malta projects and have found myself using a combination of the two sources.

Lucas certainly starts from a what was documented / let’s look at official orders, whereas Cauchi seems to work more of the b/w photos. I don’t have a hard opinion on which is ‘better’ - some of what Lucas says seems to have a more solid grounding, and then other bits he seemingly chooses to ignore what is in photos.

 

my one word of caution on ditching Cauchi and going all in on Lucas would be some of his Luftwaffe work is at best misguided, at worst is derided in serious Luftwaffe research circles - things like all over red Bf109 F-2 cowlings, RLM04 gun troughs on Emils… just utter nonsense. 

anyway, apologies for my digression…

 

the story of this particular bird is indeed amazing - the pilot truly had brass ones to land back on the carrier after his slipper tank proved faulty!

dare I ask what colours you will go for?
 

cheers

Nick

 

Thanks a lot for this information Nick, appreciated indeed.

I must admit that the color combination was the primary factor in my choosing this bird. Later, I found its historical story quite interesting. And it became a beautiful and effective combination.

To be honest, my only hesitation regarding the color is on the darkest color.
Extra dark sea gray or dark blue. Extra dark sea gray looks nicer to me. However, it may not be too difficult to convince me that this is not the real color.
I think there is not much doubt about the other two colors. Sky duck egg green and Dark earth.
wellcome your comments

[Martinnfb]

Excited to follow your progress Tolga.

Cheers

Martin

[Tolga ULGUR]

3 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

Excited to follow your progress Tolga.

Cheers

Martin

 

Thanks Martin

[monthebiff]

Super progress so far Tolga, following your work with interest and looking forward to starting mine in the new year.

 

Regards. Andy 

[Tolga ULGUR]

1 hour ago, monthebiff said:

Super progress so far Tolga, following your work with interest and looking forward to starting mine in the new year.

 

Regards. Andy 

 

Thanks Andy

Good luck for your build

Regards