Kotare + Laminar Flow Design + Tamiya = Malta Spitfire Mk. Vc

[Uncarina]

Finished up the cockpit by adding the rigging, final details, and decals:

 

 

 

And then, all too soon, the cockpit and fuselage is joined together:

 

 

And time to see what else I can attach:

 

 

The fit is actually very good--the fuselage mates to the LMD engine almost perfectly with some slight adjustment to the thickness of the plastic where it meets the resin. And the fuselage width exactly matches, as well as the curvature of the wing interface. I'm starting to think I will pull this off!

 

Cheers,  Tom

 

 

[Uncarina]

Getting there:

 

 

[Kagemusha]

Looks great, certainly looks like you've pulled it off in mighty fine style.

[Uncarina]

1 hour ago, Kagemusha said:

Looks great, certainly looks like you've pulled it off in mighty fine style.

Thank you! It’s the home stretch for the conversion.

 

Cheers,  Tom

[MikeMaben]

Yikes, I thot 'my' bench was a mess 

 

[geedubelyer]

21 minutes ago, MikeMaben said:

Yikes, I thot 'my' bench was a mess 

 

Doesn't Tom's bench just make you feel at home though? 

I didn't even give it a second thought because my bench looks just the same 

 

Great progress Tom 

[Uncarina]

4 hours ago, geedubelyer said:

Doesn't Tom's bench just make you feel at home though? 

I didn't even give it a second thought because my bench looks just the same 

 

Great progress Tom 

Thank you! And yes the bench is a mess. It’s amazing how rapidly this happens after the start of a build. 

 

Cheers,  Tom

[geedubelyer]

I can relate to that Tom. 

I work on a desk but I only have about 6" square of clear space at any one time. 

I don't think we're the only ones 

[Uncarina]

7 hours ago, geedubelyer said:

I can relate to that Tom. 

I work on a desk but I only have about 6" square of clear space at any one time. 

I don't think we're the only ones 

Glad I'm not alone! After all, cleaning up takes away from bench time.

 

Cheers,  Tom

[Uncarina]

Added the Tamiya AS-12 primer. Since I added the set of outer 20mm cannons I had to open up the spent cartridge slots--I had to look hard at my references to see where they were located.

 

 

 

 

Cheers,  Tom

[Martinnfb]

Great progress Tom, regarding the bench, I see a perfectly organized work space 

Cheers

Martin 

[Uncarina]

4 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Great progress Tom, regarding the bench, I see a perfectly organized work space 

Cheers

Martin 

Thanks Martin! I'm glad I'm not the only one to see it ☺️.

 

Cheers, Tom

[LSP_Kevin]

Looking good, Tom!

 

Kev

[John1]

Very nice work, great job on the overall finish. 

[Uncarina]

8 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said:

Looking good, Tom!

 

Kev

Thanks Kev!

 

3 hours ago, John1 said:

Very nice work, great job on the overall finish. 

Thank you John. It took a bit of adjusting but it’s definitely a doable conversion. The biggest adjustment is actually to the cockpit floor.Tamiya has it molded onto the wing section but Kotare has this as a separate piece. This meant I had to sand it wafer thin for the Tamiya wing to fit to the Kotare fuselage.

 

Cheers,  Tom