Jeff Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Holy................ talk about a silk purse from a sow's ear......................... awesome! Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendzior Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 The Tamiya XVI canopy is too narrow to fit on the Matchbox fuselage. I tried they one I have and the contours just didn't work. Carl Exactly. Almost have bought a vac-formed canopy on ebay, but fortunately in time I realized that it would be necessary to reduce the fuselage girth/width, for which it was too late. Well, maybe next time (now I see, that a lot of things could have been done better in this kit, so actually I'm thinking about buying and starting another one). Thanks for all your nice comments Best regards Hubert MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I thought grey Matter did a vac canopy specifically for this kit...? Matt Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendzior Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 I thought grey Matter did a vac canopy specifically for this kit...? Matt Yes, it was a part of their GMAA3209 Correction Set ... but I think it would be replacing one bug into another for $50 ... Best regards Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I thought grey Matter did a vac canopy specifically for this kit...? Matt I used it on my build, and unless I purchased the wrong one, it's also too small. The Matchbox part is very much oversized and misshapen, whereas the GMF part is much more accurate in shape and size, and it barely spans the cockpit opening on the kit, unfortunately. Kev Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 (edited) I have a friend who builds models OOB, and is perfectly happy doing so. When queried about accuracy, he will sincerely state that this is a perfectly accurate model of an Airfix/Revell/FROG/Academy Typhoon (or whatever). And he's not wrong. But while I admire his rate of output, that's not what models are about for me. Despite having great faith and investing in the Matchbox kit back in the '80s (well pre-internet) I soon discovered the distinctive Griffon rocker covers and gull-wing interpretation were, to say the least, cartoonish in execution. At the time (late '80s) my Spitfire fixation was grounded in 1/48th scale, with the Airfix Spitfire Vb bearing the brunt of providing the common bare bones for every iteration thereof. These days as age and eyesight take their toll and 1/32 scale has become my preferred modus operandi, my Spitfire base kit (the fascination has existed since being given am Airfix 1/72nd one as a Christmas present 58 years ago) has now become the Tamiya Spitfire VIII/ IX, depending on requirements. With the RB productions versions of the Warbird conversions providing the Griffon engine conversions and helpfully not making the PCM Spitfire XIV look odd in a line up. So after a stupendously long meandering ramble, I'll summarise by saying that Hubert has produced a really nice result from the Matchbox/Revell kit of the Matchbox/Revell only mainstream Griffon Spitfire kit. But that nose would still stand out as a travesty among a line-up of Griffon engined Spitfire models. But then, if you don't have a flight line of Griffon Spitfires for reference, who, out of all the likely audience, is gonna know?, Edited June 18, 2017 by Chek Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Yes, it was a part of their GMAA3209 Correction Set ... but I think it would be replacing one bug into another for $50 ... Best regards Hubert I noted that they seem to sell it on eBay on its own, cannot recall how much for...... I used it on my build, and unless I purchased the wrong one, it's also too small. The Matchbox part is very much oversized and misshapen, whereas the GMF part is much more accurate in shape and size, and it barely spans the cockpit opening on the kit, unfortunately. Kev However this makes the above academic suppose. Maybe Iconicair will release a whole kit in the future...? Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendzior Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) [...] Maybe Iconicair will release a whole kit in the future...? And Mk.21 and Seafire FR.47, please [...] But then, if you don't have a flight line of Griffon Spitfires for reference, who, out of all the likely audience, is gonna know?, Frankly speaking, the wrong shapes of this kit are so obvious, that I think there is nothing to cheat... As I mentioned in one of my first posts in this thread, making a fully accurate Mk. 22 out of this kit was not my goal - it's still rather an exercise, test-bed for some new (for me) techniques, like rescribing, riveting, scratch-building. But ... you know, I'm going to take the gallery photos from 1 m distance, which makes 32 m in reality - so maybe at least from some angles it will do look like a Griffon Spit Best regards Hubert Edited June 19, 2017 by Kendzior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendzior Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Done Best regards Hubert sandokan, Alburymodeler, 109 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Well, that's just beautiful, Hubert! Kev Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Very nice job Hubert! Can't wait to see what you come up with next. Carl Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendzior Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Thanks, Mates Next ... well I have to get done all other started builds, Ki-43s first of all. The next new one will probably be the Gee Bee Racer from Wiliams Bros. Best regards Hubert KUROK and 109 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Just brilliant Hubert, very clean finish and love the scheme. Regards. Andy Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Sweeeeeet! and Super nice looking model!! Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandokan Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Magnificent Spit! Well done Hubert! Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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