Ted Barrett Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Hi Guys, I'd like to add a PR Mk XI Spitfire to the build. I'll even add a picture once I get sorted out how to do that again...lol Ted Barrett Rick Griewski and BradG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Barrett Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Hopefully this works. BradG, TorbenD, LSP_Kevin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Barrett Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 I'm using a Tamiya Spitfire Mk VII kit with the Alley Cat conversion. If I can get the grey codes, I'd like to do an aircraft flown by F/L Larry Seath who flew over the Channel on D-Day with 400 Squadron. Ted Jeff and LSP_Paul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Very nice choice! Your project will be fun to watch. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Great choice Ted. I built one a couple years ago. Watch out for the fit of the front windshield and the lower cowling. The windshield is really thick and takes a bit to make it work. Most people have separated the lower cowl into two parts roughly where it meets the wing leading edge. They then use the kit part for the section on the wing and the resin cowl under the nose. Carl MikeC and monthebiff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Barrett Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) Thanks Paul, I'm hoping for it to be fun. I've had the conversion for a while and this seemed like the perfect place to start it! Thanks for the heads up Carl, I'll keep your advice in mind when I get to those spots. Talk to you later, Ted Edited December 10, 2017 by Ted Barrett LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Barrett Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Here's a shot with all of the conversion parts spread out and the bit of work that I have done on the Mk VIII being converted. KiwiZac, MikeC and BradG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Barrett Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Another shot. Not much done yet. Took the pictures more to practice using Imgur and posting. LSP_Kevin, BradG, Jeff and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Great choice Ted and as Carl mentioned look out for that windsheild and lower cowling, also I would say to use and modify the Tamita wing insert panels rather than the resin Alleycat blanks as they are not the best of fit and you will save yourself a lot of extra sanding and filling. Regards. Andy MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Barrett Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 Thanks Andy, Yes, I think that I will be following the advice of Carl and you by just using the parts that Tamiya has for the wings. Hope to get some interior stuff done in the next couple of days so that I can post some progress. Would like to find a couple of cockpit shots to see where the piece for the gun sight replacement sits. I'm not sure from looking at the photo in the conversion instructions exactly what they want you to do. Talk to you soon, Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Thanks Andy, Yes, I think that I will be following the advice of Carl and you by just using the parts that Tamiya has for the wings. Hope to get some interior stuff done in the next couple of days so that I can post some progress. Would like to find a couple of cockpit shots to see where the piece for the gun sight replacement sits. I'm not sure from looking at the photo in the conversion instructions exactly what they want you to do. Talk to you soon, Ted Hi Ted, This is what I did with my conversion parts in the cockpit. Hope that helps you Ted. Regards. Andy Jeff, KiwiZac, BradG and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Barrett Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 Perfect! Thanks Andy! That answers any questions that I had. Nice work too! So I just have to fill in the hole behind the belly camera ports which I had opened up before I purchased the conversion. Talk to you soon, Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Hi Ted: one advice: drill the all the camera ports and drill round holes in the wings if you use the camera wing pods. Indeed, I simply tried painting the reverse side of the windows in black and this did not look realistic. The clear resin simply look like full black plastic!!! I quickly removed the paint. By the way on the full-scale plane, there was nothing behind the windows! Doing that results in a far better appearance of the camera ports. Hth Thierry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 The PR XI is one of my future builds so I will be following this one for sure Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) You don't need to glaze the lower camera ports. On the real thing, they were covered by metal discs, held in place by a clip. After take-off the pilot pulled a toggle in the cockpit and dropped the discs. Why? To keep the camera ports perfectly clean during taxy-ing and take-off - you don't want to fly hundreds of miles over enemy territory, snap your pics, and have the PIs find a large splash of mud renders the sortie useless. Many thanks to our late friend Edgar for that information. We couldn't decide on colour though, red (for easy checking) seemed plausible, as did black. If yoou choose to glaze the ports, the cameras were usually removed on the ground, and only fitted prior to a sortie. Watching with interest, as I have this conversion. Edited January 8, 2018 by MikeC KiwiZac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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