oyoy5 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Not close to a spitfire expert just wondering since the Revell kit has the pointy rudder. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 .. and to shorten the ailerons by one rib bay. MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 ...and leading edge fuel tank panel lines ... Mr Creosote and MikeC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Creosote Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Gray Matter Figures have a retractable tail wheel. https://www.greymatterfigures.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justjim1 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Hi the retractable tai wheel is also available from me on my ebayshop . http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/lroybrownmodels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Didn't Roy Sutherlin do a MkVIII conversion of the Tamiya IX when it first came out? I would think it would be the same routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alburymodeler Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Roy did the Mk VII, but many similarities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jack Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 You wouldn't go wrong getting the Tamiya Spitfire Mk.Vlll. If worst comes to knockwurst, you could use the Tamiya kit to help detail your Revell Mk.lX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jack Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 You can get a lot of details from Grey Matter Figures and Baracuda to spruce up your Mk. lX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) More info I saved from a couple of Spit gurus : There is more to a Mk VIII Spitfire than the tailwheel although that is the most notable difference. The Mk VIII Spitfire was really a MK VII Spitfire without the pressurized cockpit. Early Mk VIII's had extended wingtips and the regular "rounded" rudder. Later the rugular wingtips were fitted and the Mk XII rudder (the "pointy" one or "deep chord") was used. But the Mk VII, and cosequently the Mk VIII, had short span ailerons and leading edge fuel tanks. You will need drawings to scribe in the fuel tanks and fillers and since the Tamiya kit is so intricately scribed and rivetted it will test your scribing skills to match what Tamiya did.CheersBob Swaddling . From late 1942, the paints changed to smooth finish, and the front 20% of the wings was "stopped" (i.e. filled,) rubbed down, primed, painted, then rubbed down, again, with special attention being given to the rivets, and panel lines, especially the line of the mainspar. This added 50 hours to Spitfire production, but added to the top speed.The VIII (and the VII) originally had red and green downward recognition lights, one in each wing, but they were deleted from May 1943.In December, 1943, the VIII's cannon cover had two small blisters (rather like the 22/24 later,) instead of the single large, since it was envisaged as carrying four cannon, but this didn't happen, probably due to weight (and possibly wing strain) considerations, so the single small blister became standard, but I can't find out when. Certainly, as late as 1944, there was still talk of the VIII having 4 cannon, or a combination similar to the "E" wing, but, as far as I can tell, it never happened.Edgar BrooksThe Mk.VIII had a retractable tailwheel, a fuselage with recessed rivets, a shorter aileron (doesn't extend so far outboard), and leading edge tanks in the wing near the root (ignore this on a small model). Many early ones had the extended wingtips, and also the broader cannon fairing meant to allow for two cannon in each wing. I'm not sure, but suspect the increased-area elevator horn balance also appeared partway through the Mk.VIII production. Edited April 5, 2018 by mmaben MikeC and dennismcc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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