Thunnus Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Wackyracer said: Had to do it! Sepp, Dany Boy, thierry laurent and 9 others 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Nearly there! Added the new sliding canopy and some odds and ends so just a bit more weathering to do. LSP_Kevin, MikeMaben, MikeC and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Nearly there mate, looking pretty smart. Cheers Bevan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastterry Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 This is not meant to be a criticism, but one of the other pearls of info searched out by Edgar was that all Spits up to and including the MkVIII (which also include the PRXI) were painted with aluminium lacquer in the rear fuselage right up to the rear of the frame directly behind the pilot. Grey green seems to have been used in the later high back Griffon engined spits from what I can gather. This is just a note for future reference for all the Spitfire builders out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Back on the Vc and finally to paint. Preshading with browns and blues Then gunze h314 for the sky blue underside. Test fitted the hurricane 44 gallon tanks retro fitted to some spits. I'll find the photo! Aaron Anthony in NZ, Landrotten Highlander, John1 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Found it! GMK, Subodai, John1 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Interesting ... different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busman Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Interesting the cannons are in the outboard positions not seen that on a Mk Vc before. nmayhew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 On 7/8/2020 at 10:10 PM, Wackyracer said: Found it! Always love a VC & you’re doing excellent work. A question on the 44 gallon tanks after looking at your reference pic - are they the right way around in your rendition? The ground clearance indicates a taper at the rear of the tanks. looking forward to seeing the rest of your build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, GMK said: Always love a VC & you’re doing excellent work. A question on the 44 gallon tanks after looking at your reference pic - are they the right way around in your rendition? The ground clearance indicates a taper at the rear of the tanks. looking forward to seeing the rest of your build! Yes I've been humming and harring which way they should go and their only test fitted at the moment. The filler port is definitely at the pointy end so unsure? Edited July 9, 2020 by Wackyracer GMK and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 So today was a good day at the bench... Started by a rough desert camo of dark earth and middle stone. Then dark Mediterranean blue mix over the top but not to heavy to mask the original. Aaron Fanes, VW Chris 1969, kkarlsen and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Great work Aaron!! Wackyracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Found the Spit I'm attempting to re-create; complete with underslung fuel tanks! Happy with my colours now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 On to the roundels and codes And painted and test fit on the exhausts Aaron Gazzas, scvrobeson, MikeMaben and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Grooooovy !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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