red Dog Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Final report of a completed long haul conversion from a 1/24 Airfix Spitfire MkVb to a late LF MkIX Started this one last July so about 8 months worth of bench time. This one really put my mojo to test and I'm glad it's over !! I guess I now understand why we don't see too many late Mk Spitfires in 1/24 but in the best tradition, I am now clearing Airfix (or anyone else) to release one ... Full WIP is in the in progress forum Thank you all LSpers for the support while building. I doubt this would have been completed without the forum Elger, Fanes, Lothar and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Fantastic results and a really inspiring WIP to follow along. Thanks for sharing. Troy red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Olivier- My God man, that came out stunning! Congrats! THOR red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Excellent work! That thing fought you all the way but the result is absolutely gorgeous! It was a pleasure following the build and watching you overcome a lot of problems that were not your fault, and would have stopped a lot of other people. It's superb, and the finish and weathering just perfect. Richard red Dog and Troy Molitor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Love it..Won a good fight and it looks brilliant. Troy Molitor and red Dog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Wow! Hard to believe that came out of the Airfix kit!!! red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Stupendous! Sincerely, Mark red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 ...looks absolutely amazing..., great job! red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Looks like some fine work , nice photog too red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Thank you all for your comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Great build red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 That is GORGEOUS. Following the WIP, it looks as if this fought you all the way - you can’t tell now she’s finished as it looks like a standard kit which is huge credit to your skills. I may be wrong, but I thought the longer nose Spits had more of a forward rake on the main gear legs to help address the extra weight forward. Not a criticism, just an observation and I’m curious in case my memory is playing tricks... All the best, Tom red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 That looks really great, I will now have top read the WIP from the start. Cheers Dennis red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 36 minutes ago, tomprobert said: I may be wrong, but I thought the longer nose Spits had more of a forward rake on the main gear legs to help address the extra weight forward. Not a criticism, just an observation and I’m curious in case my memory is playing tricks… Nope, you're right. It's a feature of the C wing, and Indeed most of the MkIX had that feature. But to be honest It's one I found out after initial assembly of the model's wings as I was reasearching the canon configuration. And even then I think I would probably have overlooked it on the principle that the small detail was not worth the huge hassle to rebuild to whole underwing section Thank you all for your comments again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 24 minutes ago, red Dog said: Nope, you're right. It's a feature of the C wing, and Indeed most of the MkIX had that feature. But to be honest It's one I found out after initial assembly of the model's wings as I was reasearching the canon configuration. And even then I think I would probably have overlooked it on the principle that the small detail was not worth the huge hassle to rebuild to whole underwing section Thank you all for your comments again. Glad I’m not dreaming things! And totally understand your logic regarding the extra hassle - I don’t blame you! You really have done a beautiful job and given an old kit a real modern-standard makeover. It’s a stunner. All the best, Tom red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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