Tolga ULGUR Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Hello, I would like to confirm that the following Grey matter 1/32 two blade propeller is suitable for early Mk.1 Sptfire. Any difference between prototype and early 2 blade propeller Spitfires? Thanks R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Tolga ULGUR said: Hello, I would like to confirm that the following Grey matter 1/32 two blade propeller is suitable for early Mk.1 Sptfire. Any difference between prototype and early 2 blade propeller Spitfires? Thanks Excellent question! I have the same part and was wondering the same thing. What is also needed is the early windscreen and canopy. Richard Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 2 hours ago, R Palimaka said: Excellent question! I have the same part and was wondering the same thing. What is also needed is the early windscreen and canopy. Richard Thanks Richard. My choice is the following Mk1a (WZ H) with curved canopy and late style pitot. So it needs an unarmoured windscreen. And Alistair from Aerocraft made for me last year. R Palimaka, geedubelyer and Pete Roberts 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 What a beautiful, clear photograph! I would love to see you build this! The curved canopy takes away one problem for you. That was very kind of Alistair to produce the windscreen for you. It's not on his list of products, but maybe he might consider it. I have plans of sometime building an early Spitfire I to display beside a Seafire 47... a "the first and the last" sort of idea. I hope I live that long, too many other projects first. Richard Tolga ULGUR and geedubelyer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, R Palimaka said: What a beautiful, clear photograph! I would love to see you build this! The curved canopy takes away one problem for you. That was very kind of Alistair to produce the windscreen for you. It's not on his list of products, but maybe he might consider it. I have plans of sometime building an early Spitfire I to display beside a Seafire 47... a "the first and the last" sort of idea. I hope I live that long, too many other projects first. Richard Thanks Richard, I guess Ali still keeps the patterns( or molds) of this canopy. Seafire 47 and early Mk.1 make a good pair, as a starter and a finale Good luck to both of us geedubelyer and R Palimaka 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 How would you guys build the Mk47? The old Matchbox Mk22 kit and a resin conversion? R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) 30 minutes ago, geedubelyer said: How would you guys build the Mk47? The old Matchbox Mk22 kit and a resin conversion? Yes, that's right. I have both the Matchbox Mk.22 and the Freightdog Seafire 47 conversion set. The Matchbox kit is a challenge to work with. I think there are a couple of nicely completed conversions here on LSP. It's not perfect, but the conversion helps you with all the major changes. You'd also need one of the replacement noses/forward fuselage corrections as the Matchbox nose interpretation is off, especially the bulges for the Griffon engine. The whole kit needs some refinement really, soft details and the usual Matchbox trench-like panel lines. Some of the shapes and dimensions are not quite right; rudder, wings, horizontal stabilizer and the canopy. ...that sounded like I was trying to talk myself out of doing it... Richard Edited December 2, 2022 by R Palimaka geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 And many things are not corrected by the two existing conversions: landing gear bays shapes and details, nose, cockpit, etc. etc. Tolga ULGUR, R Palimaka and geedubelyer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 31 minutes ago, thierry laurent said: And many things are not corrected by the two existing conversions: landing gear bays shapes and details, nose, cockpit, etc. etc. You're not helping... geedubelyer, Tolga ULGUR and thierry laurent 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Kotare has anounced a new 1/32 early spitfire for next year, it looks like it includes parts for two bladed prop, early canopy etc. You might look at what they are doing as everything you want may be coming soon in one package. R Palimaka, Tolga ULGUR, mozart and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 57 minutes ago, thierry laurent said: And many things are not corrected by the two existing conversions: landing gear bays shapes and details, nose, cockpit, etc. etc. Completely agreed Especially, the shape error on the nape behind the cockpit is unlikely to be corrected. This part is too wide due to the fuselage shape, so a corrected canopy will not work well there either. Maybe Airfix will remember their responsibilities (which I think they have already started to remember) and produce large scale of these iconic aircraft in the near future. R Palimaka and geedubelyer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, cbk57 said: Kotare has anounced a new 1/32 early spitfire for next year, it looks like it includes parts for two bladed prop, early canopy etc. You might look at what they are doing as everything you want may be coming soon in one package. Ahh that's great news. I was hoping for this to happen, but I didn't know about the explanation. Thanks for this R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 I could be wrong, but I thought there was talk of Graham from Iconicair working on a resin Seafire 47? Richard Tolga ULGUR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 11 hours ago, Tolga ULGUR said: Hello, I would like to confirm that the following Grey matter 1/32 two blade propeller is suitable for early Mk.1 Sptfire. Any difference between prototype and early 2 blade propeller Spitfires? Thanks Hi Tolga, That prop is suitable for Mk.I Spitfires. It is a production standard Watts propeller, which differed from the prototype propeller (I remastered this propeller for Grey Matter Figures after it had been damaged in production, so took the opportunity to make it more accurate and detailed). HTH Derek geedubelyer, Pete Roberts, mozart and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolga ULGUR Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, Derek B said: Hi Tolga, That prop is suitable for Mk.I Spitfires. It is a production standard Watts propeller, which differed from the prototype propeller (I remastered this propeller for Grey Matter Figures after it had been damaged in production, so took the opportunity to make it more accurate and detailed). HTH Derek Thanks a lot for the reply and information Derek, appreciated indeed. Cheers Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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