Iain Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 Control column assembled and painted - and some subtle paint wear/grime added: Loosely placed in the starboard fuselage half - starting to look OK I think... Seat section dry fitted - waited until the harness was done so I could fit the lap straps... As I mentioned - have made more progress and will try and get some photos later. With regard to change of scheme: we were thinking of doing Pierre Clostermann's airframe - but my client would prefer to have ML407 (the 'Grace Spitfire') in her wartime scheme, to go with the two-seater I built a few years back. A good pairing IMHO! Now - I think I'm going to have to make some assumptions on this aeroplane around D-Day... From what I can ascertain so far, ML407 was built as a Mk.IX with a 'c' wing - but that was modified to 'e' spec fairly early on. 'e' wing modification - with outer machine gun openings in the leading edge retained - even though weapons removed Outer gun access panels still on the underside, or plated over? Bomb racks - option? Front oleo scissor/torque links (fitted to many airframes from '43?) Cut out in undercarriage opening to go with above Later, 'square cut' tailplane 'early' rudder, rather than pointed type 4-slot mainwheel hubs Still researching what mods I need to make - Spit nines are a bit of a minefield when it comes to details as there was so much variation! Back soon, blue skies! Iain Landrotten Highlander, geedubelyer, KUROK and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Nice progress, Iain! Kev Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 Oooh - almost ready to close up the fuselage - a BiG step forward... The Sutton Harness is by Airscale - ignore the 'jaunty' strap angles - they'll all be fixed later on. I could add more detail - but I think she'll look fine with the fuselage joined and canopy sections on... Can you read the instruments? Each is separately glazed and they really 'pop' when you get the angle right. And then it will all be closed up! I partly agreed to take this on as a bit of a 'straight kit' MoJo restorer - it's not quite straight kit, but it does appear to be restoring some MoJo. More later in the week. Perhaps... Iain Shoggz, Furie, mozart and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Superb work Iain, this kit does keep tempting me to sit alongside the 1/24 Typhoon in the stash. Cheers Dennis Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 1 hour ago, dennismcc said: Superb work Iain, this kit does keep tempting me to sit alongside the 1/24 Typhoon in the stash. Cheers Dennis I agree - lovely work Iain, and get yourself one of these Dennis - it's a lot of fun! Iain and dennismcc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furie Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 The beauty of your cockpit is simply breathtaking... Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 Thanks guys - I'd like to credit Airfix, Airscale and Quinta for the details - and shortly, Aerocraft for the 'e' wing conversion parts. I'm just the assembler of others' hard work! Go for it Dennis - it's been a fun, and rewarding, project to stick together - so far at least... Iain dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Excellent work so far! Very nice looking cockpit! Håkan Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 Fuselage now closed up - generally excellent fit - with just a little filler along some seams - area in front of canopy has a bit of a moulded 'step' from the slide mould tooling. And a start made on the firewall/engine bearers/coolant pipes - fitting the latter takes some careful threading through the engine bearers! The bearers are just a push fit into the firewall for now - not glued: And dry fitted to the fuselage: More later in the week - perhaps... Have fun! Iain Fanes, scvrobeson, Landrotten Highlander and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 21 hours ago, dennismcc said: Superb work Iain, this kit does keep tempting me to sit alongside the 1/24 Typhoon in the stash. Cheers Dennis If you haven't already got one Dennis, Jadlam have them on offer for under £80 dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Doenitz Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Hobbycraft were also selling them for around the same price. The build was so enjoyable that I am thinking of building a second clipped wing and closed up version with the engine on a stand. Does anyone have an idea about what variant will come next ? The unused parts in the box hint that something else is planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Well, hopefully there'll be a Mk.XVI lowback - I've bought the parts to convert the Mk.IX, so hopefully that'll prompt it! geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Very nice progress Iain! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) Lovely neat work Iain! Interesting to note how similar Kotare’s engineering of the cockpit is to Airfix’s too (albeit in different scales). You are doing a grand job with this and glad to read that it ‘The Mojo’ is returning. Keep doing that voodoo that you do. Kind regards, Paul Edited May 6 by Archimedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Fantastic work Lain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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