Ayovan Posted Sunday at 11:16 PM Share Posted Sunday at 11:16 PM (edited) I had originally wanted to do this build for the Out Of Africa GB, but...got shot down! . George Beurling was Canada's top scoring ace of WWII with 32 victories. 27 of those were achieved over Malta in just 14 days I'll use the Hobby Boss Mk Vb trop kit with a fair amount of AM to depict one of Beurling's spitfires from Malta in 1942. Edited Monday at 10:37 PM by Ayovan MikeMaben, Erwin, LSP_Kevin and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted Sunday at 11:39 PM Share Posted Sunday at 11:39 PM Good choice, looking forward to this build. Richard Ayovan and Mark P 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted Monday at 05:30 AM Share Posted Monday at 05:30 AM (edited) Welcome to the GB ! That’s a nice choice indeed. Can’t wait to see you start! Edited Monday at 05:34 AM by Loic Ayovan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted Monday at 07:59 AM Share Posted Monday at 07:59 AM Nice choice, I built two of those a while ago and enjoyed the process, the HPH detail set is really good. Cheers Dennis Ayovan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted Monday at 09:25 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 09:25 PM 13 hours ago, dennismcc said: Nice choice, I built two of those a while ago and enjoyed the process, the HPH detail set is really good. Cheers Dennis The kit does look nice, even though it's still on the sprues. The HPH set has a few parts in it that look interesting enough, but I was more interested in it for the canopy and windscreen mostly. Actually I think you pointed that out to me a while back Dennis. Thanks for the tip. dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted Monday at 10:34 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 10:34 PM (edited) This profile shows a "C" wing, but everything I can find on EP706 says it was a "B" wing. Edited Tuesday at 02:14 AM by Ayovan Troy Molitor, Alex, Phantom2 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted Tuesday at 02:27 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:27 PM Ihave the same kit and was thinking about getting the HPH replacements parts, as you say, mainly for the internally armoured windscreen etc. Ayovan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted Tuesday at 02:51 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:51 PM (edited) Beurlings aircraft lacked a padded headrest as photos indicate. That small detail incorporated into the profile. Nice! Mark Proulx Edited Tuesday at 02:52 PM by Mark P Ayovan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted Tuesday at 02:53 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:53 PM Looking forward to the inevitable discussion abut the colors of Malta Spitfires! Mark Proulx Ayovan and dennismcc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted Tuesday at 04:30 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 04:30 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Mark P said: Looking forward to the inevitable discussion abut the colors of Malta Spitfires! Mark Proulx For EP706 I've seen profiles for the topside in desert camouflage of dark earth/middlestone with azure blue underside, and also overall topside in dark sea grey with azure blue underside. Im looking for dates of these 2 color schemes, as I suspect it's time relevant. I found a date showing desert camo of September 1942, but have not found anything indicating when the dark sea grey was applied. Edited Tuesday at 04:34 PM by Ayovan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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