Good old Spit, one of the best looking aircraft ever. You've done a very good job on her. I still haven't gotten too much into planes since getting back into the hobby. Mainly I don't like filling seams, and just about every plane kit requires that to some extent. On a tank you can just slap on some mud or extra storage to hide things like that.
Originally posted by aeroplanegripper@May 17 2005, 07:01 PM I second that! What model manufacturer are these? Thanks for sharing, great Spits! Cheers Mark [post=34553]Quoted post[/post] Ths all for the compliment,.. however,.. am not too sure which brand is that,. it is a 1:48 scale,.. Asked my best buddy to look for me an earlier type of Spit that was involved in the BoB, as it is not easy to find one in here, unlike the later series,.. He came with a plain box with the parts inside. one thing i knew, he purchased them in London, but seems to me the brand is fixpart. He is now looking for me a two blade of the very first proto of Spits. Cheers
Hi - yes, what a super Spitfire! If only my own efforts were even half as good.... You may be interested to know that the Spitfire you have modelled is an early Mk Vb of 457 Sqn (RAAF), circa mid 1942, at which point it would have been flying fighter sweeps over France and the low countries - Rhubarbs, Rodeos, Ramrods, Curcuses, etc..... Keep up the modelling. Adam
In March 1942 457 Squadron moved to Redhill, in Surrey, and operations quickly increased in intensity with the Spitfires flying escort to RAF light bomber attacks over occupied France. In constant contact with enemy fighters and sophisticated anti-aircraft defences, squadron loses began to mount. After three months of flying fighter sweeps and bomber escort missions, 457 Squadron was withdrawn from Europe - and sent to Australia. Just thought you'd like to know...
(adamcotton @ Nov 14 2005, 03:54 PM) [post=41533]Hi - yes, what a super Spitfire! If only my own efforts were even half as good.... You may be interested to know that the Spitfire you have modelled is an early Mk Vb of 457 Sqn (RAAF), circa mid 1942, at which point it would have been flying fighter sweeps over France and the low countries - Rhubarbs, Rodeos, Ramrods, Curcuses, etc..... Keep up the modelling. Adam [/b] Thanks for the infos,.. good to know what was exactly is my model is,.. am currently building a Bf 109E the old 'friend' of the spits(still deciding on the decals of which gruppe),.. , Currently has build the mentioned Spits, legendary He111H, 'luftwaffe downer' Hurricane IIc, Fw190A2 of the famous JG26. Trying to build up my very own Bob participants...after the 109 have 3 more items to go ,.. The great lancs B Mk II/III, speedy Ju88A4 and Beufighter the awesome nightfighter... Planned to purchased Bf110, Ju87B, and Blenheim Was trying to buy a ready made churchill miniature,.. however the shops seems not intend to let go the figurine. Say,.. do you know or perhaps anyone knows,. if actually whirlwind, Ju188, firefly and gladiator participated directly in the BOB? perhaps can give advise which other model can be fit into BOB participants others than i owned already or i planned to purchase,... Thank you Regards
(spidge @ Jan 29 2006, 04:00 AM) [post=44988]Welcome back Gumalangi. [/b] hi there too spidge,.. Yeah,.. now too busy for my models and doing few things,.. in singapore, Jakarta and Bali,.. planning to move to Bali,.. Perhaps you could advise me on my previous questions,.. thanks Cheers
Thanks for the infos,.. good to know what was exactly is my model is,.. am currently building a Bf 109E the old 'friend' of the spits(still deciding on the decals of which gruppe),.. , Currently has build the mentioned Spits, legendary He111H, 'luftwaffe downer' Hurricane IIc, Fw190A2 of the famous JG26. Trying to build up my very own Bob participants...after the 109 have 3 more items to go ,.. The great lancs B Mk II/III, speedy Ju88A4 and Beufighter the awesome nightfighter... Planned to purchased Bf110, Ju87B, and Blenheim Was trying to buy a ready made churchill miniature,.. however the shops seems not intend to let go the figurine. Say,.. do you know or perhaps anyone knows,. if actually whirlwind, Ju188, firefly and gladiator participated directly in the BOB? perhaps can give advise which other model can be fit into BOB participants others than i owned already or i planned to purchase,... Thank you Regards None of these aircraft took part in the Battle of Britain. There was one squadron of Gladiators operational in 10 Group - No 238 - in 1940, but I don't believe they ever fired their guns in anger during the Battle of Britain, 10 Group being charged wiith covering the west of England and south Wales, and therefore not directly in the front-line. The Whirlwind entered service right at the end of 1940, after the end of the Battle of Britain; the Fulmar, being a naval fighter, took no part that I am aware of, and the Ju 188 came into service much later in the war.
Nice job on the model. You know, I never really realized it but the Spit's gear are a little close together. That looks a tad tricky to land especially in crosswinds! It also looks easy to ground loop. Morse or Gnomey, you got your ears on? What about the gear, was it a problem?
It wasn't as much of a problem as with the BF-109 and I haven't heard any problems with ground loops with the Spitfire. It was a bit tricky for carrier ops but other than that there wasn't that much of problem with the gear. Morse could maybe add more.
Yeah I would imagine that the 109 was a real tricky plane to land in a cross wind alright. Nice job on the model Gumalangi!
Nice models mate. All you have to do now is hang them up with fishing line. Oh, that's just me? As to the Spits landing, i now that they were periodically flipped over on landing. Never have found out why. I'll get Morse onto it.
It wasn't as much of a problem as with the BF-109 and I haven't heard any problems with ground loops with the Spitfire. It was a bit tricky for carrier ops but other than that there wasn't that much of problem with the gear. Morse could maybe add more. Anybody know if the Spit and the 109 had shock absorbant struts or were did they have some spring mechanism? Also, I didn't know they used Spits on carriers. I thought it was Hurricanes and Sea Furys where they only carrier based fighters Britain used. I can imagine narrow gear are a real bear on a hard deck. Of course with a carrier you don't have to worry about crosswind, just gusts.
It wasn't as much of a problem as with the BF-109 and I haven't heard any problems with ground loops with the Spitfire. It was a bit tricky for carrier ops but other than that there wasn't that much of problem with the gear. Morse could maybe add more. The narrow track did cause problems with ground steering and proved difficult in a crosswind landing. But as gnomey said not as bad as the Me109.
