HASEGAWA SPITFIRE Mk VI 1/32 SCALE KIT Canopy

[offender]

I am quite surprised someone hasn't made a replacement vacuform canopy from what i gather the earlier VB Tropical used the external armour so you think hobbyboss would have picked up on that i wonder if anyone does decals for a earlier version i cant beleive i have spent double the price of the kit on after market just for the canopy to stop me

Does the normal spitfire VB have external armour? if it does is there anyway of converting the tropical version back to the normal one.

[Ian M]

The external armour was a "rush job" and not the final solution. Once it got figured out the wind shield part of the canopy was build ab factory with the armoured panel inside the cockpit.

To use the Hobby Boss just go for some after market decals of any Early Vb trop. If you dont have to build a British one, I believe that The Aussies flew some of the early ones, with the external Armour. Some thing a bit different from the usual suspects.

Agree that it's a bit odd no one has offered a vac canopy. The after market was pretty quick to pick up on the tail planes...

Steve. I'll look forward to the patchwork spit...

Ian M

[offender]

just another quick question if you all dont mind

most of the spitfire vb's builds (non tropical) i have seen had the external armour was that the case? (on the real ones)

[offender]

I have just read that many mid to late b's had the modified armour i was jus wondering about converting it back to a non tropical version but it wouldnt really be worth it i might just go for the conversion or buy a hasagawa vi to see if i can get the canopy to fit because to me the conversion set would need a bit of modification anyway.

cheers

Rob

[stona]

I can't find the date that the modification to the windscreen was introduced, but it wasn't a tropical/non tropical split. It was introduced sometime in the Mark V production.

Cheers

Steve

[offender]

I cannot find any decals in 1/32 for an early spitfire vb trop so i can use the supplied canopy if anyone has any suggestions id appreciate it i have purchased an Xtradecal 1/32 Decals 32042 set but unless i can remedy the canopy i wont be able to use.

would the AB262 Aircraft off the Xtradecal X32041 have the external armour ?

Cheers

Rob

[offender]

i cant believe one or two little mistakes by hobby boss could cause so much hassle

[stona]

When this internally armoured windscreen was fitted has been bugging me!

I've trawled through Morgan and Shacklady (Spitfire the History) and have found a reference to the Spitfire III windscreen and hood being fitted to earlier Marks. The drawing for the Mark III shows internal armoured glass so I'm guessing that this is the relevant windscreen. It was to be fitted from 26th April 1941. When it went on to production Mark Vs I still don't know. You'd also need to check where an aircraft was produced. Not all plants started modifications simultaneously.

At this point I give up

You are right, it's a load of grief which could easily have been solved by simply including both versions in the kit!

Cheers

Steve

[Ian M]

What we need is Edgar to drop by and put this in order.

Ian M

[offender]

I know the money i spent on the kit and then all the extras for a extra £30 ish pounds i could have got the tamiya spitfire even then i probably would have got all the extras for that and i dont think the wife would have like that i am probably going to have to order the correction set at least then it will be a bit more accurate

cheers

Rob

[offender]

I have been trawling the web and apparently the windscreen on the spitfires vb was upgraded to the internal armour in 1941 before the tropical vb's came in i might be wrong but thats what i have read and if that's the case then there will be no option for a tropical version with external armour so the only option is to fix the hobbyboss windscreen.

cheers

Rob

[stona]

I have been trawling the web and apparently the windscreen on the spitfires vb was upgraded to the internal armour in 1941 before the tropical vb's came in i might be wrong but thats what i have read and if that's the case then there will be no option for a tropical version with external armour so the only option is to fix the hobbyboss windscreen.cheers

Rob

That would fit in with what I posted above too. At the moment that could be an expensive fix.

Cheers

Steve

[Ian M]

Could this kit be a good base for a MkI or MkII...Hmm

Ian M

[offender]

If i converted it to another mark would the BigEd Set and the other parts i bought be useless ? im not that up on spitfires i usually build Luftwaffe subjects.

And could someone tell me how i quote someone i have no idea

Thanks

Rob

[stona]

The hardest thing to alter is the wing. The kit has a B type wing. There is an excellent site here, I've linked to the explanation of the different wings.

http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/concise-guide-to-spitfire-wing-types.html

There were other slight differences between Marks or even within production of a Mark (as exemplified by the V). You really need to pick an aircraft and check what wing/canopy/intake/rudder etc it was fitted with. Alternatively you'll have to dig to find one to match those bits.

Cheers

Steve