Tim’s Airfix 1/48 Spitfire XII

[adt70hk]

OK you lot! Hands up those that spotted the stupid mistake and didn’t say anything…….I mean, how on earth was I going to fit the fuselage half’s together with the second frame behind the seat on upside down :flushed: Bet you were all just waiting for the bad language to start so you could have a good laugh at me LOL…..
I only tried a dry fit to see if I needed to shave anything down or open up the location cut outs a little to get a good fit. Couldn’t get the sides together and join them at all to start with, then the half florin dropped……
All sorted now though so I spent the morning removing the bits from the fuselage that are not needed if I want a landed spitfire with the canopy open…..five in all….last of the internals next, then wet grey green stuff…..

Oops. Bit of a boo-boo there.....!!

But then I realised yesterday that I fitted the wrong cowling top option to one of my 109s and it's too late to fix but you have to look closely to realise it's the wrong one....:loudly-crying:

[Tim Marlow]

Happens to us all Andrew. Mind you, I’d have been a lot less sanguine if I’d painted it and was trying to glue up the fuselage.

[colin m]

I'm not really a fan of clipped wing Spitfires, but it's still a spitfire, and it's going to look great.

[Tim Marlow]

I'm not really a fan of clipped wing Spitfires, but it's still a spitfire, and it's going to look great.

Thanks Colin…….no pressure then LOL…..

[colin m]

Thanks Colin…….no pressure then LOL…..

You will nail it I'm sure. You might even persuade me to like clipped wing Spitfires.

[Mickc1440]

Late arrival (as usual) off to a great start Tim. I'm a big fan of detailing up the cockpits and the Eduard stuff does lift it, especially on 1/48 and upwards.

[Tim Marlow]

Late arrival (as usual) off to a great start Tim. I'm a big fan of detailing up the cockpits and the Eduard stuff does lift it, especially on 1/48 and upwards.

Cheers Mick. I too think the Eduard IPs and sundry dials lift a build considerably, and seat belts are a must have. For not a lot of outlay and effort they sharpen up the pit nicely.

[JR]

Morning Tim.
It was not nice sitting on the front row when you noticed the alternative fitting .The language was quite entertaining.
Have to admit that until I saw the recent TV program on the Spit I'd never realised about the wing shape. To me it's the iconic place of WW2 regardless of wing shape .

[Tim Marlow]

Agreed John. It is THE iconic aircraft of the conflict, at least, for the Brits. Good job Supermarine and Rolls Royce decided to fund his design and build outside of ministry requirements really. After all, the military tends to ask for what they want now, and he was looking at what they needed in the future.
I always wonder what Mitchell would have gone on to produce. It’s quite hard to see the design similarities between the Walrus flying boat and the Spitfire. However, he designed both of them, and the Walrus has many British aviation “firsts” incorporated into its design, showing his ability to drive the design envelope forwards. .
His four engine bomber design looked well ahead of the curve. On paper it had the lift strength of a Lancaster coupled with the speed of a spitfire…..a big bomber with an elliptical wing would have looked weird though. The design drawings look like a Lancaster with an oversized spitfire wing attached….
I wonder what he could have done with the jet age? Not bad for a railway engineer really.

[JR]

I'd have liked to see the bomber take place,wonder what the out come of the war would have been .
Thinking more about its speed more than anything .

[Tim Marlow]

Well, the pit is painted…..next job is getting it all in without swearing…..some hope!

Airframe sides


Instrument panel

Love those Eduard panels. Great effect, no effort.

Seat and rear area..


Can’t be seen in this image, but everything from the seat frame back is painted airframe silver where it can be seen.

Cover your ears lads, here we go….actually, belay that. I’ll glue in the sub assemblies first, then dry fit, so hands down again, that should be no problem at all :tongue-out3:

[Jim R]

Hi Tim
Ears covered and children out of the room so off you go, get that cockpit together!
You've done a great job of painting it up. Those seat belts are excellent.
Jim

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Tim
Ears covered and children out of the room so off you go, get that cockpit together!
You've done a great job of painting it up. Those seat belts are excellent.
Jim

Pure Eduard again Jim. Well worth the few quid for the basic set. I certainly wouldn’t bother with the full set though. I’ve used as much as I probably would from that.

[Valeron]

That looks really good. And the detail is great. I think I might have to try a larger than 1/72 scale aircraft next. Trouble is, there is so much I want to try and learn. I just need to be patient.

[adt70hk]

Tim

That's coming on very nicely indeed. That panel really does bring it to life beautifully.

ATB.

Andrew