Thanks to Josh, I think that I might be able to make this hokus-pokus stuff work. If it does, it’s another shot of my ICM Spitfire Mk XVI. If it doesn’t…well, I’ll be going to bed.
Cheers
Bob S.
[:D]Looks awfully good to me…
Very nice work…
Looks like you stayed up all night, Bob. Thats a beautiful Spit. Nicely done, indeed. Could you post more photos of that please? Thanks.
Looks great! Good job.
Looks Great Bob.
Great work there Bob, thats one great looking spitfire. Greg
WOW! Super job on the Spit, Bob!
Regards, Dan
Looks great Bob, glad you got it all lined out. Do you have more pics to post?
OK
Here is another shot of the same model. It depicts a post war 308 Sq. a/c. Postwar Spits displayed their serials under the wings. I used SP decals from Poland for the markings and they are excellent.
OOPs
Here is the photo from the above post.
and a view of the underside with the oil which is there. I know, I have wiped it off the belly of a Spitfire for many years.
I used a full load of Ultracast Spitfire parts including-
-seat with late “Q” type harness
-door with crowbar
-Rotol propeller and spinner
-exhaust stacks
-four spoke wheels
-“e” type cannon bay covers
-elevators (in the full “down” position where the elevators always go when you let go of the controls on the ground)
The ICM Spitfire range of kits are the most accurate kits of the “long Merlin” Spitfires. The Hasegawa kit is a mess. Too short fuselage and the goofyest spinner I have ever seen on a Spitfire.
Cheers
Bob S.
Say, that’s a nice Spitfire!
Nice work on the Spitfire, Bob.
Hey Bob, just curious, I’ve seen spits with Polish markings like that before…were they polish pilots that went to England to help liberate their country?[D)]
Hi AJ
Yes they were.
Cheers
Bob S.
Superb Spit!
Bob-
sorry, I missed the scale on that model? 1/48th?
it’s a beautiful model!
[bow]
Hi Sam
ICM’s Spitfires are all 1/48th scale
If you ever need a volunteer with wipeing the oil off another Spit Bob give me a shout ! - what a privilage it would be [:D]
Hi Migs
OK, but believe it or not, the one that I worked on lately (Mike Potter’s Mk XVI s/n SL721 in Ottawa Ontario) doesn’t leak oil. I saw this and couldn’t believe it. The Packard Merlin was rebuilt by Zandroid’s in Chicago and when we took the lower cowl off there wasn’t a half cup of oil in the bottom. I worked on Cliff Robertson’s Mk IX from 1976 through 1998 and she leaked oil all the time. It starts around the base of the lower cowl and spreads from there. Of course the breathers and overflows were peeing oil because of all the inverted flight. (Mike doesn’t do aerobatics with his Mk XVI.) Even the tailwheel gets covered. But, lying under the a/c while wiping it down, you get to check for anything amiss such as loose fasteners etc. It was while doing this that I found serious cracks in the radiator fairing. We were at a Canadian Armed Forces air base and a tin basher was called in from home on a Sunday and was glad to work on a Spitfire once in his career. He did a good job and as far as I know his patch is still on her.
Here is a photo taken around 1979 with me finishing up a post flight wipe down. Jerry Billing, the pilot, is also in the picture. He is 82 yrs young now and still flies his Aeronca Champ. He was amazing in a Spitfire with an unlimited aerobatic license. He flew them for 52 1/2 years (1942 -1994), a world record, that still stands. We both look a bit younger here than we do now I’m afraid. We had a lot of fun. The Spitfire is a beautiful a/c to work on.
Cheers
Bob S.