Figured I’d dust this thang off and take a few pix… This is straight OOB w/ the exception of the replacement rudder control rod cable and Eltracast eghausts…
The office was fully dry brushed using Polly Scale flt black as the base coat. She was painted w/ a mix of MM & Poly Scale paints.
The Spit is in the markings of the 92 Sqdn based out of Biggin Hill. The base was a simple yet effective lil add on. I used ol “Mother Nature” herself and some static grass from the railroad section. Dry brushed the grass as well as fer the dirt. Without furhter due, her she is… Hope you enjoy & comments welcomed!!
Nice build. I like it ! I see you paid attention to small details like color on the door bar [:)] Most people put there a red bar - I just found it on my Vb and corrected.
One question: did you get a wing from Vb?
I thought the ailerons on Mk I were fabric or I am just mistaken ?? I plan to make Mk IIb and use the Vb wing but ailerons have to come from Mk I or Mk II - fabric.
Also I thought wing reinformcement was done for aircrafts with high flying time which I do not belive were available during BoB. Are you sure those have to be there ??
Great work on the paint and decals , the color choice looks quite accurate. The wear area at the base of the wing fillet is a nice touch. I would like to see more of the office , what I do see looks very good as does the canopy. The shading for the guns looks very well done. Subtle shading for the exhaust stacks could look good. The base you fabricated was a good idea .The grass and soil colors really enhance the look of the aircraft paint scheme. Very nice display model of this historic aircraft. Because of skilled builders my projects will improve. Thanks for showing your very skilled work.
Mike, thanks for an explanation. I am looking forward to know if the Mk I or II had metal ailerons.
I made Ia from Tamiya but later I repainted it and convert it to Mk IIa. I really wanted IIb but there is no conversion available except what you just did [:)] - taking Vb wing - it is a great idea.
Here is my Mk IIa
and when I worked on Mk Vb i forgot about reinforcements but removed it prior to painting a second coeat on upper side
and here it is now:
Your base is really impressive. Some day I have to make something like you did. Always something new [:)]
Yeah, I gotta take my Mk.Ia outta the case one of these days and repaint the crowbar on the door too.
I have a question,
What is the difference between the Mk.II, Mk.IIa, and the Mk.V? I can recognize the Mk.I’s with the eight gun wings from the Mk.V’s with the four gun/two cannon wings. But, I guess I don’t know the difference between the Mk.II and the Mk.V. TIA!
Greg,
Nice to see that Spit again, very nicely done!
OK, I promise not to hijack your thread anymore. [;)]
You are very welcome and I am glad that I could assist you… I like how your Spit turned out as well. Over all weathering is very nice and sparce!!
By the way, nice choice of marking… The 303 sqdrn!! In terms of getting them accurate, I do the best that I can w/out the headache[:P]
I have a tendancy to go all out on builds then again I build as close as I can w/out doing all the extra work… As long as I like it, it counts right?!?
In all it depends n how I feel when I start the build…
Nice to see you drop by once again and besides, the more the Merry. Again thank you for the nice words…(As I told you earlier, I’ll send out the check tomorrow[(-D])
Leme see if I can answer your question fer ya… The Mk II was externally identical to the Mk I’s w/ the exception of having a small blister fairing over the starter on the right hand side.
The II’s also became the first Spit to carry bombs. As mentioned in the Squadron book, In terms of carrying bombs, “albeit of the non-lethal smoke marker variety, at least 52 ships became Mk IIC’s, the suffixdenoting a different duty from that of the Mk IIa/b fighters rather than change in the wing armament”(pg9)
Also it aapears that the Mk II’s engine was tweaked about as well as for the armament/load as mentioned above.
The Mk Vb had externail simularity of the proceeding variants, the Vb had an airframe of that of a Mk I/II. This was where later in its service use was the clipped wing variant introduced.
Most noticeable changes on the Mk V was the jettisonalbe canopy, having metal ailerons and the introduction of the “fishtail” flame-damping exhaust.
So over all the difference were the wings, engine and armament set ups… I know there is more than what I touched on, but you made me think!! Laughs.
Hopefully I helped answer your question or at least pointed you in the right direction. Smiles
Your right about that, I totally forgot about that… Good catch… I used the Mk I’s nose cone b/c it was a little more pudged and flatter as to what I had seen in my ref pix on the Mk Ib’s…
As for an AM conversion for the “C”… I am not too sure whats out there… However, I know that there was a AM set out there for the “C” wing… Not too sure if these two coinside w/ each other…
I’ll have to do some searching fer ya… Btw, another nice pix of a Polish bird… WOW, 1/24th scale… Now there is some detailing for you…
