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North African Spitfire
« on: April 02, 2015, 06:55:08 PM »
This is such a busy time of year with new growth in the garden, but this Tamiya Spitfire Vb also needs my attention! I'll be building another machine that probably flew over my father during his time in North Africa, adding to the "Tunisian Collection". ;)
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/Tropical%20Spit%20Begins%20001_zpsepmfwglr.jpg
North African Spitfire


Tamiya provides both Vokes and Aboukir tropical filter lower cowls as well as the normal smooth unit, so many options for markings can be conjured up! :-tri

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2015, 08:31:22 PM »
Good :))

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2015, 12:49:15 AM »
 :-ok

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2015, 12:18:10 PM »
Thank you!

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2015, 08:41:58 AM »
Scott, you give me the envy to start mine! ;)

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2015, 03:19:02 PM »
I've wanted to build this for a long time.......when I was a young child my father told me his experiences in North Africa. One of his remembrances was of the American-marked Spitfires and getting his hair cut at a fighter airstrip one sunny day.

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2015, 09:10:52 AM »
nice

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2015, 12:40:35 AM »
Thanks!

Here is some small effort at painting, the instrument panel is certainly not as nice as Draken's Yahu panel, but it still isn't bad with some detail painting:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/SAC%20APRIL%2015%20001_zpsollojpqh.jpg
North African Spitfire

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2015, 05:22:35 AM »
Can you provide close up with Yahu panel mounted?

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2015, 05:47:16 AM »
Daniel has the Yahu panel on his Belgian Spitfire thread, I've used the plastic Tamiya panel.

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2015, 01:45:44 PM »
Here is the Yahu panel

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2015, 02:06:47 PM »
Thanks ;)

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2015, 04:17:50 PM »
In just a short amount of time the cockpit assembly was completed and fuselage halves glued together. Then the wing parts were built-up and the Vokes intake cowl also finished. I added a small screen to the intake (you can barely see it, but it is there.... and filled the seam here. Another nice thing about this Tamiya kit is that the fuselage seams can be filled and primed before adding the cockpit and wings if you wish.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/Spit%20Trop%201%20001_zpsdftpu7nn.jpg
North African Spitfire

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/Spit%20Trop%201%20003_zpskcpqssrn.jpg
North African Spitfire


If I can get the time, the canopy parts will be prepared today so that painting can begin.

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2015, 07:28:54 PM »
:-ok

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Re: North African Spitfire
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2015, 07:47:25 PM »
Fast and precise :))