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Post by lazycat on Sept 23, 2012 8:34:17 GMT -7
OK, I'm back to my Spitfire mania and searching for missing photographs. I need photographs of: 1) Spitfire MkIX(c?) TE215 AP•A. This is a low-back with the full wing. - I want to conform that this is c not e. 2) Spitfire Mk VII flown by Peter Brothers PB• MD188. Only illustrations found so far. In Osprey is a drawing with regular wing and invasion stripes. Reading about them I found that many changed wing tips after invasion, than repainted to regular camouflage pattern. 3) Spitfire PR IV Trop, BR418. All I have is very nice kit from Sword. Instruction is saying that it was painted white with PRU blue or Royal Blue on a top. I have NO photographs to conform that. THANKS  |
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Post by davefleming on Sept 23, 2012 17:00:27 GMT -7
Working from memory but will check tomorrow but:
1) Pretty certain that would be an 'e' wing
2) Pics in Spitfiore at war 3 I think
3) Have a pic of that in one of the Spitfire at war books
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Post by lazycat on Sept 24, 2012 21:32:10 GMT -7
Well, I am sitting on the edge of my seat... BTW, I have none of this books  |
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Post by davefleming on Sept 25, 2012 4:48:25 GMT -7
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Post by davefleming on Sept 25, 2012 5:20:46 GMT -7
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Post by lazycat on Sept 25, 2012 18:42:19 GMT -7
GREAT Interesting, is this one or two kites? I have pointed wingtips in the kit, and Sword id notorious for making "mistakes" with decals (as long they can squeeze product)  - That is complain from one of my friends who writes for Kagero! But if they are TWO different aircrafts - I'm happy! |
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Post by davefleming on Sept 26, 2012 3:23:12 GMT -7
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Post by lazycat on Sept 26, 2012 7:07:32 GMT -7
OK, now it makes sense to me.
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Post by lazycat on Sept 26, 2012 7:32:55 GMT -7
BTW, so far i found ONLY speculative builds of Brothers MkVII.
If push will get to shove I will make NX•L (I'm about to close fuselage by now).
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Post by davefleming on Sept 26, 2012 9:25:48 GMT -7
Will dig out pics tonight, Can't find Spitfire at war 3 yet!
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Post by lazycat on Sept 26, 2012 22:00:58 GMT -7
About to close this one:  The back part is as good assumption as I can make. It is based on 5 different photographs of 3 different marks. All of them with Lobelle canopy. |
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Post by davefleming on Sept 27, 2012 1:06:46 GMT -7
I dug out SatW 3 last night, and contrary to my beleif it DOESN'T have a pic of MD188 -. Sorry! It's not in the other book I though (but I am sure I have seen a pic somewhere).
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Post by lazycat on Sept 27, 2012 6:30:54 GMT -7
- No problem Dave! Thanks for help - I "lost" picture of AP•A (that I KNOW that I have) somewhere between 7 hard drives, so I postponed making the model. I am planning a big comeback to my Spitfire builds and trying to lay out the "master plan" of models. I will make several MkIX including one from Abukir (BS354) that have this same paint scheme as NX•L, hence PB• was a nice option to use  |
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Post by davefleming on Sept 27, 2012 7:06:21 GMT -7
Osprey Late Mark Spitfire Aces has a pic of MD110 in MSG/PRU Blue and one of MD1** NX/B in normal day fighter colours with standard tips (as well as a profile of PB in MSG/PRU blue)
SatW3 had several shots of the 131 Squadron aircraft.
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Post by lazycat on Sept 27, 2012 7:43:24 GMT -7
The profile and reading Ventura Classic Warbirds #5 give me idea of making Brothers plane with extended wing tips. Ventura has nice pictures of YQ•E that I was initially planing to do. Just an idea of ANOTHER gray/green Spit was holding my hopes for PB•. However I may go back to that plan.
It will be interesting next to MkVI BS124 wit the large filter and Skalski's MkVIII JF447 UF•7.
All of them with extended wings.
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Post by lazycat on Sept 27, 2012 8:30:30 GMT -7
This one is very interesting. My guess that top is MSG but bottom Azure blue. Markings - well suppose that photo was taken with BLUE filter (hence red is very dark), they may be PRU Blue.  |
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Post by lazycat on Sept 28, 2012 13:41:15 GMT -7
Just posted on one of Czech forums! Still hard to see detail in the shadow.  |
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Post by davefleming on Sept 28, 2012 13:56:11 GMT -7
Excellent!
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Post by lazycat on Oct 1, 2012 20:09:02 GMT -7
Hasegawa/Sword MkVII in progress.   |
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