Spitfire

Great pics, more please. Cheers Dennis

Fantastic photos, the guy with the camera was really on the ball, and what a great escape for the pilot, with the photos to prove it as a bonus. Cheers Dennis

Looks mighty fine to me. Cheers Dennis

This is looking mighty good, it bodes well for Infinity sales. Cheers Dennis

Make that five , a fine looking aircraft. Cheers Dennis

I found this, I believe it came from an old thread on Hyperscale and it was accredited to Dana Bell. Found it https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/british-corsair-mk-2-differences-t514358.html#p2720121 Cheers Dennis

Nice one John. Cheers Dennis

Nice progress, seems to be coming along nicely. Cheers Dennis

As usual this year will be a lean one. Revell Hurricane IIb (Got) Kotare Spitfire (Got) Infinity Val (Ordered) TBD Devastator (Ordered) Italeri MC202 Cheers Dennis

Looking good Cheers Dennis

Great work as usual, the Corsair is one fine looking aircraft however the Birdcage version is the one that really takes my fancy so I will tag along for tips. Cheers Dennis

Now that looks good, hopefully mine will soon be winging it's way to me. Cheers Dennis

Absolutely fabulous build and finish, that really captures the early Spitfire look to me. Cheers Dennis

Looking good. Cheers Dennis

I'm pretty sure that the Mk.II served with the RAF exclusively, with other nationalities making up squadrons within the RAF, the Mk.V was the one that served with other air arms in any numbers as far as I know. Cheers Dennis

Certainly an eye catching and different look for a Spitfire. Cheers Dennis

Nice review, for which I'm glad as I have one on order, so a big thank you from me. Cheers Dennis

Nice one, I too was at Telford when this kit was unveiled, I was that impressed I bought one, hope one day it turns out as nice as yours. Cheers Dennis

Thank you for that I have always thought that we should learn something new every day, I still do that, every day I read through modelling websites and I always find something to copy and stash away for future use. Cheers Dennis

Some great work going on here, I have a fascination for warchips but I'm pretty sure I am not good enough to build them accurately. Cheers Dennis

Looking good, the kit looks fantastic, wish they would do a Mk. XII. Cheers Dennis

More information on the plastic seats, from Edgar and the full thread is here. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/41616-a-question-regarding-early-spitfire-seats/ The plastic (not Tufnol*, or Bakelite**, whatever the "experts" tell you) seat was planned for, in 1938, initially for Castle Bromwich, exclusively, but there were huge problems with its (lack of) inherent strength, and it wasn't passed for use until May, 1940. Although the seat could be changed over (relatively, it's a multi-handed job) easily, it's a bit unlikely in your example. Edgar * Tufnol, as a company, existed before the war, in Glasgow, but the seat was manufactured by Aeroplastics Ltd. (also in Glasgow.) Tufnol make a resin/paper material now, and Aeroplastics no longer exist, but I've been unable to find out if Tufnol took them over. ** Bakelite is a moulded material, of a granular type of material, which needs precise temperature control and tremendous pressure for moulding. A friend made instrument cases from Bakelite, around 30 years ago, and says that the size of the seat would have made consistency of the temperature impossible, together with the huge increase needed in the pressure. And a bit more technical from Stephen MG in the same thread. Mish - not actually 'plastic' as we know it now but an 'engineering plastic' called SRBP (Synthetic Resin Bonded Paper). It's basically layers of paper impregnated with resin to produce a 'plastic' type material. This method of manufacture means that it can be made in a mould - seat shaped for example! It is characteristically a light red-brown colour - hence the colour often seen in old aircraft seats. SRBP is the generic name for it, trade names are Paxoline, Lamitex etc.. SRBF (Synthetic Resin Bonded Fabric) is a similar material which used fabric instead of paper in it's structure. The same basic style of seat and SRBP material was used in countless aircraft - Spitfire, Hurricane, Hornet, Vampire for example. They even appeared in some Canberras. SRBF was extensively used in making things like instrument panels and heel plates on cockpit floors etc. - good examples of both can be seen in the Mosquito, and most commonly as insulators and circuit board material in the electrics. The reason people refer to this material as Tufnol is because it's a famous brand name - a bit like referring to any vacuum cleaner as a Hoover or any clear plastic as Perspex. Personally I always use generic SRBF/P because it's much cheaper than paying for the brand name. So technically Edgar is right, it's not correct to refer to the material as Tufnol, but it's SRBP. Bakelite is a completely different material and is quite brittle. It would be useless for making aircraft sets but the name does get used, even cropping up in official documentation sometimes. (Edit: Troffa - you beat me to it!) Cheers Dennis

You are very welcome Cheers Dennis

Just had to, but will wait to get my eye fixed before I start it. Cheers Dennis

The pattern to me looks pretty close to the official scheme, close enough for government work, maybe some tweaks on the tail. Cheers Dennis