Tamiya Spitfire VIII converted to a VII

[Spitfire]

Looing very Spitfirish, nice work.

Cheers

Dennis

[BlrwestSiR]

Nice work on the Merlin. It's all coming together.

[denders]

Pre-shading done and the exhaust stubs are ready for painting. Hopefully none of them 'ping' off to neverland.

[PanzerWomble]

On 12/6/2025 at 5:44 PM, denders said:

I happened upon this Osprey book that I don't have. It's on the way. Looks like it should have some useful information.

 

I also found this photo on the internet.

That looks like RAF Harrowbeer in Devon to me , very distinctive dispersal pits . 

I can't say for sure but 131 Sdn were there March -May 1944 . 

[denders]

Well, I kneaded some Milliput and placed what I call the canopy master on it to make a buck. I'm going to try vacuum forming over it. it is made with the clear piece with the pieces of the fuselage that I cut off. I've thought about getting RTV mold material and resin to create a buck to use instead of this piece. Anyone have thoughts?

 

[BlrwestSiR]

I initially tried something similar when I did my VII conversion and smash moulding the canopy. I couldn't get a good enough copy so ended up just carefully bending the clear sheet to shape. It's not 100% but under the open canopy it's hard to tell. 

[denders]

I saw that in your build thread. That's why I kneaded up some milliput for under it. That is the first I've ever used milliput. I've ordered one of those vacuum forming machines from Amazon to try out. The thickness of plastic sheet may be an issue.

A long time ago I had one of the ancient Mattel machines. I wish I had kept it. I don't remember if I still have plastic sheet like was used in the Mattel machine. I'll have to look. There are only one or two places it could be. Hmmm.

EDIT: Found the sheets, first place I looked.