Splash's Seafire Mk XV ***Finished ***

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Watching with interest.

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I have the Ventura kit, so I'm watching this eagerly.

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The rudder has been cut off and the deck hook separated from the rudder.

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Looking forward to seeing it done, not yet confident to slice and dice plastic myself
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Saxon wrote:Looking forward to seeing it done, not yet confident to slice and dice plastic myself
Have a go its easier than it looks, just get a good razor saw or a P cutter.

For an old kit the part fit is really good and will need little filler.

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Looking good so far.
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Brave work with the rudder rebuild there!
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Looking good Splash, can't wait to see those wonderful colours on her.

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Cunning plan, I have just picked up an Airfix Spitfire Mk IX to scavenge the Prop, canopy, seat, undercarriage and pilot. As the kit is for parts it will not affect my A:B ratio.

This will leave me with lots of Spitfire spares and as we all know you can’t have enough Spitfire spares (I might now have to get a recovery set just to use up the body and wings)
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The carpet monster has struck and eaten the lower section of my rudder :evil:

A quick rummage in the spares should find something suitable, its just a pain.

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splash wrote:The carpet monster has struck and eaten the lower section of my rudder :evil:

A quick rummage in the spares should find something suitable, its just a pain.

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I have a theory that the carpet monster doesn't like paint, so I have given it a quick blow over to put the monster off.

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Looks very smart with a coat of paint on her.
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Very interesting work. Perhaps I'll have same conversion with Novo kit
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Looking nice and sharp there.
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