Daz's BBMF Spitfire **FINISHED**

[DazDaMan]

I'm hoping to be able to include this Spit in the GB:

(My boxing is an earlier version.)

The scheme I've chosen is this one, worn by long-time BBMF aircraft AB910, which wore several variations of this basic scheme throughout her early BBMF career:


I even have a four-blade prop assembly and the (in)correct 6-stub exhaust pipes needed for this one, so it could be fun!

[Stuart]

Hey that'll be a great build Daz!

[DazDaMan]

I hope so!

[DazDaMan]

OK, let's fire this up....

Box


Spit bits


New prop


Prop painted and wings assembled

Those cannon mounting holes on the leading edges have gotta go!

[DazDaMan]

I've painted and assembled the cockpit parts, but forgot to take pics!

However, the model's fuselage has been buttoned up. The prop looks a bit strange strapped to the front of a Mk.VB, but hey, that's what it had!!

[DazDaMan]

Wings and tail are on. Starting to look like a Spitfire now....

[DazDaMan]

[DazDaMan]

OK chaps, a bit of a dilemma.

AB910 wore two different applications of the same 92 Squadron markings during her early years with the BBMF - one with the A-scheme:



and the other with the B-scheme:



Now, before I do anything stupid (like painting the rest of the camouflage on), can I have a vote as to which scheme to go for?

The A is a bit more visually appealing, but the B is a bit more significant, since '910 was wearing this scheme when she collided with a Harvard on take-off at an airshow at Bex, Switzerland, in the late 1970s.

[Martin R]

Do 'em both! Symmetrical A/B combo.

[Martin R]

Perhaps more helpfully, I'd do the A scheme. This is based solely on my view of the aesthetics of the thick squadron codes. I don't like the angularity on the B scheme picture.

However, if history is your thang . . . .

regards,

[DazDaMan]

Looking at my decals, they are a bit more rounded so wouldn't be quite right on the B-scheme.

[despondman]

Looking good. I'd go for B myself, but either is going to look good.

[DazDaMan]

One vote for each...!

[AndrewR]

The "A" lettering looks better to my eye. So another vote for A

[DazDaMan]

A Facebook discussion has also voted for A, so A it is!