Lancfan's Spitfire III ***Finished***

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » March 19th, 2016, 11:35 am

Things are moving along very well so I will build a mark III as a fourth model using this old tool Airfix mark I kit (with a little help from my spares box).

David.

DazDaMan · Post by **DazDaMan** » March 19th, 2016, 2:34 pm

I've always liked the look of the Mk.III.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » March 20th, 2016, 12:31 pm

Work began by adding car filler to the rear fuselage, this will make a firm base for the retractable tailwheel.

The cockpit interior was then painted and the fuselage halves were then joined together. the next stage was to form a pattern for the modified windscreen using more car filler so that this can be vac formed later.

The wing was now assembled and is shown here with the fuselage and cockpit floor.

The wing was then modified and the nose corrected to suit the mark III.

David.

Post by **splash** » March 20th, 2016, 2:24 pm

Brilliant scratch building as usual.

Regards Splash

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » March 20th, 2016, 9:07 pm

Great progress David!

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » March 26th, 2016, 4:31 pm

Cheers Alan, Stuart.

David.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » March 26th, 2016, 4:33 pm

The next step was to assemble the airframe, fit the canopy (sans windscreen) and mould and fit the modified windscreen. The wing bulges came from spare AZ parts, the radiator was cut from an Heller mark XVI wing and the oil cooler was made from a piece of sprue, the wheel bays were filled and shaped with plasticene and the engine bulges were made from car filler.

The model was then primed, on checking pictures of the full size I realised that the engine bulges were still too small so these were enlarged with yet more car filler before starting to paint the model.

Painting began with white (four coats), then yellow (five coats) and finally with just the one coat of black.

The model was now almost complete, a coat of gloss varnish was followed by applying the decals, matt varnishing over them and then fitting the last parts to finish the model.
Supermarine Spitfire F.mk III N3297.

David.

DazDaMan · Post by **DazDaMan** » March 26th, 2016, 4:45 pm

Very nice! That yellow will certainly make it stand out.

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » March 26th, 2016, 4:50 pm

Now that's a bit different. Good show, David.

iggie · Post by **iggie** » March 26th, 2016, 6:12 pm

Blimey; I missed this one. Until you painted it bright yellow that is!
Very striking !!!

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » March 29th, 2016, 10:59 am

Wow - that certainly stands out! Nice work David!

Post by **splash** » March 29th, 2016, 2:55 pm

Now I have put on my sun glasses and turned the brightness down on my screen, I can see what a brilliant job you have done. The yellow suits the Spitfire.

Regards Splash

Purplethistle · Post by **Purplethistle** » March 30th, 2016, 11:22 am

Some banana*, David!

*Glasgow expression, generally used as praise or a congratulation, meaning 'Well done that man!' ....it seemed appropriate

Kitaholic · Post by **Kitaholic** » March 30th, 2016, 8:49 pm

Looks brilliant, one you def won't lose in the dark

DavidWomby · Post by **DavidWomby** » March 30th, 2016, 11:05 pm

Very, very different. Nice one!

David

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