Flying Legends 20% scale Spitfire.
Posted: May 17th, 2012, 6:10 pm
Hi all ,
Just on the back of Mike (Chockey) Booths magnificent achievment of flying (connie) his 25% spitfire across the channel, i have been spured on to finish my 20% scale spit that Mike used to kit many moons ago and which is sadly no longer available.
Basicaly i bought this model part built about 3 years ago, it has a glass fiber fusalage to which MIke has added loads of scale detail just lik his big one, rivets, panel lines, hatchs ect.
It has a foam wing with ply spars which pick up the retract bearers making it nice and strong, my version has clipped wings and is 80" span which is very managable as a one piece wing.
Stuart from The Fighter Factory took the model to complete the build part, making a new rudder and tail plane as these were missing from the box of bits, he also completed the wing glass clothing and retract install just leaving me the radio, engine and paint job to do.
If you want a model built, painted, or finished in any way then give Stuart a ring or visit his website you wont be disapointed.
I have just got the engine fitted and radio gear installed, not much left to do now just the dreaded exhaust to make, i hate this and testament to that is a box of broken, failed, not fitted or just abandoned exhausts in the corner of my work shop, maybe one of those might fit, i wonder !!
Just on the back of Mike (Chockey) Booths magnificent achievment of flying (connie) his 25% spitfire across the channel, i have been spured on to finish my 20% scale spit that Mike used to kit many moons ago and which is sadly no longer available.
Basicaly i bought this model part built about 3 years ago, it has a glass fiber fusalage to which MIke has added loads of scale detail just lik his big one, rivets, panel lines, hatchs ect.
It has a foam wing with ply spars which pick up the retract bearers making it nice and strong, my version has clipped wings and is 80" span which is very managable as a one piece wing.
Stuart from The Fighter Factory took the model to complete the build part, making a new rudder and tail plane as these were missing from the box of bits, he also completed the wing glass clothing and retract install just leaving me the radio, engine and paint job to do.
If you want a model built, painted, or finished in any way then give Stuart a ring or visit his website you wont be disapointed.
I have just got the engine fitted and radio gear installed, not much left to do now just the dreaded exhaust to make, i hate this and testament to that is a box of broken, failed, not fitted or just abandoned exhausts in the corner of my work shop, maybe one of those might fit, i wonder !!
