SA Model Expo (Adel) 2007

Wayne Little · 03-03-2008, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Heinz

Awesome!

I take it 'Dogfights' is on foxtel Wayne?

Anywhere I can get it on dvd, people always seem to be mentioning it!

Yeah mate on the FOX! I'm not aware of it on DVD at this stage, would you like me to tape a couple of shows for you to watch? or can it be downloaded from the net??

Screaming Eagle · 03-03-2008, 03:32 AM

dogfights is an awesome show! I can't watch it at the moment because the austar is down

Heinz · 03-03-2008, 04:11 AM

Wayne up for the nicest guy award this year

Nah its cool I'll have a hunt around the net see what I can turn up.

Thanks though mate

Wayne Little · 03-03-2008, 04:21 AM

No worries mate!..

Ok another Large scale aircraft!

Heinz · 03-03-2008, 04:30 AM

Hasegawa?

Looks real nice. That squadron probably provided air cover for my grandfather.
If its Italian based that is.

Catch22 · 03-03-2008, 01:33 PM

Very nicely done!

Wildcat · 03-03-2008, 05:53 PM

Nice!! Desert spits rock!

Trebor · 03-04-2008, 01:16 AM

beautiful looking Spit. but I've always hated that model. no pointed wingtips. the pointed wingtips is what makes a spitfire a spitfire.

Heinz · 03-04-2008, 01:20 AM

I gotta say I agree Trebor. I have this kit and I haven't started it yet because I just can't decide whether do the clipped wing version or not

Trebor · 03-04-2008, 01:23 AM

heh, I wouldn't. IMO, it's the ugliest model spitfire I ever laid eyes on. clip the wings, you break the spirit of the spitfire. (I'm wierd. yes I know XD)

tpikdave · 03-04-2008, 01:36 AM

Why did they clip the wings? Was it so it would look ugly or fly worse? I have my doubts about that.

Trebor · 03-04-2008, 01:40 AM

Theory: they clipped the wings to reduce drag, but ti ended up being shot down by its own kind, cos it looked more like a BF-109 so they put the tips back on.

anyone care to state a fact?

Heinz · 03-04-2008, 04:21 AM

I thought it was to improve low level handling?

A4K · 03-04-2008, 04:24 AM

Thanks for that picture of the Fw 190A-5/U-12 or A-6 (or something..!)
Only had a chance to check out the link just now.

Looking at my books again, Erprobungsstelle 8/JG 11 and 2/Jg11 shared the same emblem (I'd copied the guys arm wrong!), though who was first I don't know. They used atleast one Fw 190A-6/R-2 (the one now preserved at Saxonwold military museum in South Africa, along with an Me 262B-1a/U-1), but I don't know what other variants they used.

You're right about the wooden props too, I've seen a few photo's of D-9s with shattered paddle blades. Some late D-9s even had wooden tails due to the shortage of metal, the new tail being larger than the standard D-9, more similar to that of the Ta 152H.

Great model photo's again too - if it's the Hasegawa 1:32 Spitfire Mk.Vb, then I made it as a kid, the difference in end results is more than a little obvious..

A4K · 03-04-2008, 04:34 AM

Forgot to mention..

As Trebor said, low level (LF) Spits had the wingtips clipped to reduce drag, medium altitude (F) aircraft had the 'standard', and high altitude (HF) aircraft like the Mk.VI, some MK.VII and early VIII's had extended tips.

I didn't know that about them being shot down for Bf 109's, but I can believe it.... By the same token, I wonder if a few early BF109F's got away before the Allies cottoned onto the fact that the wingtips had been extended..?!