**** DONE: 1/24 Spitfire Mk.Vb Floatplane – Home Country Modern Aircraft/Spitfire GB

[Airframes]

Great stuff Charles, and that prop looks the business! I agree with Wojtek - the rudder and ventral fin look fine.

 

[ccheese]

The rudder and ventral fin look right. An only note , there was a thin gap between the rudder bottom edge and the ventral fin top one. But it was quite thin and actually might be unnoticeable.

I can fix that !

Charles

 

[rochie]

looks great Charles, i like it

 

[woody]

Real nice charles.

 

[Catch22]

Some absolutely great work Charles.

 

[A4K]

Looks great Charles, good on ya!
That rudder line Wojtek mentioned should be easy enough to replicate with a thin strip of black decal (or paint).

 

[Wurger]

A good idea Evan. I would follow that.

 

[A4K]

Dzieki my friend!

 

[ccheese]

Just finished adding the inner wing fairings. These are made of light cardboard (e.i. cereal box). The plans include a template, and, to my surprise, fit very well. After they were dry I put several coats of clear dope on them, then a couple coats of the light gray I'm using as a primer. Going to try to get the undersides painted with Model Masters "sky" today, too.

Charles

 

[A4K]

Great work Charles!

Looks like your upper wing roundels may have over-large red centres (and lowers should be Blue/ White/ Red).
What's the outer diameter? Maybe I or someone else has correct ones for you.

 

[ccheese]

Great work Charles!

Looks like your upper wing roundels may have over-large red centres (and lowers should be Blue/ White/ Red).
What's the outer diameter? Maybe I or someone else has correct ones for you.

The wing roundels are 52 mm. I thought mine were correct..

Can someone point me to where I can get the correct decals ?

Charles

 

[A4K]

Cheers charles, will check what I have.

 

[A4K]

Checking sources, and by my calculations you'll be wanting either 31.8 or 33.9 mm (30 or 32 inch respectively) Type C lower wing roundels, and 57 mm Type B upper wing roundels.

Largest Type Bs I have (working 1:72) are only 39 mm, lower wing roundels to almost correct size (at 29.5 mm), but earlier Type As, so I'm no help sorry...

These are the correct Types B and C roundels you're after anyway (your fueslage C1s should be okay by the looks):

 

[Wurger]

I agree with Evan. You need the RAF roundel B type for wing tops, the C type for underwings and the C1 for fuselage sides. However if you look at the image of the EP751 in post #19 the top wing roundel on the starboard wing looks like it was smaller than the standard marking and the red centre would be of a little bit larger diameter comparing to the standard RAF marking.

Anyway here you are dimensions of all standard roundel types you might use....

The B upper wing one - diameter n= 56" (1422mm) or 40" (1016mm) for its variation. The red centre diameter was 2/5n
The C for undersides - diameter n= 32" (813mm). The red centre diameter 3/8n. The white circle 1/2n
The C1 for fuselage sides - diameter n= 36" (914mm). The diameter of the red centre 1/3n. The white one 4/9n. The diameter of the blue circle 8/9n

 

[ccheese]

OK, I understand. Now what year roundels am I looking for .... 1943 ??? Anyone know an on-line source for the correct decals ?

Oh.... got the undersides masked and painted with Model Masters' "sky" enamel. Maybe get the lighter colour (sea gray) done tomorrow.

Working on the cannon, tonight.

Charles

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Wow Charles you're moving along swiftly now and what a magnificent looking machine it's going to be.

Sadly am unable to help with the decals as you're a 1/24 scale which is way out of my model range. I'd be scouring the net to see what comes up.

 

[Catch22]

Good luck with the decals Charles.

 

[ccheese]

Wow Charles you're moving along swiftly now and what a magnificent looking machine it's going to be.

Sadly am unable to help with the decals as you're a 1/24 scale which is way out of my model range. I'd be scouring the net to see what comes up.

I found two sources for the correct decals. One in Japan and the other in Poland. Sent Wojtek a PM to see if his mate at a hobby shop can help. The decals are made by "Techmod" and the sheet is number 24001.

BTW, cannons are made, but not installed.

Charles

 

[A4K]

Great info Wojtek, and great stuff Charles!
Glad you found the decals, she'll look a million bucks in 'correct' scheme!

 

[Wayne Little]

really like this one Charles!