Very nice.
"The engine's overheating and so am I. We either stand down or blow up, which do you want?"
"The engine's overheating and so am I. We either stand down or blow up, which do you want?"
@Speedysteve7
so that will be michael cane sitting on the dispersal waiting to go-battle of britain 👍
so that will be michael cane sitting on the dispersal waiting to go-battle of britain 👍
How long has your son been at this modelling lark, poundy?
Long enough to have got the hang of simulating wear and tear it appears!
I have an Airfix 1/24 scale Spitfire MK Vb, dare I say it, "waiting in the wings".
And an Airfix electric motor to make the prop spin should I so choose!
Long enough to have got the hang of simulating wear and tear it appears!
I have an Airfix 1/24 scale Spitfire MK Vb, dare I say it, "waiting in the wings".
And an Airfix electric motor to make the prop spin should I so choose!
@Galu
i guess he started years ago when i was doing them.way better now than i ever was.
he does commisions as well, and has a facebook page.
drop in an have a look, they do some great work on there 👍
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1364566207668505
i guess he started years ago when i was doing them.way better now than i ever was.
he does commisions as well, and has a facebook page.
drop in an have a look, they do some great work on there 👍
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1364566207668505
@poundy I now remember your thread of last year: https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/spitfire-mk9-model-made-for-me-by-my-son.401854/
Airfix has recently released a lovely 1/24 scale Mk IX, which I hope will one day see a Mk VIII release for us Oz enthusiasts!
Geoff
Geoff
@GeoffMillar ,he made one of those for me last year
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/spitfire-mk9-model-made-for-me-by-my-son.401854/
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/spitfire-mk9-model-made-for-me-by-my-son.401854/
Of course, I forgot about that: I even commented on it!
I have a 1/32 Tamiya Mk VIII on the long list of models to do, will do it with the shark mouth scheme.
Not a lot of difference between a Mk IX and VIII, except for the retractable tail wheel and wing leading edge edge fuel tanks on the VIII. The Mk VIII was by contemporary accounts a nicer aircraft to fly. Was mainly used by the RAF in Burma/India, the USAAF in Italy and the RAAF in the South West Pacific.
Geoff
I have a 1/32 Tamiya Mk VIII on the long list of models to do, will do it with the shark mouth scheme.
Not a lot of difference between a Mk IX and VIII, except for the retractable tail wheel and wing leading edge edge fuel tanks on the VIII. The Mk VIII was by contemporary accounts a nicer aircraft to fly. Was mainly used by the RAF in Burma/India, the USAAF in Italy and the RAAF in the South West Pacific.
Geoff
I forgot about the Mk VIII's pointed rudder, its most distinctive feature! I think there's a Mk 18 at the Bull Creek Air Museum in Bull Creek (Fremantle) WA, but it could be a Mk 22.
I had the priveledge of chatting with the late Flt Lt Ted Sly, RAAF at a Temora air show a few years ago. Ted flew Spitfires and P-40s in the Western Desert and South Pacific and was the originator of the 'shark mouth' insignia on 457 Squadron's Spitfires.
Lovely bloke, very modest about his service. Unfortunately, he wasn't allowed to fly the museum's Mk VIII as he was considered too old. The photo is from the Museum's website:
https://aviationmuseum.com.au/ted-sly/
Geoff
I had the priveledge of chatting with the late Flt Lt Ted Sly, RAAF at a Temora air show a few years ago. Ted flew Spitfires and P-40s in the Western Desert and South Pacific and was the originator of the 'shark mouth' insignia on 457 Squadron's Spitfires.
Lovely bloke, very modest about his service. Unfortunately, he wasn't allowed to fly the museum's Mk VIII as he was considered too old. The photo is from the Museum's website:
https://aviationmuseum.com.au/ted-sly/
Geoff
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Thought you might appreciate this. My friend is an aviation artist. And it's a painting of your photo
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That's a great example of photorealism, poundy!
Wiki tells me that "Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium".
Wiki tells me that "Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium".
Check out this one he did, and didn't finish, just messing about, amazing
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