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    Autumn/Winter 2010/11 Group Build Under Construction Thread, Non GB GB spitfire in Group Builds; Hello all, thought i'd enter my attempt at the non gb gb , i bought this spitfire from John to ...
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      Non GB GB spitfire

      Hello all, thought i'd enter my attempt at the non gb gb , i bought this spitfire from John to enter this, my first gb. First thing i noticed when i opened the box was how small 1/72 scale is after working on 1/35 which i found fiddly at the best of times. I am aiming to do a small dio showing a damaged plane coming in for a rough landing then i realised Tamiya for whatever reason don't give you a pilot and never having built a plane before 1/72 or other i don't have one laying around so i've got to think of something to get over this, may fill the cockpit with an oily smoke from the damaged engine.
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      Box of bits
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      Wing damage
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      Under carriage damage
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      Cockpit with ghost pilot
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      Good to see you joining in the fun, Darren. It looks a nice kit. Good luck with the build and diorama.
      I will be following with interest.

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      Cheers Ron, looking forward to your build also, i take it the 109 is going to get a rough time of it?

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      You bet your sweet dippy!!!!

      Looks like your Spitfire isn't going to be too happy either!

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      Excellent work on the wing damage, Darren, especially on a 1/72 build. I know the feeling of realising that your kit doesn't come with a pilot; I too had an in-flight diorama in mind, until I realised that the Academy BF-109 doesn't have one. Perhaps you can find an individual pilot set? Preiser might do a pack.

      Good work so far, anyway.
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      The wing looks good, just a note, the wheels in pic 2 are a tad too big for scale accuracy

      Shame about the pilot, I know Tamiya provide very well dtailed ones in their 48th scale boxes, you could always rob one from a cheap airfix kit?
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      [QUOTE=m1ks;78027]The wing looks good, just a note, the wheels in pic 2 are a tad too big for scale accuracy QUOTE]

      Yeah! I was thinking the axle was a bit long! lol

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      Cheers all, i thought the new wheel/axle configuration would help the hapless non pilots landing, o well back to the drawing board. Cheers Greg i'll have a look at Preiser. May put something in the wanted section, someone may have a pilot laying around in their spares box.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Greg147 View Post
      Perhaps you can find an individual pilot set? Preiser might do a pack.
      I'm looking out for pilot figures myself. I know Airfix and Revell do the sets but they both only have a couple of seated pilot figures - all the rest are standing. Preiser do lots of Luftwaffe and US sets but no RAF as far as I am aware.

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      PS Really good work on the damage!
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      Thanks Dave, i'll have a look about for some figures, cheers for the kind words means a lot coming from you seasoned modellers.

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