Airfix Spit Mk2a

[T. van Vuuren]

1/72 Airfix Spitfire Mk2a of 118 Sqn A-flight RAF May 1941

All paints are standard Humbrol enamels with Tamiya clearcoats to seal in the very nice and comprehensive decals.

Gun/exhaust stains are pastels and the oil streak is paint.Hope the mechanic can fix this Merlin LOL!

Theuns

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[Vajled]

Nice job Theuns

Great work all arround

Roman

 

[mobear]

awesome spit and in 1/72 i`m impressed very impressed

mobear

 

[yak face]

Great job theuns, loving the leaky merlin! cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

A very nice Spitfire Theuns you must be pleased with it

 

[wbk666]

Great job theuns, loving the leaky merlin! cheers tony

yeah thats a really novel touch that i havent seen before.

Good stuff

 

[aaron]

Great job mate awesome weathering.

 

[flyjoe180]

I don't think I would fly that aeroplane with that much oil coming out of it. Beautiful Spitfire model, it has finished well. What did you use for the aerial wire?

 

[T. van Vuuren]

The ariel was made from one of my kid's hair LOL!

The oil leak would not be "normal ops" but rather a failure of some seal resulting in a major leak like that. It would indicate a drop in oil pressure and increace in oil temp , this would lead the pilot to start looking of a landing spot rather quickly!

See the pix of an actual spity.

Theuns

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[T. van Vuuren]

I forgot to add, if an aircraft engine does not leak any oil, it maens there is no more oil in it! Especially on radial engines where the oil would tend to settle in the bottom cilynders if not run for a while. In the Air Force we (ground crew of-corce, pilots would never do such un-glamourous things) had to "walk the props". This was manually turning the props of the C-47's and C-54's through a few cycles to clear any pooled oil out of the engines before they were started up.

The oil might cause a hydrollic lockup if not cleared and break the engines if started up.

Theuns

 

[flyjoe180]

Cheers for the info. Hair makes a good aerial wire by the looks of it, might have to 'visit' the missus' hair brush.

 

[Centurion3RTR]

Never, in the field of human conflict will i tackle another 1/72 scale Spitfire. Sorry, drifted off there. Very nice build there Theuns, love the oil staining. Top job and five from me matey.

Have fun, John

 

[colin m]

Nice job. I've always prefered the early camo green brown scheme to the later green grey. To me, it just looks right.

 

[T. van Vuuren]

I must say, having built bothe the Airfix 1/72 "new tool" Mk2a and the Mk9, I choose the 9 any day. The fit was better and the pannel detail is finer. Both were fun though.

Theuns