#1 DONE +++ Supermarine Jetfire Mk.I, 'YQ-G' of RAF 616 Sq., 1945 (pics @p.2)

[RAFF-35]

  

As you've already said, the build turned out a lot sleeker than expected

[kitnut617]

Brilliant!  that really solves the jet 'tail-dragger' problems

[Doug K]

Excellent, may have play with an FAA version, couldn't be much worse than an Attacker

[Snowtrooper]

Still has the graceful lines of a Spit, and does not even look "tadpolish" or pod-and-boom type at all. Subtle and clever!

[TheChronicOne]

My God! It's beautiful.


Masterful work!!

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you very much, everyone! 

BTW.

I was wondering how this would turn out and now I know. It really works 

Fantastic model and has given me ideas for a Centaurus engined Spitfire ? Would need clipped wing tips and would be used in the Far East ? Something to muse on. I do have a "spare" Centaurus so might get around to putting up against an Airfix Mk 22 ? Note the word "might" 

Why not? I have successfully grafted a Centaurus onto a Mustang (did not expect that this would work and even look good), a late Spitfire should be possible, too - even though the intersection between the round engine and the oval fuselage is challenging. In the case of the Jetfire, the exhaust pipes were a good explanation for the fuselage shape, with the originally planned ventral jetpipe things would have gotten more challenging in front of the cockpit section!

[zenrat]

Very good.

[DogfighterZen]

Yes, sir! Very good indeed! I was thinking this would look weird, but came out very sleek.

[Weaver]

Excellent, and schemes of this ilk were studied in real life of course.

[TomZ]

Looks very good. Love the paint job!

Clever execution with the exhausts.


TomZ

[Librarian]

Bit of a mystery...I posted a glowing  yesterday, along the lines of how I had reservations but the model turned out beautifully, preserving the sleek lines of the Spit. Seems to have disappeared off the thread. Anyway... .

[Glenn Gilbertson]

I am another sceptic who has been converted - the finished model looks surprisingly attractive! Well done.

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you very much - again! 

[PR19_Kit]

I like the Jetfire very much indeed. It looks so logical, and the bifuricated jet pipes really suit it. 

[Leading Observer]

As a side note, the story is not over yet, because there's an engine-less Yak-23 left over, and I wonder what it might look like with a piston engine grafted to the empty nose?

A Yak-9?