DONE @p.3 +++ Supermarine Spitfire L.F. Mk. Xb, Operation Torch, late 1942

[Glenn Gilbertson]

A magnificent model with a plausible backstory - well done!

[TheChronicOne]

Damn, dude!! Look at that!!  I love it, most glorious work, T!


Dizzy builds never fail to impress!   

[Dizzyfugu]

Thanks a lot, everyone! 

Turned out very nicely - I did not expect such a "good" result. I also think that USAAF markings and the Tropical Scheme suit the model better than the original RAF Dark Green/Ocean Grey livery. Might have been more subtle, but the radial engine somehow calls for a hot theatre of operations. 

[NARSES2]

A magnificent model with a plausible backstory - well done!

Couldn't put it better myself 

Spitfire plus Centaurus ?

[Dizzyfugu]

The Centaurus is a bit large for an early Spitfire, the pseudo-Taurus I used was already bulky. But a Centaurus could work an a post-war Griffon Spitfire, and I have successfully transplanted the radial engine onto a Mustang - despite initial skepticism:


1:72 North American "Mustang VII" (P-51N); "FL-Y/NT982" of 81 Squadron, Royal Air Force South East Asia Command; Chittagong area, June 1945, (Whif/Matchbox kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[Tophe]

Wonderful Mustang too, thanks!

[NARSES2]

But a Centaurus could work an a post-war Griffon Spitfire,

Yup I was thinking of one of the Xtrakit Mk XII's I have ?

[Dizzyfugu]

I strongly recommend the optional Centaurus nose from the Matchbox kit, because it comes with the slimmed-down forward fuselage incl. the exhaust section. Makes integration into a slim fuselage like the Mustang's and probably a Spitfire's easier than just the radial cowling.

[NARSES2]

Thanks Dizzy, I'm sure I have one in the stash as well. I also have a resin Centaurus nose conversion somewhere as well.

[Mossie]

Fantastic finish!  The canopy does bring it back a bit more to Spitfire, I wonder what the early flat canopy would look like?

[Doug K]

I strongly recommend the optional Centaurus nose from the Matchbox kit, because it comes with the slimmed-down forward fuselage incl. the exhaust section. Makes integration into a slim fuselage like the Mustang's and probably a Spitfire's easier than just the radial cowling.

Just bought one from fleabay for my next Defiant. I used it years ago on a Rareplanes Firebrand, very useful, if hard to get now.

[Captain Canada]

Wow. So wrong but so good lol. Es=xcellent job on this one.