BarryW
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This will be my third Kotare Spitfire and I am sure it's not my last.
It is though a very special one.
I have a set of cufflinks made from the Merlin engine of Spitfire serial number X4170. So naturally I want an accurate kit of this aircraft.
I won't start the build for a few days as I have my Sea Fury to finish, I will post some completed photos of this when done. This, therefore, is just an introduction to my next full build thread.
I did do a build of this aircraft years ago using the rather poor Revell 1/32 Mk2 as the base. I spent a lot of money on resin to correct faults in the kit and painted it based on the best information I had at the time. Below is a picture of that build.
This model will be very different in a number of key aspects with the most visual difference being the spinner colour.
Here is the kit box
Here is a close up of the cufflinks
Some details of the aircraft
Serial X4170
Codes LZ*R
B Camo scheme
Squadron commander of 66 Squadron, Rupert Leigh, ordered his squadron to paint their spinners bright red due to an incident.
The pilot of this aircraft when it was shot down was Bobby Oxspring who went on to survive the war and become an ace and a senior officer in the post war RAF. This aircraft crashed not far from me, in an orchard near Capel le Ferne. It's actually quite close to the present day Battle of Britain memorial.
He had 10 victories in the Battle of Britain, 6 while flying X4170 four of which were 109's, one 110 and one 111..
One of the kit options is from 66 squadron but from an earlier Spitfire batch.
This
Another kit option is very close in build sequence to X4170, this.
Therefore I conclude that i will get as close to an accurate representation as you can by incorporating appropriate elements from these two kit versions.
I have appropriate codes and serial numbers produced by Xtra decal from Hannants.
I will post more when I make a start.
It is though a very special one.
I have a set of cufflinks made from the Merlin engine of Spitfire serial number X4170. So naturally I want an accurate kit of this aircraft.
I won't start the build for a few days as I have my Sea Fury to finish, I will post some completed photos of this when done. This, therefore, is just an introduction to my next full build thread.
I did do a build of this aircraft years ago using the rather poor Revell 1/32 Mk2 as the base. I spent a lot of money on resin to correct faults in the kit and painted it based on the best information I had at the time. Below is a picture of that build.
This model will be very different in a number of key aspects with the most visual difference being the spinner colour.
Here is the kit box
Here is a close up of the cufflinks
Some details of the aircraft
Serial X4170
Codes LZ*R
B Camo scheme
Squadron commander of 66 Squadron, Rupert Leigh, ordered his squadron to paint their spinners bright red due to an incident.
The pilot of this aircraft when it was shot down was Bobby Oxspring who went on to survive the war and become an ace and a senior officer in the post war RAF. This aircraft crashed not far from me, in an orchard near Capel le Ferne. It's actually quite close to the present day Battle of Britain memorial.
He had 10 victories in the Battle of Britain, 6 while flying X4170 four of which were 109's, one 110 and one 111..
One of the kit options is from 66 squadron but from an earlier Spitfire batch.
This
Another kit option is very close in build sequence to X4170, this.
Therefore I conclude that i will get as close to an accurate representation as you can by incorporating appropriate elements from these two kit versions.
I have appropriate codes and serial numbers produced by Xtra decal from Hannants.
I will post more when I make a start.
