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| When I started on my ASR Spitfire I found a second kit. This one in a box. I have no idea why I had two of these. Probably I forgot that I had one and the bagged one was cheap at a hobby show. |
| (Model finished 2020) |
| A Group Build on a forum helped me to start on both. This one will be a Mk.Ia. |
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Black and white has been painted on the bottom but then I nearly mad a big mistake. I brought this to the paintbox thinking it was my ASR plane. Luckily I noticed it before it became grey. Now it is brown like it should. |
| Brown and green. Now I must search for some decals. |
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Time for decals. I had painted it preparing for WZ-H but when it was time for the letters I realised that my decals were to wide. Well this is a "bonus build" not planned to happen but since I managed to buy two kits I decided to build it simultaneous with the ASR-spitfire. I decided to use the letters from the kit instead even that they would be wrong with the paint scheme. Later I had second thoughts. I could just as well use the too wide letters and have the right code instead of the wrong code on the plane. Neither would be 100% correct so I managed to remove the decals with masking tape and add new decals. Why plan in advance when one can do the work twice? |
| Mk.Ia finished. The kit I didn't plan to build. |
| I used a propeller from the Hasegawa kit and wanted an early straight canopy but the Hasgawa part didn't fit on the Airfix kit. |
| But I found a picture of a plane with two blade propeller and the new canopy. |
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I bought this kit many years ago planning of doing an ASR Spitfire. I was looking at a piece I wrote in 2008 for the IPMS Stockholm home page about my P-47 ESR plane. I wrote: "It all started with an article of an aircraft wreck found in a lake in Great Britain. It was an aircraft from the 5th ERS (Emergency Rescue Squadron) that had been used to save pilots that landed in the water. Since I already was planning for a Spitfire ASR II that was used for the same purpose I was naturally interested." So I have wanted to build an ASR Spitfire for more than 12 years. I had a Spitfire period before I bought my first digital camera back in 2004 so it was before that. This means it could have been 20 years ago that I decided that I would build one. But now the time has come. |
| (Model finished 2020) |
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The big problem has been the chutes. I couldn't find any clear photos or drawings before but now I have finally found a picture that clearly show the positions of the flare chute/flare tubes. The lack of yellow code letters will not stop me even if it means hand painting them. I decided to build the flare chutes as I wasn't sure that they were hidden. |
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They were visible as I suspected but I doubt that much will be seen when I get the canopy in place. For the hatches I am using very thin plastic card. They should be flat with the fuselage but I don't think I'll manage to scribe two hatches that small. |
| I will use the propeller and the starter bulge from the KP Spitfire Mk.IIb kit. As it has parts for the Mk.I, II and V I can still use that kit. |
| Flare tube hatches in place. |
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I started to paint. I cut masks for the yellow letters hoping the final result will be acceptable. If it doesn't work I'll put it away. If I waited 20 years to start it there is no hurry to finish it. One day I might find some decals, but time will tell. Paint and removal of the masks first. |
| The bottom has been painted and the first coat on the top. |
| The second coat. Now it is time for the scary part. To remove the masks. |
| Not perfect but it wasn't a complete disaster so I think that I should be pleased. |
| Even the 20+ year old decals from Model Decal seems to work. But I forgot to paint the sky fuselage band |
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I managed to paint the band. I searched my decals but the bands that I found were to green. Working on the decals. I am really getting fond of this "darkish" colour scheme. |
| Another one for the boxes in the basement. |
| It feels a bit odd to see a Spitfire in this colour though. |
| I used some bombs from the Bristol Bulldog to pose for smoke bombs. I just shortened them a little. |
| Stockholm December 09, 2020 |  |
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