79 Sqn MKV spitfire

[oz rb fan]

just when i thought i was done for 2017.....i get a run on a model that had been on hold for a few months...i'd started this as a present for my mother inlaw,her father worked as a mechanic on spitfires in Darwin and PNG,so after doing a little sleuthing we worked out it was probably 79 Sqn he served with(we plan on contacting the war memorial to find out for sure)...so i found a 79 Sqn spitfire that i could get decals for(and many thanks to Don Williams for suppling them).
i used a spare Tamiya MKVb trop as the base as accuracy wasn't the primary thing it was to produce a nice model of a plane her father may have worked on....well it seems it's both closer to the original and further away...explanation to come.

25994844_1522864747750900_8189553409569645039_n by paul sabin, on Flickr

the kit is brilliant to build very easy construction and virtually no putty,after some of the model i'd done this year a dream.
25994794_1522864824417559_5200626010813295984_n by paul sabin, on Flickr
26114148_1522864784417563_3624568765741060201_n by paul sabin, on Flickr
26055577_1522864804417561_3321133499018630159_n by paul sabin, on Flickr

so....why further away from what i thought.......A58-262 was never assigned to a plane.....the real one was A58-252....DAMN you aeromaster!!!!!!!.

and the closer...A58-252 was one of the last batch of MKV's to arrive it had the narrow cannon blister's more like a MKVb than a MKVc.......and when it arrived at 79 Sqrn they put it through a lightening program that included the removal of the outer cannon stubs
raafspitfirepm_2 by paul sabin, on Flickr
raafspitfirepm_1 by paul sabin, on Flickr

so a real surprise indeed

and with my earlier MKVc malta version
26166498_1522874457749929_4303676849531020881_n by paul sabin, on Flickr
26114398_1522866324417409_5221065090954124764_o by paul sabin, on Flickr

it's been a fun project my mother inlaw likes it and once i get a display case it will be on display in her unit.

[Graeme H]

Well that came up a treat

[RayS]

Nice work Paul, as Graeme says, it came up a treat

[Wedgetail]

Very nice build. I agree with Graeme & RayS.
Cheers, Wayne.

[Adam the Akrodude]

Very nice work there Paul - you sure can be very proud of this build! Always good to stay in the "good book" with the Mother-In-Law too! You sure inspire with your focus, productivity and enthusiasm! Wishing you a very productive 2018!

[oz rb fan]

wish i'd taken this to expo
but seriously....it didn't end up in a special display case..........it's in her display cabinet ...i was amazed when she said you should put it in there.....so object achieved...in the good book with te mother inlaw

[Graeme H]

There can be no better reward for a married man than to be in the good books with the mother in law, well done