hrtpaul to the bar phone please: G-FIRE info needed

[tor lives]

Hi mate,
A little while ago on AMI you gave me some good guts info on what variant of Spitty I would need to build the beautiful, red, civvie "G-FIRE". Sorry to be a pain but could you brief me on those details again.
Thanks mate
Ray

[hrtpaul]

hi man. All good mate. You'll need a low back Mk XIVe (not the XIVc high back) Spitfire to do the job. I'm not sure what's around in 1/72 but in 1/48 the Academy kit is probably the best http://www.hlj.com/product/acd2161/Air Apparently this kit has a few issues shape wise with the nose and prop. The prop is easily fixed with a Barracuda resin replacement. The nose is a little more difficult. Ron's Resin did an update set for this kit which fixed all the problems including the nose. Though I'm not sure how hard it is to find. I was lucky enough to pick a couple up off of a nice bloke on AMI ages ago. Red Pegasus is the place to get the decals http://www.redpegasusdecals.com/G-Fire.htm Hope that helps mate

[hrtpaul]

there's a few 1/72 options amount this lot http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/sis.html?_kw= ... 8sealed%29

[hrtpaul]

And if you wanna get really anal about rivet counting in 1/48 here ya go http://www.geocities.jp/yoyuso/spit14/spit14e.html

[tor lives]

That's really good stuff mate...thanks.
I have just been over to Red Pegasus...looks like he is not taking orders at the moment due personal issues.
Thanks again for all your advise mate...much appreciated.
Ray

[hrtpaul]

Ta for the heads up on RP Ray. Might have to send an email to see what he has in stock as I need a few more sets