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1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« on: November 16, 2010, 07:11:40 AM »
Hi folks,

It was Remembrance weekend where I live last week, and so dusted off an old 1:72'd Airfix Spitfire that had been lying around for ages and made it. This was probably the first model kit I ever made, I remember getting one when I was about 7 years old. Airfix still make the same kit in the same box...

Not a Star Wars piece I know, but appropriate...


And here is the little blighter in the flesh...

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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2010, 07:38:13 AM »
Woow this looks so amazing, the details, the paint, all amazing man!

Great Job! :o
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2010, 09:53:14 AM »
great work !
hope you had a great rememberance day
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2010, 11:35:12 AM »
Tally Ho ! Chocks away ! Bandits at 12 o'clock ! 

the SuperMarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane   were a deadly pairing especially when flown by the determined pilots of 11 Group under the command of Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park ..and  that combined with a nation who will bow to no one ,gave the Germans  a major headache
Commander of the LuftWaffe Herrman Goring  once asked one of his frontline colonel's what he would need to get air superiority over the channel  ....he famously replied  ....give me a squadron of  spitfires!....nuff said!

Great Britain  summer 1940--           , The Mouse That Roared.........
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2010, 06:27:06 PM »
Great looking model.  That fighter sure did change the face of WWII thats for sure.
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2010, 06:48:32 PM »
That looks great, Jules!
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2010, 06:12:59 AM »
Looks awesome Jules!
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2010, 07:48:36 PM »
Great model HB, and nice history lesson Jay! You guys are two of my favorites. The P-51 Mustang was a good one too.  xwing
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2010, 12:25:01 PM »
Pat, seeing this on the front page was totally unexpected. A great surprise, thank you!
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2010, 01:04:01 PM »
great job, HB! on both the model kit and the image. I love the paint job and the action scene along with the incorporated logo.
Thanks to Pat for putting it on the front page, well deserved.
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2010, 09:57:09 AM »
Just a quick update on this one.

Have you ever wondered what it was like being in a dogfight during the Battle of Britain? check out this amazing footage, filmed in colour from an ME109...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cx6V0QAVEU&feature=related
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2010, 10:33:29 AM »
Supreb plane Jules makes me want to listen to aces high by Iron Maiden love the plane!!!!
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2010, 10:45:49 AM »
great model jules
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2010, 11:22:13 AM »
check this out!
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how low can you go!
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Re: 1:72nd Spitfire for Remembrance Day...
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2010, 11:27:20 AM »
I love how he just ducks
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