Spitfire Mark I Float plane
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2 12 April 2017, 18:38
Norm SheppardI enjoyed doing it. When you have no reference photos, you just have to "wing" it! I also assumed it would have the obligatory Circle P since it spent a month at Folland A/C. I do have a 3 view layout from Supermarine, and a brief description, but that was all.
12 April 2017, 21:42
Alec KLove it! I often ponder doing a project that has little or no references. Just sit down, chop parts off sprues, sniff glue, and paint! Not that yours is anything like that, but there is a lot to be said about spending less time researching and more building... Anyways, really nice result 👍
13 April 2017, 01:33
Norm SheppardThanks Alec. You are absolutely correct, that's how I did it. In the end you have something completely unique.
13 April 2017, 08:18
Norm SheppardFrom what I have read about it, the handling and speed suffered a fair bit. That I would expect! The floats on the Mk.I were not suitable at all, but the V and IX floatplanes were better. In the end, none of them were really needed after all.
13 April 2017, 12:00
Gordon SørensenNice looking Spot, Norm. What kit did you use? I habe an old PM Mk.V Floatplane in the stash to do someday....
16 April 2017, 13:04
Norm SheppardThat's a Hasegawa Spitfire from 1980ish. I am pretty sure I used Aero Club white metal exhausts. I have one of the PM kits too. And a Brigade Models float conversion for an Italeri Mark IX. I also have a Bf109W kit. Someday I'll get them done.
16 April 2017, 13:13
Album info
In 1940, Supermarine was asked to produce a Spitfire floatplane as quickly as possible due to the fact that Germany was probably going to invade Norway and a sea capable fighter would be needed. The first attempt took Mk.I R6722 straight from the production line to Folland Aircraft with a set of Blackburn Roc floats for conversion. In the end, it was deemed to be unstable on the water and was never flown with the floats, which were then removed. It was later converted to Mk.VA status. I used an old Hasegawa Spitfire kit with the floats from a Modelcraft Blackburn Shark, which used the same floats as the Roc.
