Alan Deere's first Spitfire (1.1 span remote control)
Dec 15, 2020 11:38:28 GMT 12
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Post by planecrazy on Dec 15, 2020 11:38:28 GMT 12
Hello all, I’m converting a 1.1 span Durafly Spitfire II to Alan Deere’s the first
Spitfire which he belly landed near Dunkirk on 28/5/40.
Still have some weathering and other details to do, the two lugs on the canopy
are so I can get a grip as it slides into the open or closed position. Have gone
to a bit of effort with the pilot and didn’t want him hidden away.
While I would like to get as close as possible I am not overly fussed if she is
not 100% accurate. She is a flying remote control model so some scale details
will be sacrificed for this fact. I have a few questions which I hope some people
with knowledge on this subject may be able to answer?
1/Would this Spitfire have had the black and white undersides with silver under
the cowling, rear fuselage and tail plane? Also would she have had the yellow/
orange diamond shaped gas sensoring patch on the wing?
2/ Would she have had the rear view mirror mounted inside rather than outside
the front cockpit frame? I can recall somewhere Alan Deere had this modification
on his Spitfires.
3/ I also read early in the Spifires combat career they did not carry serial numbers?
Would this have been the case with this machine?
4/ Would the first Kiwi have had Kiwi I on her, I hope I am not being out of line here.
Being an optomistic fighter wouldn’t it be tempting fate to call her Kiwi I as you are
suggesting there were going to be more? I can understand Kiwi II and so on, just
wondering if the first one would have had a numeral?
5/ While a little off topic but still on early model Spitfires, I have seen some MK Is
with the larger circular oil filters rather than the semi circular lower profile filter. For
example the MK Is at both the AWM Canberra and the IWM London have circular
oil filters, perhaps these were fitted later?
Thank you, Peter P
I would like to credit Calum for his plastic model of the same machine which I have
used for reference, see link below.
rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/11761/48-tamiya-spitfire-deere-kiwi
Spitfire which he belly landed near Dunkirk on 28/5/40.
Still have some weathering and other details to do, the two lugs on the canopy
are so I can get a grip as it slides into the open or closed position. Have gone
to a bit of effort with the pilot and didn’t want him hidden away.
While I would like to get as close as possible I am not overly fussed if she is
not 100% accurate. She is a flying remote control model so some scale details
will be sacrificed for this fact. I have a few questions which I hope some people
with knowledge on this subject may be able to answer?
1/Would this Spitfire have had the black and white undersides with silver under
the cowling, rear fuselage and tail plane? Also would she have had the yellow/
orange diamond shaped gas sensoring patch on the wing?
2/ Would she have had the rear view mirror mounted inside rather than outside
the front cockpit frame? I can recall somewhere Alan Deere had this modification
on his Spitfires.
3/ I also read early in the Spifires combat career they did not carry serial numbers?
Would this have been the case with this machine?
4/ Would the first Kiwi have had Kiwi I on her, I hope I am not being out of line here.
Being an optomistic fighter wouldn’t it be tempting fate to call her Kiwi I as you are
suggesting there were going to be more? I can understand Kiwi II and so on, just
wondering if the first one would have had a numeral?
5/ While a little off topic but still on early model Spitfires, I have seen some MK Is
with the larger circular oil filters rather than the semi circular lower profile filter. For
example the MK Is at both the AWM Canberra and the IWM London have circular
oil filters, perhaps these were fitted later?
Thank you, Peter P
I would like to credit Calum for his plastic model of the same machine which I have
used for reference, see link below.
rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/11761/48-tamiya-spitfire-deere-kiwi