Supermarine Spitfire...a scale model

Oh my word... That is the work of an insane genius. I'm amazed the engine is accurate internally too, beyond belief.

It just puts into context the worry we have about getting a rare part for an old Rover, and makes you realise anything is possible.
 
Wow that engine,.... :shock: thanks for posting the link GW. Truly mind blowing,..the detail is beyond imagination.

Ron.
 
I'm amazed the engine is accurate internally too, beyond belief
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Even the propeller has an adjustable pitch control; just like the real thing... I'm glad this is on the Net as I lost the ( 1980's) modellers magazine this was featured in, it's been almost 30 years since that was built and I haven't seen another working scale model in the same league

Certainly some amazing stuff out there, this engine is all the more amazing because it predates the kind of CAD 3D modelling software that's available now; as well as multi-plane routing and milling equipment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AmdC7GKsx4

There's a small factory up the road from me where there's a row of CNC milling machines that appear to work 24 hours a day; the sole operator looks bored and goes away to smoke a cigarette once the machines been setup and the "On" switch has been thrown

but for the amount of time + effort a model takes, why not build the "Real Thing"??

http://jalopnik.com/5403245/lotus-a...planelopnik-by-repairing-supermarine-spitfire

GW
 
A truly remarkable model. But did a Mk1 Spitfire have a three blade constant speed propeller? I always thought it had a fixed pitch two blade wooden propeller. That aside, it is a credit to the constructor. Congratulations.
 
As usuall , Ron from NSW is right. After making this post, I checked and found a plastic Japanese kitset which my wife purchased for me many years ago, clearly shows there were two construction options. One shows the fixed pitch option
or the three blade constant speed option. Even more startling is that it shows that the Spitfire had the markings of then Fl
Lt. Al Deere, a NZ pilot who flew the later model. It even had a miniature kiwi which could be affixed to the fuselage !
As a Cadet Pilot in the RNZAF in the early 50s one did not ask senior officers of their wartime role. I have since found that many kiwis , Australians, South Aficans, Canadians, Frenchmen, Polish and Americans served in the RAF, As the USA was not in the war until the end of 1941, how was it that Americans served in the RAF during the Battle of Britain in 1940?
 
As the USA was not in the war until the end of 1941, how was it that Americans served in the RAF during the Battle of Britain in 1940?
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There was a ( mercenary ) squadron of American flyers on the loyalist side in the Spanish Civil war; I would expect ( B. of B. ) RAF recruitment would have taken anyone with a few hours flying time ( ! )

While the Spitfire is the "sexy beast" of the Battle of Britain, the Hurricane actually scored more kills

I see Sir Keith Park is getting some of the recognition he deserves, with a statue in London ( another Kiwi )

http://pundit.co.nz/content/war-hero-keith-park-saves-the-world-again

The end of the film "Battle of Britain" has a list of nationalities that fought with the RAF + it includes "One Israeli" which can't have been possible at the time as Israel didn't become a state until after the War.... wonder if he was Palestinian ( ? )

Can't be many of these guys left now...

GW
 
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