Simviation Forum - It's not just another Spitfire. Yes it is.

Nov 28^th, 2003 at 6:57pm

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Spitfire II P8079 , No 303 Sqn, Northolt, March 1941

She was a gift from my Son. He knows what I like!

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Reply #1 - Nov 28^th, 2003 at 8:26pm

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Wow... What a paint job. Grin

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Reply #2 - Nov 28^th, 2003 at 8:34pm

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Canadian: Those are my exact word when I first saw it. I like it, I like it alot. Wish I knew where Shaun got it, I'd see if there were anymore at home like her. Fido Grin

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Reply #3 - Nov 28^th, 2003 at 8:47pm

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I was looking at the wing roundels, they don't look British, wonder if they were Polish, or maybe Free French?
Fido ???

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Reply #4 - Nov 28^th, 2003 at 9:39pm

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Anybody notice the dog on the nose and the registration of "ARF"

made me chuckle

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Reply #5 - Nov 28^th, 2003 at 10:46pm

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KDSM Good eyes, never payed any attention to the nose art Embarrassed

. With a user name like Fido, you would think I'd notice a dog. Looks like Walt Disney's Pluto.

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Reply #6 - Nov 29^th, 2003 at 2:47am

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Fido those upper wing roundels appear to be 56" B Type ones (although the blue to red ratio is slightly off), which means she is RAF. These markings were used from '38- late '39, which would tie in nicely with her being a MkII.
Lovely looking model though Wink

And super shots.

Ozzy

PS. If you can do an enlarged shot of the roundel under the cockpit I can probably give you more info Wink

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Reply #7 - Nov 29^th, 2003 at 3:54am

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Lovely paintjob! Well done! Grin

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Reply #8 - Nov 29^th, 2003 at 6:45am

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Could this be it? Near the bottom of the page. http://www.simviation.com/fs2004vintage3.htm
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FS2004/2002 Supermarine Spitfire MKII Spitfire II P8079 of Flt Lt Wactaw Lapkowski, No 303 Sqn, Northolt, March 1941 . Designed in FSDS2 by J R Lucariny. 1.2MB

PS. That's my idea of a Spitfire. Gonna try it now. Cheesy

PPS. Check out the following page. 3 more by the same author - including a Mk V.
Must be my birthday. Cheesy

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Reply #9 - Nov 29^th, 2003 at 7:35am

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Here's Mr Lucariny's Mk V over Shoreham in FS9.

Beautiful visual model but no DVC or other goodies. Not a problem for me. l spotted a few small bugs, nothing serious. From the amount of his work posted on this site alone this man is a prolific designer with a great deal of talent. I haven't felt like this since meeting my friends Bonzonie & my FF colleague Fang. Cheesy

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Reply #10 - Nov 29^th, 2003 at 7:37am

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Thanks Hagar, Shaun sent only the aircraft zip, not the location where he found it Ozzy wanted me to email he a zip, guess your link will do much better. Do your talents never end? Hey I lost an eyeglasses screw about 2yrs ago in Chicago, think you can find it? Grin

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Reply #11 - Nov 29^th, 2003 at 7:41am

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LOL Fido. Even I have my limits. If it's posted on the WWW I reckon I can find it. Anything else & you're on your own. Wink

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Reply #12 - Nov 29^th, 2003 at 11:20am

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I hastily converted the Mk V for CFS2. Needs a few more tweaks & a DP + a decent CFS2 prop disk. What do you think so far? Wink

PS. This is a completely unedited shot. All I did was to crop it to size in IrfanView.

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Reply #13 - Nov 29^th, 2003 at 12:07pm

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Very nice early Spits. With so many later types around it's nice to see some "Baby Spits" around. Shame about the upper wing B-Type roundels but still a great looking plane.

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Reply #14 - Nov 29^th, 2003 at 12:17pm

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Ya! you gota love the early ones, those that remain closest the original concept. I think the fact that she was born from the mind of one man, rather than a committee, helps put her in a league of her own.

Fido

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