Simviation Forum - Spitfire Mk I replica

Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 12:05pm

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Well a new kit has just appeared on the market for you "serious" model makers out there Grin

80% scale and fully operational. Check out http://www.tally-ho.org

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Reply #1 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 12:14pm

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me want:) no doubt rather pricey.

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Reply #2 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 12:27pm

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I don't have a price sheet yet, as there is nothing on their site, and the email request doesn't get you a budget sheet either. I'm browsing while the first layer of paint sets on my new Seafire model.....

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Reply #3 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 4:28pm

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Looks nice, but I don't think I'd fit.... Wink

I'm wondering if it is a "production" version the 4/5ths scale replica that was in "Pilot" (or similar) magazine 4 or 5 years ago in Canada. Think the enginge was a Ford V6...

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Reply #4 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 4:53pm

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Charlie that was the prototype of this very model Wink

It got scratched-up a bit in a gear-up landing, and whilst being rebuilt got re-engined too.
Looks lovely. Amazing levels of detail.

Ozzy 8)

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Reply #5 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 5:01pm

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Hmm... What I really want is a 100% model. Complete with Merlin. But i'd settle for a Bentley... Complete with Merlin. (BIG bonnet...)

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Reply #6 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 5:05pm

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the fact they dont give prices means if you have to ask you cant afford type thing:) I am looking soon to set out a long term business plan to buy a DC10 when i get a decent job, ie:flying for a living. However even leasing it out as an executive jet for long haul the costs would be rather large:) And since a spitfire would be so much more fun and cheaper, i wouldnt mind looking into one as an alternative.

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Reply #7 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 5:16pm

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Hmm... What I really want is a 100% model.

Same here. If it's not a real one I don't want it. Sorry Ozzy. Tongue

This is never likely to happen unless I win the lotto jackpot. That would be a tad difficult as I no longer buy tickets. LOL Wink

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Reply #8 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 5:19pm

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Well unless you have a million odd quid to spare Doug....
Mind you in the US there are two new Spits being built. Exact copies of a Mk V and a Mk XIV, complete with Merlin and Griffon engines respectively. I've only seen one photo thusfar of these projects though, but they look good, and near completion 8)
As for me I'll be happy with my MJ100 full sized wooden jobbie with a grands worth of horses up front Grin

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Reply #9 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 5:25pm

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Well unless you have a million odd quid to spare Doug....

That's why I would need that lottery win.

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As for me I'll be happy with my MJ100 full sized wooden jobbie with a grands worth of horses up front Grin

Way too risky. That's a lot of horsepower for a home-built. I value my life too much. Roll Eyes

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Reply #10 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 5:58pm

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Well, that will not fit on my shelf Wink

I always said if I won the lotto, I'd buy a Spitfire, but I reckon Pamela would have something to say about that.

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Reply #11 - Feb 3^rd, 2004 at 6:18pm

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Well Roger it took me a year of grovelling, begging, dropping hints, kissing bottom, doing ALL the housework, and a small fortune in gifts to finally get my way Roll Eyes

But it was worth it Grin

And Hagar, I need that many horses minimum, for one reason, to pull me out of the trouble I seem to always get into Grin

You thought the stuff in the screenshot forums was scary 8) Grin

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Reply #12 - Feb 4^th, 2004 at 9:29am

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Mind you in the US there are two new Spits being built. Exact copies of a Mk V and a Mk XIV, complete with Merlin and Griffon engines respectively. I've only seen one photo thusfar of these projects though, but they look good, and near completion 8)

I think there's a Tr. IX too being built from scratch. I think it was started by Dick Melton when here was restoring the late Charles Church's Tr IX...

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with a grands worth of horses up front

Is that going to be a Hispano-Suiza jobbie?

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Reply #13 - Feb 4^th, 2004 at 10:06am

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get a Yak-9U...

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Reply #14 - Feb 4^th, 2004 at 10:35am

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get a Yak-9U...

Personally I'm a Yak-3 man. Realistically my budget (future Mrs Charlie permitting) will only be stretching to a Yak 52 in the next few years ( or maybe a 50 - then I shalln't have to worry about future Mrs Charlie nattering in the back, unless I teach her to navigate - oh no, she's a girl Wink

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