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Jan 7^th, 2005 at 5:59pm

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To make entering and exiting the cockpit a little more realistic, i have decided to make part of the wing. This will allow me to add the wing fillet which is one of the main features of the Spitfire IMHO. The wing will be built out to the rib 3 position.
Here are most of the parts for rib 1.

Dave

« Last Edit: Oct 10^th, 2005 at 8:27pm by funhouse »

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Reply #1 - Jan 7^th, 2005 at 8:08pm

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Yup guys... he's building the whole plane!!!!!!!! Wink

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best,

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Reply #2 - Jan 8^th, 2005 at 9:33am

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Looking good Dave Wink

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Mark

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Reply #3 - Jan 8^th, 2005 at 3:36pm

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I'm only building out to the rib 3 position Ozzy, you will have a lot more of these parts to make Grin

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Dave

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Reply #4 - Jan 8^th, 2005 at 4:44pm

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Don't I know it Dave Roll Eyes

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Reply #5 - Jan 11^th, 2005 at 3:50am

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well, ozzy, dont be down, there is a place in Queensland, Aust. that will send you a Spitfire kit (1:1 and 1:3) with an engine and everything, kits start from 100,000 Au$ tho....

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Reply #6 - Jan 11^th, 2005 at 4:03am

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The Mk26, I know all about it. I nearly went for it until I heard it was a 75% scale job, I can barely fit in a full-sized cockpit Shocked

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Reply #7 - Jan 11^th, 2005 at 3:49pm

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I can barely fit in a full-sized cockpit Shocked

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After the blood, sweat and tears of building the Spitfire Mark, you will fit in ok Grin

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Dave

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Reply #8 - Jan 11^th, 2005 at 5:24pm

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I think the sweat more than anything will get the weight down Dave Wink

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Reply #9 - Jan 12^th, 2005 at 12:21am

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If you put yourself on a fitness program for two to threee months, you should be able to fit alright.
Fitness like:
100 pushups
100 situps
2k run
100 pushups
100 situps
1k run

that kind of thing will get it down.

A.

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Reply #10 - Jan 12^th, 2005 at 4:04am

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I was only kidding Andrew, the problem is I'm rather broad (especially on the shoulders), and its a bit of a tight fit.
I'm reasonably fit as is Wink

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Reply #11 - Jan 14^th, 2005 at 3:05pm

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Something that i had overlooked for the gunsight mount was the dimming screen Embarrassed

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Dave

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Reply #12 - Jan 14^th, 2005 at 3:07pm

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Damn but that looks good Dave Shocked

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Reply #13 - Jan 14^th, 2005 at 8:10pm

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OK... here's the deal...... Dave has actually found an old sealed warehouse that has crates and crates of aircraft parts from WWII.................... Wink

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Wow...... you handcraft skill is astounding. Keep it coming.

best,

.......................john

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Reply #14 - Jan 15^th, 2005 at 7:05am

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OK... here's the deal...... Dave has actually found an old sealed warehouse that has crates and crates of aircraft parts from WWII.................... Wink

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Wow...... you handcraft skill is astounding. Keep it coming.

best,

.......................john

John you do realise by exposing that secret, I can now expect a raiding party from Ozzy in the near future Grin

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Thanks for the kind words though,

Dave

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