Prekin

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The first serie of the fibreglass canopy frames is done.

w1nd6urfa

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Very nice!

Prekin

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A former behind the pilot I made from fibreglass desk. At the first time I wanted to make it from a piece of plywood but the holes on the sides are too big, so the plywood former would be very fragile.

w1nd6urfa

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Prekin,
For the former may I suggest a sandwich of thin ply (1mm) and thin Fliteskin (0.2mm)

I recently built a spoke rim for a 109, its very thin, light, strong and ready to paint

Prekin

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Good idea. I use only sandwich plywood, but in my opinion the fibreglass is stronger.
Your rims look good. Have you done it?

w1nd6urfa

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The rims are made from 0.8mm ply and 0.17mm fliteskin, both laser-cut for precision. The pic is my CMP 109F, I'm also finishing a ESM 109E with the same rims

You should try fliteskin, great material http://www.fliteskin.com

Prekin

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Oh yes, I thought, that these rims are your work.

Prekin

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I found some other book about Spitfire. This one is only about Czechoslovak Spitfires. It was in special Eduardīs plastic kit edition. There are some interesting camouflages and short article about each Spit. I also found there the my one.

RKoz

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I'd sure like to get a set of exhausts for the BT Spitfire. Let me how much. Thanks

Prekin

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No problem RKoz, check your P.M.

kenair

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I could use a set, Im in Canada . cheers - ken

Prekin

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After making fibreglass parts I found some time for my srcatch build. The fibreglass former is glued and I made the first half of the fin.

Prekin

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Last day I made the first fibreglass cowl. I set too high temperature on the heater, so the paint burned on some places as you can see. Other surface and all strength is all right.
The second half of fin is done.

Eddie P

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That looks like a great source. I was wondering, are there more than one Spitfire from the 312 Sqn. that have the "Stork" nose art? Or is Otto Smik the only CZ pilot to have sported that nose art on Spitfires?

Prekin

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Otto Smik isnīt the only CZ pilot who sported nose art, but his Mk IX is one of the most famous. There are some other pilots as F/Lt. Stanislav Fejfar or F/Lt. Vaclav Jicha who had individual nose art on their Mk V. But the pictures were before canopy as Stork on Svetlikīs Mk IX. But these Storks are not personal pictures. This Stork is symbol of SQN no. 312.

Prekin

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Here are some others CZ Mk.IX and in two pictures you can see Otto Smik with his DU-N. He had stork on the cowl.

Prekin

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Now is the all set available.

Eddie P

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Looks great, fascinating information too, thanks! I'll have to do more searches on line. I like the "Good Luck!" Cat art, and I'll have to look up more information about Sq 312. Hoping to send off for some custom graphics to replace the stock ones I have in another few weeks.

Prekin

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Here are some more arts. But they were mostly on Spitfires Mk V.

Prekin

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What information do need? Here is the link, where you can find some infromation, mostly about pilots. https://fcafa.wordpress.com/

Here is a list of all CZ Spitfires. https://fcafa.wordpress.com/2012/09/...n-and-313-sqn/

Prekin

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Stabilizer and elevator are almost done. I made hingesīs mountings. It looks I will have a CNC cuts of the wing ribs.

Prekin

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Stabilizer is almost done. I sanded the balsa sheeting and covered it with some filler. After them I covered it by one layer of fibreglass.

Prekin

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Some guy made Eduardīs Spitfire scale 1:48 kit with marking DU-L. Exactly this one Iīm working on. Here are pictures of this plastic kit. Eduard produces one of the best plastic kits I know. Iīve already bought one this Spitfire because it is a good for some details. But it still in the box.

w1nd6urfa

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I have the Eduard Spit XIc "late version" too, excellent kit for reference

cbhxh

HI, I will be following your build as I have the same short kit that I will build in the future, please post lots of photos if you can.