stona
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My CR.42 is on hold as I try to source some better decals, and didn't fall properly into the Battle of Britain period anyway.
Fortuitously, I was given a 1/72 scale Bf 109 by daughter No 1 as payment for childcare services
I was just going to put that together on its own, but noticed that it represented the Bf 109 of Franz von Werra, shot down by 'Stapme' Stapleton whose Spitfire was the subject of my earlier entry in this GB.
Now the old grey matter starts doing its thing! I have gone and got me the Airfix 1/72 Spitfire to make up an unofficial, but totally authentic dog fight double.
There are a few issues. I will need to make the Spitfire look like 'Stapme's' XT-L which he was flying on the day he downed von Werra. I want to pose the two aircraft in flight, it was a dogfight after all, which means that I will also have to concoct some kind of double stand, as I obviously don't have the one that comes with the 'real' dogfight doubles. None of this amounts to an insuperable problem, and having a description by Stapleton of the events that day should mean I can make something both realistic and entertaining...here's hoping.
Anyway, here is the traditional box shot, featuring both boxes in glorious colour. The box art is rather good in my opinion.
No, I won't be using the paint or glue that comes with the Spitfire
Fortuitously, I was given a 1/72 scale Bf 109 by daughter No 1 as payment for childcare services
I was just going to put that together on its own, but noticed that it represented the Bf 109 of Franz von Werra, shot down by 'Stapme' Stapleton whose Spitfire was the subject of my earlier entry in this GB.
Now the old grey matter starts doing its thing! I have gone and got me the Airfix 1/72 Spitfire to make up an unofficial, but totally authentic dog fight double.
There are a few issues. I will need to make the Spitfire look like 'Stapme's' XT-L which he was flying on the day he downed von Werra. I want to pose the two aircraft in flight, it was a dogfight after all, which means that I will also have to concoct some kind of double stand, as I obviously don't have the one that comes with the 'real' dogfight doubles. None of this amounts to an insuperable problem, and having a description by Stapleton of the events that day should mean I can make something both realistic and entertaining...here's hoping.
Anyway, here is the traditional box shot, featuring both boxes in glorious colour. The box art is rather good in my opinion.
No, I won't be using the paint or glue that comes with the Spitfire