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#601 Posted : 27 September 2016 16:04:10

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Trev your spitfire is really taking shapeBigGrin superb job your doing Drool regards Phil
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#602 Posted : 27 September 2016 21:00:59

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You did a great job with the seat, it looks really nice indeed Drool
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#603 Posted : 28 September 2016 07:52:28

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Hi guys,

Thank you for all your replies most very must appreciated.

@ Tony the work on the seat was fun but made me think again about the shape so lets see what a different shape will look like more as a real spitfire seat ?

@ Walter thanks for your time to have a look at my build and your value comments.

@ Phil thanks for looking in and with all the metal plating nearly finished it now looks like a spitfire.

@ Hi Dave although I still have kept the De-Ago seat I will be having a go a new shape.

Regards

Trev.
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#604 Posted : 29 September 2016 20:16:25

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stevie_o wrote:
Nice update Trev, the extra work going in to this is certainly paying offBigGrin

Steve


Hi Steve,

Apologies just seen your post, will be posting up this weekend on a test pilots seat I have nearly completed.

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#605 Posted : 29 September 2016 21:15:59

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Looking forward to seeing what you do with the seat.
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#606 Posted : 01 October 2016 21:55:19

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Hi Trev

Love the seat!

Cheers

Alan
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#607 Posted : 02 October 2016 09:57:56

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Hi Alan,

Thanks for the comments about the Spitfire seat, the DeAgo seat turned out fine but I am having a go at modifying a seat more to how it should look i.e. more rounded and it will have a metal frame with a armour plate set at the back of the seat.

So far I have built the seat from thin ply and balsa the sides are ply coped from a master plate which I have made by hand, draw from a picture, again this was very time consuming but well worth the effort.

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#608 Posted : 02 October 2016 10:04:57

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Sounds good to me Trev.

I love all the different ideas that we can all potentially benefit from.

Looks like we'll have a squadron of Spitfires to show off soon!

Have a great Sunday, look forward to some more pics.

Regards.

Alan
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tf64 wrote:
Hi Alan,

Thanks for the comments about the Spitfire seat, the DeAgo seat turned out fine but I am having a go at modifying a seat more to how it should look i.e. more rounded and it will have a metal frame with a armour plate set at the back of the seat.

So far I have built the seat from thin ply and balsa the sides are ply coped from a master plate which I have made by hand, draw from a picture, again this was very time consuming but well worth the effort.

Regards

Trev.


Sounds like your revised seat will be something special Trev, I'm really looking forward to seeing how it turns out and knowing you my friend, I'm sure it will look superb?! Cool ThumpUp

All the best,


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#610 Posted : 06 October 2016 22:06:51

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Hi Kev, thanks for looking and your comments.

Regards

Trev.
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#611 Posted : 27 November 2016 16:27:26

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Hi

With the cockpit seat in mind I decided that it would be nice to fit a pilot, so I sent of for a 1:12 scale, I received it yesterday but on opening I found it to be to large, so I don't no if is my build or the manufactures, I will keep this on for my Hurricane build as it is just about the right size, or should I remove the parachute see what you think by the pictures.







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#612 Posted : 27 November 2016 17:53:10
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Hi Trev, BigGrin

These are my thoughts:

The little fellow looks great, even got the opportunity to add lenses to his goggles by the look of it. Cool

I would hold off on doing anything with him until you`ve finished your Spitfire.

With your modified seat in place and the conopy, you would be able to make a better judgement of where to go.

I think if the chute was to be removed he would be a good fit and it wouldn`t be noticed he didn`t have a chute, but best judged when you can close the canopy on the back of his head.

Either way you may still have the same issue fitting him in the Hurricane.

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#613 Posted : 27 November 2016 18:34:03

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Hi Derek,

Good advice Derek, I will stick with it until near finish, in the mean time I can practice painting.

PS: this will fall into my Hurricane cockpit when built.

Kind Regards

Trev.
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#614 Posted : 28 November 2016 17:38:35

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I thought about the pilot when I saw Tomick's post but glad I did nothing.
He sure is a big fella!
I think that you could be right to save him for your Hurricane
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#615 Posted : 28 November 2016 19:30:47

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I would say he looks overscale and being resin possibly on the heavy side for an RC aircraft that may throw the CG, most RC aircraft figs tend to be hollow bodied/next to no weight.
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#616 Posted : 28 November 2016 19:31:28

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Hi Alec

If I fitted this pilot, I cannot build the cockpit as I have planed,it would mean that I would have to remove the floor,so I will stick with the original plan.

Thanks for your post.

Regards

Trev.

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#617 Posted : 04 December 2016 10:30:34

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Hi Tom,

Thanks for the advise about the new pilot for the Spitfire, I may well send it back.

Thanks

Trev.
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#618 Posted : 04 December 2016 17:12:46

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Hi Trev

Very neat work on all that metal skinning you have done. Very precise and tidy.

There was never a great deal of room in these cockpits and i guess you would have to lever yourself in carefully and that is were it gets difficult trying to add a figure like you have because he is not going to flex around all of the cockpit bits and pieces.

I think your cockpit would be better without a figure so you can show off that brilliant seat you built as well as any other bits you might devide to add.
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#619 Posted : 06 December 2016 23:23:13

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Thank you Tony, I think your right about the space issue, I will be sticking to the ordinal plan, I know I have not posted but I am building away at it these nights.

Regards

Trev.
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#620 Posted : 07 December 2016 12:51:04

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Looks a nice figure Trev, though I would agree that it would look a little cramped in the cockpit with him included? If it was me building the model I would go with adding lots more detail to the cockpit which could then be more easily seen and admired without the pilot in situ? Just my thoughts? Cool ThumpUp


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