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A Discussion on the Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.VIII and Mk.IX kits
source: Hyperscale
(thanks to Brett Green for permission)
(Bold Italics are added by the Webmaster to clarify the text or correct known errors. Comments and their order of appearance in the original forum have been edited for spelling, grammar, and clarity)
rod
Hasegawa 1/48 Spit Mk.VIII/IX??
Mon Dec 1
(snip) I've got the Mk.IX kit. What’s wrong with
it? Does it look like a Spitfire when completed out of the box, in scale terms
and the faults? Are they really that noticeable??? Is
the Mk.VIII Spitfire as above??? Got decals to do both in Aussie markings, and
can’t wait to start ‘em
Brad
Other issues...
Mon Dec 1 08:50:02 2003
Rod,
There are other issues with the Hasegawa kit, in that there are some bumps and
lumps that need to be dealt with:
over the wheel wells there is a tear drop shaped bump which may not have
appeared until very late in the Spitfire's life, or even post-war. You may need
to remove these bumps for a Mk IX bird;
the hinge line on the radio access panel is too pronounced and will require
toning down with a few swipes of a sanding stick;
the 0.303" machine gun panels look like steel plates instead
of access panels and will require sanding;
if you remove the pilot's access door, there will be a 2mm gap missing once you
install the rear glass perspex, which will require a small piece of styrene to
fix.
If there is any advantage to the Hasegawa or the others, it's the ease of
building it. If you are a beginner, building the ICM may be a bit fiddly. There
are nice build articles of the ICM kit on here for you to use as a guide. Just
do a search and look for Bob Swaddling's name. He has perfected the ICM build.
JS
Radio Hatch
Mon Dec 1
Speaking if which, I have been told that the radio
hatch for the Mk.VIII was a different shape (taller) than that of the Mk.IX.
Is that true? I can't seem to find any mention of that in the drawings I have.
Bob
Swaddling
Not True.....
Mon Dec 1
Hi JS
I don't know who starts these things up but someone must lay awake at night
trying to invent new myths about the Spitfire. The Mk.VIII fuselage is the same
as the Mk.IX fuselage which is really a beefed-up Mk.V fuselage which is really
a beefed-up Mk.I fuselage. (see what I mean?)
Clarification - By Spitfire fuselage I am referring to the fuselage from frame 5
(the firewall) to frame 19 (the angled frame where the empennage bolts on).
Cheers
Bob S.
Brad
Mk XVI Lowback
Mon Dec 1
Bob,
Did you do an article on the ICM Mk.XVI low-back? If you did, I can't find it. I
went to my local shop at lunch and picked up the last one there. I don't have
one in my stash and since all my pics of SL721 were ruined, I am stopping all my
other projects in order to build it.
Jeff
Dahne
Re: Hasegawa 1/48 Spit Mk.VIII/IX??
Mon Dec 1
Rod,
kit is the same for both marks. Take a look at the reference articles and
gallery on Hyperscale to see what the kit looks like. If you plan on using the
decals included in the Spitfire Mk.VIII 'RAAF' 09436 kit don't bother. Markings
for the two RAAF aircraft CR-C and ZP-Y are really inaccurate. The only accurate
RAAF decals are the ones available from the pacific Spitfires (pacificspitfires.com/index.html)
webpage.
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