Spitfire IX Project

[Tony Hill]

New update. Getting very close to finished now.


First some detail shots of the interior



They pretty much speak for themselves.

The seat..with Sutton Harness now fitted (the other two straps will be attached, one behind the seat and one through and onto the back of the sim with an elastic "inertia lock real".


Armour plate waiting for it's next coat of paint.

A closer look at the undercarriage unit fairing


The bottom frame of the bullet proof windcreen with the sides of the front canopy frame.

Most of the bits to fix back in..the Lightbulb holder arrived an is currently drying..thank you Spits!



The "sound system"


The top coat of Cabots is on but isn't as shiny as I'd hoped. I think I will go get a gloss and use that for another top coat. Sorry but the flash obscures some of the features



And the final for tonight...the "signwriting". Painted by putting a cut stencil (adhesive) on the wall..had some fun with that twisting and sticking to itself but we got there. Pay no attention to the rough green line...that will be covered by the windscreen frame.

the shiny glow around the Moody Blue" is the "cloud" I painted on to break up the outline.



More to come Saturday night chaps

[Steve A]

Awesome project and such a wonderful aircraft

[Tony Hill]

Thanks mate, yep, she's a keeper.

[Anderson/SBSP]

Wow!! amazing!!

[388TH_A]

VERY NICE! Great JOB

Trevor

[Westozy]

Hi all,
Darryl came up to Perth to collect this part for his Spitfire, no doubt we will be seeing pics of it installed soon. It's a replica CO2 cylinder which was used to hopefully blow down the landing gear in the event of a hydraulics failure. Thanks for lunch and free entertainment Darryl!!!




Cheers, Gwyn

[Chaser]

Man.....that project is looking absolutely incredible!!! Glad to see this coming to fruition.
Jon

[Tony Hill]

Thanks Gwyn & Jon

Ok, a series of the real thing and then mine to as she is now:

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And some gratuitous detail and general shots:















Still a lot to do to make her "flyable" but sitting in her now is great. The leather seat back and headrest are being done, and Spits is making teh door mechanism for me..thanks mate...so it is all go. Hopefully an update soon.

[Westozy]

And I get to fly it next week - whooo hooooooooo chocks away Ginger, tally ho, pip, pip....


Cheers Gwyn!!

[Tony Hill]

And I get to fly it next week - whooo hooooooooo chocks away Ginger, tally ho, pip, pip....


Cheers Gwyn!!

Still hoping to have it flyable to a basic level by then Gwyn but work has piled onto me at the moment.

I'll let you know.


Darryl