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Old 10-17-2018, 07:42 AM
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What with the yellow diamond?
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Old 10-17-2018, 08:48 AM
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What with the yellow diamond?
It's a gas detection diamond. Actually a sheet of impregnated paper stuck to the wing which was supposed to turn red on contact with gas, though it was reported that, when tested, many of them failed to work!
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Old 10-17-2018, 08:55 AM
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What with the yellow diamond?
If this is the "Sailor" Malan airplane, it is supposed to have this diamond in the left wing, or at least there are pictures like this.
There are some models (including mine My 1/72 scale planes 2nd part) that doesn't have this diamond.
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Old 10-17-2018, 08:58 AM
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great work...great work.

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clean as always!!

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Old 10-17-2018, 04:12 PM
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The yellow square was for testing the quality of the gasoline to make sure it didn't have water in it or other contaminants. They would pour a gas sample over the patch, supposedly you could see if it was bad.
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Old 10-17-2018, 09:01 PM
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The yellow square was for testing the quality of the gasoline to make sure it didn't have water in it or other contaminants. They would pour a gas sample over the patch, supposedly you could see if it was bad.
Sorry, but I made a small research and it seems that shawndymond is right, it's a gas (poison gas) and not gasoline detector. It was present only at the beginning of the war.
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Old 10-19-2018, 04:05 AM
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Wonderfully designed and built kit up so far! So much care taken on the details. Simply outstanding work Ricardo.

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Old 10-19-2018, 06:38 AM
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Thanks for the comments and the explanation about the yellow diamond

The lowered flaps hardly add to the Spitfire’s elegant shape. Anyway, as the work is there, I decided to assemble the flaps as the pictures show.
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Old 10-21-2018, 06:05 AM
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@ Llaut Mallorquin - Thanks for the comment Halinski has canopy accessories for most of their models, including the Spitfire, and I never hesitate to buy them. They fit very well but applying the frames is problematic on some models...
@ Mike - Thanks

Mating the wings to the fuselage is often a demanding task. In the Spitfire, the low set wing links to the fuselage with complex shapes and large root fillets. Much care was needed but I find the result quite satisfactory.
Nice save covering up that big thumbprint on the left upper wing with that yellow square!!!

(I'm not falling for all this gas detection patch BS!)
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