Douglas Bader's Spitfire 1/33

**Paper Kosmonaut** · #1 07-19-2020, 01:49 PM

Hello friends.

Here's my rendition of the Anwalt Douglas Bader's Spitfire, enhanced with the engine designed by Alin Oszarik. This was my first (successfully finished) build with a frame-with-skin-wrapped-around. I learned a lot from it. Loved the build too. The Spitfire is a dream to build. Very nice fit and forgiving. It needed some adjustments for fitting the engine in. But thet too went reasonably well. I just have to say I am not a fan of those exploded view-instructions. There's often too much going on at once in one drawing and to me it sometimes is unclear in which order I need to attach stuff.
In the end I guess it worked out fine. Firstly, here are some photos during the build of the plane and the engine.
I loved building the engine and its strangely shaped parts. A model inside a model, as it were. The fit inside the Spitfire for which it wasn't meant to go in ( I am not even sure the engine version is the right one for the MkVb) but it sure results in a very cool model!

**Paper Kosmonaut** · #2 07-19-2020, 01:52 PM

And then here the end result. I made a frame for it with some grass as a surface. I left the engine covers off and detailed them inside. Now it's like the engine gets a quick maintenance in the open air inbetween sorties or so. I plan to make a perspex cover that goes over the plane and its frame. Something for later. Here are some glamour pictures for you to enjoy!

**abhovi** · #3 07-19-2020, 02:20 PM

I love it.

**rifleman** · #4 07-19-2020, 03:05 PM

out standing build great model well done

**Madbrit** · #5 07-19-2020, 03:34 PM

Beautiful. Congratulations.

**lorenzomartinez07** · #6 07-19-2020, 07:12 PM

Nice build Kosmonaut , the Supermarine Spitfire has been always one of my favorites. I noticed a detail you may want to fix: main landing gear doors are attached in their opposite sides, the left door is in the in right side and right in left side.

**Erik Zwaan** · #7 07-20-2020, 12:38 AM

Magnificent build Paper Kosmonaut! Nice and simple diorama puts the maintenance job in a good perspective. I miss the antenna mast and aerial - did you leave them out on purpose?

Cheers,
Erik

**N96HBK** · #8 07-20-2020, 02:37 AM

What a beautifully built model, outstanding work!! The grass looks fab.

**Kevin WS** · #9 07-20-2020, 02:40 AM

Excellent model! Thanks for sharing!

**Mike1158** · #10 07-20-2020, 03:41 AM

Brilliant, great airframe. Nicely done, Sir.