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  • July 8, 2012 at 5:11 pm in reply to: Photo albums; SAAF in East and North Africa #963064
    Chris Wizz
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    What a very interesting selection of photos. Very much enjoyed looking at them.

    July 3, 2012 at 10:15 pm in reply to: Model paint #220070
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    Well I have finished my Spit. It’s ok not fantastic but I learnt a lot. 1:72 Anson next then my Old Warden Lysander

    Chris

    http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c293/chriswizz/a3abf36a.jpg

    June 29, 2012 at 9:57 pm in reply to: General Discussion #252185
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    I’m sure it’s sad news for Tom……..but it does mean Katie Holmes is back on the market!
    Whoohoo, think I have a chance this time.

    June 29, 2012 at 9:57 pm in reply to: Tom Cruise divorcing #1843752
    Chris Wizz
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    I’m sure it’s sad news for Tom……..but it does mean Katie Holmes is back on the market!
    Whoohoo, think I have a chance this time.

    June 29, 2012 at 9:52 pm in reply to: Pitch? #975934
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    Thanks for all your replys, now I’m starting to understand how works.
    The links are also very interesting and I will be having a read soon.
    The sea plane thing is interesting I always thought they were float planes just to reduce weight of a heavy landing gear, I didn’t know about the need for long take off runs.

    Chris

    June 29, 2012 at 11:34 am in reply to: Pitch? #976876
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    Thanks for all the answers and photos they are great, so when the airplane is at altitude, the air is less dense, thus the prop needs a more aggressive angle to the air (coarse pitch) to actually ‘bite’ into the thin atmosphere?

    So when pilots of for instance the Mk1 spit forgot to change back to fine pitch for take off, why would the aircraft struggle to take off, was it related to air resistance on the prop or the motor unable to achieve the correct RPM?

    I may have further confused myself if I have the coarse and fine the wrong way around.:confused:

    June 28, 2012 at 10:36 pm in reply to: Spitfire Mk I P9374 #977391
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    I enjoyed reading my copy of the book very much, I showed it to my dad who was also very interested particularly the section about the Dehaviland prop reverse engineering and rebuild, I think it shows when it comes to engineering we are still world class.

    Chris

    June 25, 2012 at 5:11 pm in reply to: What Britain used to look like from the air #981604
    Chris Wizz
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    Its very interesting, I like the unidentified photo’s. I have had a look but as yet I can not indentify anywhere.
    But it can be so hard from the air?

    June 24, 2012 at 5:09 pm in reply to: General Discussion #253083
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    Thanks for that, just bought it £2. As I live on the flight path for LBA it’s interesting to known what’s passing my house.

    June 24, 2012 at 5:09 pm in reply to: Interesting App #1844267
    Chris Wizz
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    Thanks for that, just bought it £2. As I live on the flight path for LBA it’s interesting to known what’s passing my house.

    June 24, 2012 at 9:03 am in reply to: Model paint #220124
    Chris Wizz
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    I’m am reading this thread with interest as I build my spit, the paints looked awful as I painted straight onto the plastics. But now as I put on the second layer, the finish is better, so a undercoat would have certainly helped. Not to the quality of you guys but ok for me.
    I think the main reason I am battling on with enamals is due to the cost of changing.
    I will post a picture when I have finished, I think I depends how good it looks!

    June 23, 2012 at 11:27 am in reply to: Model paint #220128
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    Just spent a while on the modellers web site, thanks for the link. Very interesting site. Primer would appear to be the way to go (a bit late for my spit though) so in simple terms, fo you prime everything on the spurs or removed then construct the kit, or does it differ kit to kit?
    I suppose it would be a good idea to mask or remove paint from glue points.

    I have rebuilt a mk1 golf gti over the last few years, I’m sure it’s was easyer than this!!!

    June 23, 2012 at 10:21 am in reply to: Model paint #220130
    Chris Wizz
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    Thank you for the replies
    I have a compresser already so a spray gun may be an option.
    It would be nice to keep using the enamal tins as I have so many of them.
    I must admit I did not wash the plastics first, is this to remove general dirt or is there a release compound on the plastics?

    I’m still enjoying building the spit but it’s a learning curve all over again! Got a Lysander to do next with the shuttleworth collection codes, time to dig out the matt black!

    June 20, 2012 at 9:12 pm in reply to: Prestwick Airport/WW2 air base #988108
    Chris Wizz
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    Thanks for the replies, it has certainly given me something to look into.

    Thank you

    June 13, 2012 at 12:02 pm in reply to: New flickr group #488625
    Chris Wizz
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    Now there are three!

    Please feel free to add photos as there is currently only one member……..me!

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