Hi Dom,
I once visited a spitfire under restoration and the engineers used the cockpit green supplied from Light Aero supplies but unfortunatly you will need to mix it up with thinners and spray it on using s spray gun and compressor.
I then found a local company who supplies local garages with paint who could also put the same cellulose paint into spray cans,I only purchased one can but it worked a treat when I experimented spraying both onto wood and metal, using halfords red primer on the metal first.I used BS381C/283 paint code in satin and it was a very good match.

Hope the above helps

Hi Aviation artist,

Congrats on the panel, its looking realy good, you mentioned a U/c indicator kit, very interested to find out more about this kit.
Well because of your own project I have organised to have a new roof on the old shed so I can revive my own project, still cannot make my own mind up about which mark to build but I know it will only be from frame 5 to frame 14.
I purchased at a aero jumble at whitwick some yrs ago some of the 2ba bolts that you use to bolt the panel into the cockpit framework, I purchased too many so have enough spare to pass them onto your project, from another person who used to work on aircraft I have the fixed nuts you use for the cockpit frame which the panel is bolted too, again have enough spare to donate these to the project if you want them.Just drop me a private message with address details.

Keep up the good work and keep the photo’s of progress coming.

various markings and stamps

Hi All

Hopefully the below will be on interest to you.

SPITFIRE/SEAFIRE CONSTRUCTION PREFIXES

AD Aston Down
AL/ALd Aldermaston (generally mod plates only)
AS/ASt Air Service Training Ltd
AW Armstrong Whitworth
BD Boscombe Down (generally mod plates only)
BP Boulton and Paul
CBAF Castle Bromwich Airplane Factory
CH Chattis Hill
CO/COA Cunliffe Owen
DH De-Haviland
FL/FLW Filton
FW Farnborough
GA/GAL General Aircraft Ltd
HA/HAL Heston Aircraft Ltd
HE Henley
HEA Supermarine dispersal site
HP High Post
KE Keevil
MA/MAL Miles Aircraft Ltd
MMO Morris Motors Oxford
RS Reid & Sigrist
SH Short & Harland
Sh CBAF dispersal sites, Shrewsbury
SM/SMAF South Marston
ST Stockbridge
WA/WASP Westland Aircraft Ltd
WB Ltd Wilmot Breedon ,Birmingham
WD Worthy Down
6S Supermarine (also used for c/n for Aldermaston, Keevil)
8 CBAF dispersal site – Reid & Sigrist
17 CBAF dispersal site – Alfred Davies, Leicester

mk 1 spitfire build

H Aviation artist,
Thank you for the welcome,I am certainly looking forward to seeing your updates very soon, how many are working on the project in total?
It is certainly getting me thinking about reviving my own replica project again, now where are those drawing CD’s 😀

Mk 1 Spitfire

Hi Everyone,
New member to the forum and just want to wish my best to this wonderful project and looking forward to watching its progress through these pages.
Being one who has always wanted to do the same, only getting as far as purchasing the CD’s of spitfire drawings I am very interested in this project.