From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "RJ en Ellie Willekens" References: <000901c423ac$66d0bf00$b796ccd4@cp195803a> Subject: Re: seac spitfire mk.14 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:36:15 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_015B_01C42B7A.54ADD760" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_015B_01C42B7A.54ADD760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Robert, Thanks for sending in your Spitfire article. It loosk excellent.....I = never tire of seeing Spitfires. It is a beautiful plane. I'll e-mail = you when your article goes on ARC....currently articles are taking about = 3 weeks from the time they are sent in until theyn go on ARC. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: RJ en Ellie Willekens=20 To: Bamford, Steve=20 Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 5:14 AM Subject: seac spitfire mk.14 Gallery Template #04 1/48 Spitfire FR Mk XIVe by Robert-Jan Willekens -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here=20 =20 Spitfires are probably the most modelled aircraft, and I have to admit = it's a beautiful airplane. I myself have about 14 Spitfires in my = collection, with another five still in the box! This is my 1/48 scale = Academy FR Mk.XIVe late-war Spitfire which I built OOB but with markings = from my decal spares. It is finished as a SEAC (South-East Asia Command) = photo-recon aircraft of No.273 Sqn RAF flying against the Japanese from = an undisclosed airfield in the Far East, possibly Burma, at war's end. = So we are talking August 1945. Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 04.jpg=20 =20 The colours are Ocean Grey and Dark Green over Medium Sea Grey by = Humbrol; all toned down with white to create a bleached effect. The = original RAF roundels were oversprayed as on the real aircraft with = fresh Dark Green and MSG, creating the circles. I am not 100% sure = whether this is the correct camouflage, as many Spitfires bound for the = Far East were painted Dark Earth/Dark Green. Help, anyone? The aircraft involved had only two Hispano 20mm cannon; the blue = patches were intended to imitate muzzle protection patches; quite = superfluous as no guns were installed in the so-called 'e'-Wing. For = additional range, a slipper-type droptank was fitted. The cameraports = are filled in with MicroScale Crystal Clear; the canopy is a vacform = replacement from Squadron productions. Codes and identification letter = are from an old Letraset dry decal sheet. The black and white picture is = from Spitfire in Action, page 41 (squadron/signal pubs. Aircraft No.39) Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg = here=20 =20 Photos and text =A9 2003 by "your name goes here" ------=_NextPart_000_015B_01C42B7A.54ADD760 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Robert,
Thanks for sending in=20 your Spitfire article. It loosk excellent.....I never tire of = seeing=20 Spitfires. It is a beautiful plane. I'll e-mail you when = your=20 article goes on ARC....currently articles are taking about 3 weeks from = the time=20 they are sent in until theyn go on ARC.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com

Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

----- Original Message -----
From:=20 RJ = en Ellie=20 Willekens
To: Bamford, Steve

Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 = 5:14=20 AM

Subject: seac spitfire = mk.14

Gallery = Template=20 #04

1/48 = Spitfire FR Mk=20 XIVe

by Robert-Jan Willekens
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Steve Bamford=20 will insert full=20 sized version of photo 01.jpg here =

=20

Spitfires = are probably the=20 most modelled aircraft, and I have to admit it's a beautiful airplane. = I=20 myself have about 14 Spitfires in my collection, with another five = still in=20 the box! This is my 1/48 scale Academy FR Mk.XIVe late-war Spitfire = which I=20 built OOB but with markings from my decal spares. It is finished = as a=20 SEAC (South-East Asia Command) photo-recon aircraft of No.273 Sqn RAF = flying=20 against the Japanese from an undisclosed airfield in the Far East, = possibly=20 Burma, at war's end. So we are talking August 1945.

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg=20
Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg=20

The colours are Ocean Grey = and Dark Green=20 over Medium Sea Grey by Humbrol; all toned down with white to create a = bleached effect. The original RAF roundels were oversprayed as on the = real=20 aircraft with fresh Dark Green and MSG, creating the circles. I am not = 100%=20 sure whether this is the correct camouflage, as many Spitfires bound = for the=20 Far East were painted Dark Earth/Dark Green. Help, anyone?

The aircraft involved had only = two Hispano=20 20mm cannon; the blue patches were intended to imitate muzzle = protection=20 patches; quite superfluous as no guns were installed in the so-called=20 'e'-Wing. For additional range, a slipper-type droptank was fitted. = The=20 cameraports are filled in with MicroScale Crystal Clear; the canopy is = a=20 vacform replacement from Squadron productions. Codes and = identification letter=20 are from an old Letraset dry decal sheet. The black and white picture = is from=20 Spitfire in Action, page 41 (squadron/signal pubs. Aircraft=20 No.39)

Steve Bamford=20 will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here

=20

Photos = and text =A9 2003=20 by "your name goes=20 here"

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