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To make entering and exiting the cockpit a little more realistic, i have decided to make part of the wing. This will allow me to add the wing fillet which is one of the

Yup guys... he's building the whole plane!!!!!!!!  ;)

best,

....................john

Looking good Dave

Mark

I'm only building out to the rib 3 position Ozzy, you will have a lot more of these parts to make  ;D.

Dave

Don't I know it Dave

well, ozzy, dont be down, there is a place in Queensland, Aust. that will send you a Spitfire kit (1:1 and 1:3) with an engine and everything, kits start from 100,000 Au$ tho....

A.

The Mk26, I know all about it. I nearly went for it until I heard it was a 75% scale job, I can barely fit in a full-sized cockpit

I can barely fit in a full-sized cockpit

After the blood, sweat and tears of building the Spitfire Mark, you will fit in ok  ;D.

Dave

I think the sweat more than anything will get the weight down Dave

If you put yourself on a fitness program for two to threee months, you should be able to fit alright.
Fitness like:
100 pushups
100 situps
2k run
100 pushups
100 situps
1k run

that kind of thing will get it down.

A.

I was only kidding Andrew, the problem is I'm rather broad (especially on the shoulders), and its a bit of a tight fit.
I'm reasonably fit as is

Something that i had overlooked for the gunsight mount was the dimming screen

Damn but that looks good Dave

OK... here's the deal...... Dave has actually found an old sealed warehouse that has crates and crates of aircraft parts from WWII....................  ;)

Wow...... you handcraft skill is astounding.  Keep it coming.

best,

.......................john

[quote]OK... here's the deal...... Dave has actually found an old sealed warehouse that has crates and crates of aircraft parts from WWII....................