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Lego Supermarine Spitfire IXe Front Qtr
Lego Supermarine Spitfire IXe
1/9.4 Scale
Length 105cm, Wingspan 120cm
Here is the first of 2 x 1/9.4 Scale Spitfires I have built spanning the past 2 years (the other being a Mk.XIV that will follow soon). I have considered building Spitfires for many years but always been put off by the challenges to get an accurate looking camouflage. Lego dark green is not a good likeness of RAF dark green so I decided early on that I would use a vinyl wrap for the green. In order to do this I had the challenge relating to any studded parts (mainly wedge plates) as these would not be able to be covered with vinyl. It would have been impossible to build an accurate model without using wedge plates. To solve for this each wedge plate was reversed and vinyl applied to the back or antistud side of the part to give it a smooth finish that the camouflage could be applied to. In many sections of the model there was very little room to invert the parts, mostly it was achieved using the old finger hinges which can reverse studs on a flat plane. There are circa 150 finger hinges used in each model for this and other applications.
I also took the decision to incorporate custom parts. The parts were all designed to integrate with Lego and were 3D printed or Vacuum formed. The list of parts on this model are; canopy, spinner, exhausts, gun components, wheel caps, outer wing leading edges and aerial.
About the Pilot and Aircraft
Spitfire IXe RR201/DB-A
Flt Lt Dick Audet, RCAF
No 411 Sqn, Heesch (B88) Netherlands
29 December 1944
Flt Lt Audet was one of a few Allied Airmen to become ”ace in a day” and the only Spitfire pilot to achieve the feet in a single sortie. On 29th December he claimed 3 x FW190’s and 2 x BF109’s in the space of 2 minutes. Using this aircraft 2 days later he shot down an ME262 and reached a tally of 11.5 kills before his untimely death as a result of taking flak when attacking a train on 3rd March 1945.
RR201 itself was credited with additional kills whilst in use with 411 Sqn and was written off after being hit by flak on 30th April 1945.
Lego Supermarine Spitfire IXe Front Qtr
Lego Supermarine Spitfire IXe
1/9.4 Scale
Length 105cm, Wingspan 120cm
Here is the first of 2 x 1/9.4 Scale Spitfires I have built spanning the past 2 years (the other being a Mk.XIV that will follow soon). I have considered building Spitfires for many years but always been put off by the challenges to get an accurate looking camouflage. Lego dark green is not a good likeness of RAF dark green so I decided early on that I would use a vinyl wrap for the green. In order to do this I had the challenge relating to any studded parts (mainly wedge plates) as these would not be able to be covered with vinyl. It would have been impossible to build an accurate model without using wedge plates. To solve for this each wedge plate was reversed and vinyl applied to the back or antistud side of the part to give it a smooth finish that the camouflage could be applied to. In many sections of the model there was very little room to invert the parts, mostly it was achieved using the old finger hinges which can reverse studs on a flat plane. There are circa 150 finger hinges used in each model for this and other applications.
I also took the decision to incorporate custom parts. The parts were all designed to integrate with Lego and were 3D printed or Vacuum formed. The list of parts on this model are; canopy, spinner, exhausts, gun components, wheel caps, outer wing leading edges and aerial.
About the Pilot and Aircraft
Spitfire IXe RR201/DB-A
Flt Lt Dick Audet, RCAF
No 411 Sqn, Heesch (B88) Netherlands
29 December 1944
Flt Lt Audet was one of a few Allied Airmen to become ”ace in a day” and the only Spitfire pilot to achieve the feet in a single sortie. On 29th December he claimed 3 x FW190’s and 2 x BF109’s in the space of 2 minutes. Using this aircraft 2 days later he shot down an ME262 and reached a tally of 11.5 kills before his untimely death as a result of taking flak when attacking a train on 3rd March 1945.
RR201 itself was credited with additional kills whilst in use with 411 Sqn and was written off after being hit by flak on 30th April 1945.