new spitfire

[bullittrob]

;)well after a few days messing about heres the latest spit to add to my way too big collection,,.,.,.hope to fly it monday evening if theres little wind!! "note" the flush exhausts.,wooden prop,,.well painted wood!! plus the scratch built flat canope,,.,.pilot in typical white flying suit of the 1930"s.,.,.,as i based this one on the prototype K5054 as it was in may 1936.,.,.,.,.,.,will post flying pics when the weather is right!! ,.,.

[Anthony]

That is brilliant! Ive had the code 'K5054' stored in my memory for years incase it came up in a pub quiz! :D

[ralphp]

looking good Bulli, have posted the pics of the lanc so far in the conversion page....let us know what you think!

[Stoka]

That looks fantastic, really like the paint scheme and the wooden style prop!

[bullittrob]

thanks guys,.,cant wait untill i see it in the air,.,.but this weather is bonkers at the mo,...,strong winds up to almost 20mph here!,.,.,.friday looks to e the first calm day down to 10mph.,..,

[ralphp]

that'll be 2020 then! LOL....blowing about 15~35 in Bristol....over the week end it was up to 45!!!! If you launch in that you don't need speed for hight, but then you'll never see it again!:D

[bullittrob]

i cant beleve it for this time of year!! i hate being grounded!!,.but i always find it calms down late evening,.,.lovely time to fly.,if it does calm down il fly K5054,.,.

[ralphp]

blowing a steady 10~15 at the mo.....
Ho Hum back to the hanger, where did I put that avro? oh that'll be the "tree" in the corner then LOL

[ralphp]

By the way, don't go landing it like "flying officer Sam McKenna" on the 22nd of March 1937 (forced landing due to engin failure, Merlin C...on her belly)test flight!

GEEK,GEEK,GEEK,GEEK,GEEK,GEEK,GEEK,!LOL:D:D

[Radweld]

Might take the glider upto combe hill later, the winds easterly, perfect.

[bullittrob]

By the way, don't go landing it like "flying officer Sam McKenna" on the 22nd of March 1937 (forced landing due to engin failure, Merlin C...on her belly)test flight!

GEEK,GEEK,GEEK,GEEK,GEEK,GEEK,GEEK,!LOL:D:D
ive seen that pic!! had guns fitted with later style exhuasts,..,.,geekkk!!!

[bullittrob]

well against my better judgement i went flying.,the rain stopped,.the wind was not so gusty,.,.It flew fine right out the box as they say!,.,.looked great in the air.,realy stands out in the pale blue,.,.but the photographer had only just woke up from a nap in the bck of the car.,n,.wernt in the best of moods.,hense the crap pics!!!!.,..,,.lol..,,.,.moodly lil sod.

[ralphp]

I don't know mate...think the middle ones very atmospheric! oh er...sorry about that chaps suddenly found my feminin side:eek:

Wheres my pipe and cravat!

[bullittrob]

lol,.,.:D:D

[ralphp]

I hear your not buying your birds from Squadronleader mate? Is that right? did you want me to organise a deal for you??????

Could even ask for commision!:DLOL

[bullittrob]

ive been buying mine in parts,wing ,.then a tail.,then the fuse,.ebay mostly,.to tell the truth i bought all of them before i was on here,.but ive bought my spares from these boys!!,.,..,ive bought plenty of smashed ones from frends which ive restored!,.,.,.

[ralphp]

LOL...Now I know where all the spares have gone!. Think we should change your call sign to "ground crew" or "scrapheap challenge"!!!:D

I wonderd why I couldn't get any glue, tape or styrene recently....I bet you have shares!!!!:D

[bullittrob]

ive got 12 or so completly wrecked spitfires which i bought when they first came out from somone who was selling them at a show,.,.he had a few built up to show people plus let them have a go!! well i bought the remains of the """let them have a go!!!!!""":D:D:D i reckon i could get 5 maybe 6 more complete spits out of the pile of bits!!:confused:,.,.if it wasnt for buying them smashed i could not have as many as i do,,.but its nice to fly a differnt looking one every time i go flying,.,.im mainly into bigger stuff,.but as these are so cheap,they have become a hobbie in their selfs!,.,.also once ive painted them in my spare time i think they look great.,.,i did buy a job lot of sektrum RX which makes things so much easyer,,.also the lipo conversion makes them much more fun,.with flight speed,.flight times ,.i couldnt beleve when my son flew one with a 3 cell 2500 lipo against me with a nicad.,i had to change nicads twice .,n,. he was still flying with what sounded like full power!!.....,n,.now these are so easy to take out in the boot of the car these are the way to go for semi scale park fun,.,.

[ralphp]

Know what you mean.....I've a 1/8th scale spit (bulsa) in the attic. Need a trailer on the car to take it out, and the PZ gos in the boot with out the seats down!

[Anthony]

Yeah the parkzone planes are a good size, I can just get my spitfire and P51 in my boot at the same time without having to mess around with the seats or anything. I'm looking at buying a bigger spit or ducted fan hawk to have something a bit different. :)

[bullittrob]

Heres some pics i just took of my parkzone k5054,.,.,.low.,n,.fast.,the way i like it!!:D:D:D

[ralphp]

looking good....but remember mate "fly fast die fast" see your miles away from a tree assisted landing there mate!

[bullittrob]

d.,know what it is about the one but i love flying it.,it realy stands out in the air,.il try to get some better shots of it closer,.n,.fast but but young photographer isnt use to the settings on the cam yet!,.shutter speeds ect ect,.but the time hes worked it out we are on our way home!,..,

[ralphp]

Ground crew ah? thats why we kick the tyres before fight!
I'd put him on report!:D
still what do you expect for a non-commisioned officer?:D