ketil

Kuhlmann in germany has this 1:3,3 spitfire kit.

340 cm wingspan




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Ketil

morro

Hi Vic

From what I here I think everybody has gone spitfire mad, good, The only problem I have with my 1/3 spit is moving it around the workshop, hope you get to build that big spit.

Morro

FTT1967

Hi every one nice to read some many nice things about my model.
here is some extra information about the model.
the weight of the model is 36Kg. the engine is home made using two zg62 engines with a new crank case. I used full size drawing were possiable and any area that i did not have drawings I measured the full size as well as pictures. I found out on this project just how bad 3 view drawings are. The model has now finished flying this season with 70 flight on it and I hope to finish off the rest of the detail this winter as well as get back to the other projects which are 1/4 mosquito, 1/3 hurricane, 1/3 lysander and long term project a 1/3 gloster gladiator. The mosquito and hurricane will fly next year if every thing go's to plan.

Richard

mfranke

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Richard,
any idea when you'll have plans for sale?
Thanks
Mark franke

FTT1967

Now the season is comeing to the end I can get back to the drawing board and finish every thing off. I hope by the new year there will be finished.

Richard

morro

To All

Just thought I would let you spitfire fanatics know that I have just about finished completing my 1/3 scale ml407 fuselage, painted and detailed all I have to do is install the engine, will post pictures soon, test flight predicted March 2004.

Cheers
morro

morro

Richard,

Well here is a picture of my spit finally I still have alot to do to the fuse but its getting there.
I hand painted the markings so that took a while apart from the usual encounters every thing is on track. The pictures do not do it justice. I dont think it looks to bad for being completly scratch built.

Regards
Todd

morro

Hi all,

Pic dosent seem to want to come through will keep trying, Tony if you read this would it be possible if you could put the picture on here from your end.

Cheers
morro

Tony_M

Here she is, Damn, I'm aching to get mine done after seeing Richard's and now yours.

Forgues Research

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Sxxt, that is nice and just the right size.

morro

Tony,
Thanks very much for your assistance as you can see I have still alot more work ahead of me I have just finished the tail ( not in this shot ) and am starting on the engine installation more pics of closeups to follow.

morro

morro

folks,

sorry to keep nattering to give you the size of the fuselage in comparison to the pic is 110"the nose width is 12", tail height is 21.5" length of the tail plane is 42" each elevator is 19".

Cheers
Todd

morro

Hi All, if you are interested in an update I have completed the 1/3 scale ml 407 spit and am about to finish the wing painting I would like to take this moment and say thank-you to the many people that haved helped me with information needed to complete this challenge. I will post pics soon.

Regards
Morro

morro

Hi all,
Have finished 1/3 spit and it flies like a dream.

todd

F4u5

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Todd...great to hear. Congrats. Any flight video or pictures?

morro

Yeh! I have but am having probs getting the pics on here, I'll keep trying. It flew exactly as Richard said............ like a ***** cat and on landing flaps were not used this time, she landed very slow and we were all very surprised at this as we thought it would tip stall. The c of g was spot on with a gentle climb out on take off triming was not required and a bank to the left into a cicuit pattern proved the controls were very responsive on finals she turned in and the rest is history, just a few minor engine tunes and the usual checks and it will be flying at scale meetings that have been organised throughout the year.
Happy Landings

Todd

F4u5

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Todd...sent you a PM

morro

f4up

Have changed email address it is [email protected] so i probably did not get your pm, also while im on here I am having trouble getting my pics on here can someone advise how to correct this problem.

Todd

Merlin65

G'Day Morro,
It sounds as if your images are too large for the forums. There's a max limit of 3000k.
There are several things you can do.
1. Download an eval version of Paint Shop Pro and resize the pics.
2. Use one of the graphic optimization sites on the net (search google)
3. Upload the images to your Bigpond personal web space (You should have 10 meg) and then post the address.
4. PM me and I'll do whatever's necessary to help you out.

Videos can be compressed to a very small size in deed using the free Windows Media program from Microsoft. There's a bit of a learning curve with this one but it's very effective.
--
Merlin, (Melbourne, Oz)

morro

Thanks mate for the advice but I am a computer nerd, help

Todd

Merlin65

Here's your first pic Morro.
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Merlin

F4u5

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Oh man!!!Nice!!!

AirRayInc

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Morro,
that is nice for sure. Thanks for sharing them.
Ray

morro

Thanks for the kind words,

Since this shot was taken I have changed the undercarriage legs these look like the real thing and work well, thanks merlin for putting it on here, You cannot see it in this shot I have put bootprints on the wing to simulate people that have been working on it. I have plenty of pics if you are interested in seeing them let me no and I will do a pm for you.

Cheers
Todd

AirRayInc

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Todd, I have a page of Spits, if you want you can send the pictures to me full sized, and I would be happy to host them for you on my site.
[link=http://airrayinc.com/spitfires.htm]Spit Pictures[/link]
email them to [email protected]
Ray