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I really got some Spitfire mojo, so I digged out my half-ready Eduard 1:48 IX from the box to to be built alongside with my Eduard 1:72 IX

And here they are, in all glory!

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- Kari
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Glorious!
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Lovely! Great to see the two scales side by side!
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Glorious indeed. I’ve been wanting the Eduardo Mk. IXe for a long time now.
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Thank you Guys!

The 1/72 scale really is a copy paste x 0,67% of the 1/48!

Testfitting, need to paint still some parts of the cockpit before wrapping up. Most of the cockpit has been ready since almost a year.. :whistle:

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- Kari
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Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48



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Ever did one of the 1/48 scale Airfix Spits?
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Never Thomas, I have only made one in my life, and that must be soon 35 years ago...
And so far have started with a 1/72, a 1/48 and a 1/32..

Have understood that the Airfix 1/48 is a very good kit as well!

- Kari
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Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48



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Eduard’s fidelity to the actual aircraft design is worth putting up with the over engineering of their component parts at least as visible in the 1/72 version since I have mine as a comparison. The Hasegawa either through age or molding or design has flattened the soft sweep of the wing far too much.
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Thomas_M wrote:Ever did one of the 1/48 scale Airfix Spits?
Have you built one, Thomas? If so I am curious to see your work!
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KSaarni wrote:
Thomas_M wrote:Ever did one of the 1/48 scale Airfix Spits?
Never Thomas, I have only made one in my life, and that must be soon 35 years ago...
And so far have started with a 1/72, a 1/48 and a 1/32..

Have understood that the Airfix 1/48 is a very good kit as well!

- Kari
Airfix has several iterations of 1/48 Spits. Their original Mk.V was the best in town when it first came out in the late 70s but has been superseded in that class. But it is no dog, only a product of its era. It has been upgraded a bit to allow some related versions to be built in later boxings. Later they did some late Marque Spits which are still viewed as very good kits, recessed detail and all. Finally, they have come out with some new tool early and mid production Marques that are state of the art now.
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