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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: samuraj77 on February 03, 2010, 12:15:03 PM

Title: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: samuraj77 on February 03, 2010, 12:15:03 PM

Hello friends...
Does anyone have some photos of this particular spitfire and its maiden flight on March 5th 1936...
It should be a version with fuselage painted in some kind of green primer...
Any tips about colors? :-flo

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: No.1 on February 03, 2010, 12:21:09 PM

I have one, I have to scan it but it is in Supermarine Seaplane grey.

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: mfg495 on February 17, 2010, 01:48:54 PM

I will have a look through my files tonight  :-wise

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: mfg495 on February 17, 2010, 01:51:57 PM

Have you seen this site?

http://www.k5054.com/

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: samuraj77 on February 17, 2010, 02:32:43 PM

Yes Mick I know that page
I am particulary interested in this photo
http://www.k5054.com/images/k5054_priormaiden.jpg
unfortunately it is too small resolution
I am preparing myself to build this kit and the thing is that I am unusre about the color, there are few variations of the colors for this particular spit in this period.
Colors mentioned are the aluminium, grey and that green primer...


Btw, I also have kit of this spit
http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/forum/borbene-letelice-combat-warplanes/speed-spitfire/
and planing to make a PR version it should be the first PR spit ever, any aditional info would be great

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: mfg495 on February 27, 2010, 03:42:51 PM

Are these of any use  :-think

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: samuraj77 on February 27, 2010, 04:27:07 PM

Thanks Mick... :-flo :-flo :-flo
Great photos  :-clap :-clap :-clap

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: BOKELJ on February 27, 2010, 11:41:48 PM

Hello,

This is my first time on the forum....I have just joined!

 When first presented to the press/public, the Spitfire prototype was painted in a colour close to aquamarine. It was painted by the firm that did the Rolls-Royce cars, with car paint! They prepared it the way they prepared car: calked all panel joints, rubbed it down repeatedly and then gave it several cotes of the colour. After the first flight it was noted that the paint had crackled due to flexing of the metal! After stripping it, the plane was primed and sprayed with aviation paint. The colour was the same but in a different slightly less grennish hue.

Hope this is of some use
Cheers
Vasko
PS I have sample chips of the 2 hues. E-mail me directly at timsah@onetel.com

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: No.1 on February 27, 2010, 11:44:40 PM

Welcome to the forum Bokelj ;)

Your info is very interesting, can you scan this two chips you have in your collection, maybe this could be of use?

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: Letipapa on February 28, 2010, 12:40:42 AM

Wellcome Bokelj :-flo :-wave

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: BOKELJ on February 28, 2010, 12:53:58 AM

Many thanks to all of you for welcoming me!
I look forward to a very interesting future correspondence!
Bokelj

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: BOKELJ on February 28, 2010, 12:59:44 AM

By the way, the bluish "prototype" in the photo above, is a non flying full scale replica which belonges to our SPITFIRE SOCIETY. We keep it at the Tangmere Museum.

Cheers
Bokelj

Title: Re: Supermarine type 300 Spitfire
Post by: No.1 on February 28, 2010, 01:01:35 AM

And the colors are almost identical to what you have show here :)