I appreciate that you made the ICM Spitfire videos some time ago, but I have just found them and I really appreciate them . I have just started model making again after a gap of fifty years. I have just bought a couple of ICM Spitfire kits and your videos are really helpful. Best regards, Eric
Thanks to some of your videos i tried that mottling technique. It turned out pretty good. While doing it, you truly get to learn how your airbrush works and what you can achieve with it! Thank you!
Very impressive build....really enjoyed your added bits n pieces to enhance both the engine and the cockpit.....great job! It's been a long build but a pleasurable and well paced 1:07:41. Will be onto your diorama build next to complete the series. Thanks for sharing 👏
Between you, Plasmo and Andy's Hobby Headquarters I'm going to have to make an attempt on doing something from my stash, and actually finish it. Great work and some really great tips.
The tradition of the Beer run is alive and well. Without starting an international scandal, I can confirm that it is certainly one tradition that has persevered.
This is really helpful. I have come by one of these kits, without box or instructions! A challenge to say the least, but with your video and lots of reference material I feel emboldened to give it a go. Stay safe!
SteamGeezer and Son Independent Traders interestingly, since I posted my original comment, I have found a website full of different downloadable kit instructions in pdf format. The ICM Spitfire was there, so I now have a copy... next challenge is settling on a version! I like the clipped wings, but the HF with extended tips is a bit different. By the way, I am very impressed with the mottling effect you use; the results look far more convincing than some of the pre-shading that others advocate. When I get to that stage I will give your technique a go. All the best... stay safe!
You can forget about antenna wires, from now on. Only yhe Mark I had an antenna wire. All versions from Mark II on, used a VHF radio, thus the long wire was no longer needed. The hollow metal rod behind the cockpit remained in use, to protect the antenna, indside. Respect for building this kit. The fit is just horrible. You did well.
I am also glad to see you did not paint the crow bar in the hatch red. Painting emergency equipment red did not become compulsory until late 1949. Thus WW2 airplanes could never have had a red crowbar of fire extinguisher. Crowbars in Spitfires were usually cockpit green, bare metal or sometimes matt black. If you see antenna wires on a Spitfire, it was often two IFF wires, "Identification Friend or Foe", on the side of the fuselage. A separate radio transmitted a special signal that would create a different signal, on the radar screen, identifying it as friendly. Read more here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFF_Mark_II I also like the fact that you did not paint the invasion stripes all the same width. If you ever see close-ups of the paint work, you can see it was a VERY sloppy job. A real rush job. Therefor, painting these lines by hand on a model, despite the way it may look, will actually be an accurate rendering of how they did it, back then. www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/1ccbxs/spitfire_mk_ix_gets_its_invasion_stripes_painted/ Look at this : www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/d-day-invasion-stripes-in-35-images.html And we, modelers, try way too hard to get those perfect invasion stripes....................
Superb workmanship, I hope you don't mind an old 'erk' giving a bit of advice but the removal of propellers from the hub was a factory job, it would never have been done in the field by mere fitters. We could, however, replace the entire unit of hub and propellers in the field.
I believe it was the RCAF that started this. I built one of these kits, I think in the early 2000's. I remember the box being very small for the amount of plastic in the box. The early ICM kits were not very good, lots of flash and and many loose parts. It turned out very good though.
The beer delivery was curtailed, however, by some humourless 'Jobsworth' working for H.M. Customs and Excise, who noted these flights, and put in a report that duty was not being paid on beer being 'exported' to France. The bastard. I hope some special corner of hell was set aside for him. I expect, despite his best efforts, the R.A.F. got round it some way. The funniest thing dropped from an aircraft, though, was a complete porcelain toilet, from , I believe, U.S.S. Saratoga, in an unsanctioned operation against North Vietnamese forces, entitled 'Operation Sani-Flush'. The khazi was fitted with a primer nose, although it carried no explosives, and fins, and mounted on a modified pylon on a Douglas Sky Raider ground attack aircraft. Apparently, it whistled all the way down when dropped alongside normal ordnance. A model kit, in 1/48, & 1/72 scales, is available. There are several pictures of this weird bomb on youtube.
Nice one SteamGeezer, as ever, as superb build. It might be worth looking at some pictures of Spitfire exhaust gas patterns, most modellers seem to get these a little high towards the rear: as the exhaust gases move back, as they get around 2' from the front of the canopy they tend to be pulled down towards the wing. Its a very minor detail and doesn't detract from another very well executed build. Thanks for sharing.
26:00 those are .5s rather than .303s so you can make the "E" wing variant. ICM provides covering panels for the gun bays with the bulges outboard for this exact purpose.
Those are not the throttle levers, that get folded up and fit to the R/H side - its the Undercarriage Lever. The Throttle lever along with the Fuel Mixture Lever, are fitted on the L/H side, just in front of the Access Door... A very nice model though. My only criticism, is that when cannons were fitted, with their large magazines, an access panel with a much larger blister would have been used. Otherwise, well done...
Just about to crack into a 1/48 ICM spitfire with resin beer barrels to make something like this - this is great! What are you using to wick/apply your crappy poundshop superglue?
Usually I use a cocktail stick. If you crush the very tip of it flat, you get a nice little applicator. Have fun with your build, I enjoyed building this one :-)
Hi. Does anyone know where I can download assembly instructions for this kit please? Mine are old fashion and it's really hard to put it up together in right order. Thank you
Iv started getting alot of kits from ICM lately there moulds are just fantastic there T34s are great crisp iv never seen an ICM kit with any flash this is new to see for me, I wonder what year this kits moulded?
@@obamatraore2339 that's what I mean the icm t34 I got was only £ 25 and had the same from a £ 50 very impressed with ICM now won't be the last I buy after this !
One thing that springs to mind (because I've been planning to do it myself when I get time) would be to use something like coffee stirring sticks to simulate the wooden deck of an aircraft carrier. Add some oil stains, wheel marks etc, maybe some oil drums and such. There's a video here on how I made a base from an old picture frame - th-cam.com/video/kc7UTAo2S74/w-d-xo.html
I'm wanting to try that camo putty from AK is it still ok when you get bits of paint on the edges etc it won't knacker it? Suppose it won't really with how thin the airbrush applys paint really iv just never seen this stuff before I use white tak ultra normally but same idea really maybe abit stickier I'll need to get the AK stuff deffo
There are cheaper options out there. I covered one in another video here - it's basically the same stuff but way cheaper - th-cam.com/video/GJE0vtSOAi0/w-d-xo.html
The lever is for the landing gear, as the hydraulics were manually pumped, and not electrical. Also, the D-Day stripes can be either uniform (as you did), OR they can be messy and haphazard, since they were also applied in a hurry on some examples. Modeling is open to SO much interpretation,because no two source materials are the same :)
Not on the Mk IX, it wasn't. Even the later Mk. Is were equipped with non-manual hydraulic pumps. Pilots didn't like 'spitfire-knuckle', so the manual pumps were abolished early on.
@@HotelPapa100 ah, that makes more sense than the "chassis" operation. Yes, chassis is used in lieu of "landing gear". Oh, how victorian and refined it is...lol
The crowbar's there, it's just not red, it's yellow. I've seen them painted all different colours. In fact, the last one I saw a few weeks ago at the Shuttleworth Collection wasn't painted at all which, according to the mechanic I spoke to, was quite common. Thanks for watching.
Maximus Yates when I served in the Royal Observer Corps, the underground monitoring posts had crowbars issued in case the access hatch jammed. Extraordinary thing is that these were ex-Spitfire items, just as one sees in the door panel. The one on my post was simply bare metal, not primed, painted or stripped. I think the items varied a lot in RAF service, and I’ve seen reference photos and restoration a/c with the crowbars in red, yellow or bare metal, so I guess it is down to the accuracy of your references, or simple choice. Best regards... stay safe!
It's got Polish markings, but I'm not sure if it's specifically 303 squadron. I tend to go for the Polish markings when I can to remind people of the contribution of "foreign" pilots and crew during the Battle of Britain and beyond.
I'm still a fan of my contacts clear from Revell for my clear parts I tried my Tamyia extra thin both the quick setting and the normal one in tiny doses it till dogged n melted the test part with me it's got a big melted divit jn the bottom corner it's the only place to was effected tho but I'll keep testing I got 2 part clear epoxy n new oil paints n make up brushes for blending I'm gonna try your way with the makeup blending brush I keep destroying the tips of my good brushes n not exactly cheap tone doing this with these AK n REd Sable brushes really haha
Apparently, after D Day, when the RAF moved back into the French airfields, they would use specially modified beer kegs to fly beer from England to France. From what I gather, it happened all over - there's a fascinating story about a Spitfire making just such a beer delivery in Australia when the pilot got lost and crash landed in crocodile infested waters. He had to spend four days hiding up a tree before he was rescued... If you google "Crocodile Creek Spitfire" there's a documentary about it, and the efforts to recover the aircraft.
Well, music is subjective - whatever I use there'll be people who don't like it. I avoid using music when I'm speaking so people can mute it if they want to. I appreciate the feedback.
Your music is totally putrid. I turn. It off which also stops your thoughts. I do think that this was an Edward kit at one time. FOREVER IN HIS SERVICE
Your still stinks but I can’t complain about your technic. Why did your paint the canoe and then moly followed by the top coat? What would happen if you first molted and the finished with the topcoat? It would seem that you had a unified base to begin with . Just wondering? FOREVER IN HIS SERVICE
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I appreciate that you made the ICM Spitfire videos some time ago, but I have just found them and I really appreciate them . I have just started model making again after a gap of fifty years. I have just bought a couple of ICM Spitfire kits and your videos are really helpful. Best regards, Eric
I'm very glad they're helpful for you - that's exactly why I do them. Good luck with your builds 🙂
Thanks to some of your videos i tried that mottling technique. It turned out pretty good. While doing it, you truly get to learn how your airbrush works and what you can achieve with it! Thank you!
Very impressive build....really enjoyed your added bits n pieces to enhance both the engine and the cockpit.....great job! It's been a long build but a pleasurable and well paced 1:07:41. Will be onto your diorama build next to complete the series. Thanks for sharing 👏
Thanks :-)
Between you, Plasmo and Andy's Hobby Headquarters I'm going to have to make an attempt on doing something from my stash, and actually finish it.
Great work and some really great tips.
Thanks, I appreciate it. I look forward to seeing what you come up with :-)
Wait, are we supposed to actually finish builds? I just collect boxes and surround myself with half finished kits
Real modellers don’t finish.
@@tree267 Your never finished.
This is the best, most informative build I've seen. I've just bought the kit, just need to order the PE now!
Thanks, I appreciate it. It's a tricky kit to build - I hope you'll share your results with us, I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Started the kit this weekend with the engine. Planning on posting a WIP on Britmodeller, are you on there?
I'm not, no, but I'll take a look at it, cheers.
The tradition of the Beer run is alive and well. Without starting an international scandal, I can confirm that it is certainly one tradition that has persevered.
Absolutely. I've known many a "dry" exercise that was anything but :-)
This is really helpful. I have come by one of these kits, without box or instructions! A challenge to say the least, but with your video and lots of reference material I feel emboldened to give it a go. Stay safe!
I'm glad it's helpful for you. Let us know how it turns out :-)
SteamGeezer and Son Independent Traders interestingly, since I posted my original comment, I have found a website full of different downloadable kit instructions in pdf format. The ICM Spitfire was there, so I now have a copy... next challenge is settling on a version! I like the clipped wings, but the HF with extended tips is a bit different. By the way, I am very impressed with the mottling effect you use; the results look far more convincing than some of the pre-shading that others advocate. When I get to that stage I will give your technique a go. All the best... stay safe!
@@fieryfredthebeaconlighter2259 Thanks. Have fun with it and let us know how you get on.
You can forget about antenna wires, from now on. Only yhe Mark I had an antenna wire. All versions from Mark II on, used a VHF radio, thus the long wire was no longer needed. The hollow metal rod behind the cockpit remained in use, to protect the antenna, indside.
Respect for building this kit. The fit is just horrible. You did well.
Didn't know that, cheers :-)
I am also glad to see you did not paint the crow bar in the hatch red. Painting emergency equipment red did not become compulsory until late 1949. Thus WW2 airplanes could never have had a red crowbar of fire extinguisher. Crowbars in Spitfires were usually cockpit green, bare metal or sometimes matt black.
If you see antenna wires on a Spitfire, it was often two IFF wires, "Identification Friend or Foe", on the side of the fuselage.
A separate radio transmitted a special signal that would create a different signal, on the radar screen, identifying it as friendly. Read more here :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFF_Mark_II
I also like the fact that you did not paint the invasion stripes all the same width. If you ever see close-ups of the paint work, you can see it was a VERY sloppy job. A real rush job. Therefor, painting these lines by hand on a model, despite the way it may look, will actually be an accurate rendering of how they did it, back then.
www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/1ccbxs/spitfire_mk_ix_gets_its_invasion_stripes_painted/
Look at this :
www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/d-day-invasion-stripes-in-35-images.html
And we, modelers, try way too hard to get those perfect invasion stripes....................
The lever mentioned at 9:26 is an adjuster for the seat, it attaches to a pivoting arm on the frame and the rear of the seat.
Cheers :-)
The best build of spitfire on TH-cam. Even better than PLASMO)
Well, I'm very flattered indeed, very kind of you to say so. I'm a big admirer of David's work. Thanks for watching.
I love how the beer keg aircraft are always the weird funky ones
Yup :-)
I love watching you over other model makers because of some of techniques you use are unique
Very kind of you to say so, thanks :-)
Superb workmanship, I hope you don't mind an old 'erk' giving a bit of advice but the removal of propellers from the hub was a factory job, it would never have been done in the field by mere fitters. We could, however, replace the entire unit of hub and propellers in the field.
I never knew that. If I had, I'd have fitted the blades. Thanks for the tip :-)
I believe it was the RCAF that started this.
I built one of these kits, I think in the early 2000's. I remember the box being very small for the amount of plastic in the box. The early ICM kits were not very good, lots of flash and and many loose parts. It turned out very good though.
The beer delivery was curtailed, however, by some humourless 'Jobsworth' working for H.M. Customs and Excise, who noted these flights, and put in a report that duty was not being paid on beer being 'exported' to France. The bastard. I hope some special corner of hell was set aside for him. I expect, despite his best efforts, the R.A.F. got round it some way. The funniest thing dropped from an aircraft, though, was a complete porcelain toilet, from , I believe, U.S.S. Saratoga, in an unsanctioned operation against North Vietnamese forces, entitled 'Operation Sani-Flush'. The khazi was fitted with a primer nose, although it carried no explosives, and fins, and mounted on a modified pylon on a Douglas Sky Raider ground attack aircraft. Apparently, it whistled all the way down when dropped alongside normal ordnance. A model kit, in 1/48, & 1/72 scales, is available. There are several pictures of this weird bomb on youtube.
That's brilliant :-)
Fucking HM customs doing a thing like that at that time! I'd fucking dropped him behind enemy lines from the thing!
Great job, i really enjoyed the video, the pe does improve it quite a bit, must get one if possible. thanks for posting 👌
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Nice one SteamGeezer, as ever, as superb build. It might be worth looking at some pictures of Spitfire exhaust gas patterns, most modellers seem to get these a little high towards the rear: as the exhaust gases move back, as they get around 2' from the front of the canopy they tend to be pulled down towards the wing. Its a very minor detail and doesn't detract from another very well executed build. Thanks for sharing.
You've done this kit wonders, it looks fantastic nice work
The wing tips can be left off and the holes filled to create the low altitude version of the Mk. IX. I really like this kit it’s my favorite spitfire.
The ICM kit actually comes with a variety of wing and tail options, including cut off wing tips that glue right into place.
26:00 those are .5s rather than .303s so you can make the "E" wing variant. ICM provides covering panels for the gun bays with the bulges outboard for this exact purpose.
Fantastic build and results. I always get a kick out of seeing Tamiya's color XF-51... "Flat Earth".
Indeed :-)
Thanks for watching.
Show us how you bowl your arm ball, Phil.
Those are not the throttle levers, that get folded up and fit to the R/H side - its the Undercarriage Lever. The Throttle lever along with the Fuel Mixture Lever, are fitted on the L/H side, just in front of the Access Door...
A very nice model though. My only criticism, is that when cannons were fitted, with their large magazines, an access panel with a much larger blister would have been used. Otherwise, well done...
One of the downsides of having so many options in a model - using the right combinations of parts :-)
I found this in Japan for like 800 yen. Crazy cheap and very detailed.
It's a nice model. It has some fit issues here and there but it's incredibly detailed and has options for several variants.
Just about to crack into a 1/48 ICM spitfire with resin beer barrels to make something like this - this is great! What are you using to wick/apply your crappy poundshop superglue?
Usually I use a cocktail stick. If you crush the very tip of it flat, you get a nice little applicator. Have fun with your build, I enjoyed building this one :-)
Nice job.
Could it be from second-hand Tamiya moulds? Seems very Tamiya-esque in design, but the flashing suggests a mould that has seen better days.
Could be, I really wouldn't know. I understand a lot of kits these days are just reboxed/rebranded models, so it's a possibility.
Thanks for watching.
GRAHAMAUS according to scalemates its a 90’s moulding from icm
What a good job! I'm going on the suicide scooter through the buffaloes to get a beer or two and ready for the diorama. 😃
Hi. Does anyone know where I can download assembly instructions for this kit please? Mine are old fashion and it's really hard to put it up together in right order. Thank you
Xenantochov Elantis www.galaxykits.com/instructions/downloadFile.php?file=spitfire_mk_ix_4024.pdf
Iv started getting alot of kits from ICM lately there moulds are just fantastic there T34s are great crisp iv never seen an ICM kit with any flash this is new to see for me, I wonder what year this kits moulded?
Scottish Bonsai I’ve got the ice ju88 a4 and that had some bad fit and flash/mould lines. The detail was still excellent though
@@obamatraore2339 just finished the icm t34 the other night not a bit of flash on it very impressive now icm for the price was amazing!
Scottish Bonsai to be fair the 88 was only £15 for a 48th scale bomber so I can’t complain
@@obamatraore2339 that's what I mean the icm t34 I got was only £ 25 and had the same from a £ 50 very impressed with ICM now won't be the last I buy after this !
I have 2 model US Navy WW2 planes, any suggestions on what diorama I should do with them???
One thing that springs to mind (because I've been planning to do it myself when I get time) would be to use something like coffee stirring sticks to simulate the wooden deck of an aircraft carrier. Add some oil stains, wheel marks etc, maybe some oil drums and such. There's a video here on how I made a base from an old picture frame - th-cam.com/video/kc7UTAo2S74/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, this was really helpful.
I'm wanting to try that camo putty from AK is it still ok when you get bits of paint on the edges etc it won't knacker it? Suppose it won't really with how thin the airbrush applys paint really iv just never seen this stuff before I use white tak ultra normally but same idea really maybe abit stickier I'll need to get the AK stuff deffo
There are cheaper options out there. I covered one in another video here - it's basically the same stuff but way cheaper - th-cam.com/video/GJE0vtSOAi0/w-d-xo.html
Isn't the dash supposed to be black? Or they changed it over time: for Mk II it was definitely black. Great build
Holy crap, how long have you had those citadel pots??
Fantastic build!
A long time, at least 30 years :-)
I have a few from about 91, still going strong.
The lever beside the seat would be for raising or lowering the seat.
I didn't know that, thanks :-)
The lever is for the landing gear, as the hydraulics were manually pumped, and not electrical. Also, the D-Day stripes can be either uniform (as you did), OR they can be messy and haphazard, since they were also applied in a hurry on some examples. Modeling is open to SO much interpretation,because no two source materials are the same :)
Not on the Mk IX, it wasn't. Even the later Mk. Is were equipped with non-manual hydraulic pumps. Pilots didn't like 'spitfire-knuckle', so the manual pumps were abolished early on.
@@HotelPapa100 I looked it up, and you're right. So, was the lever for a parking break or what?
@@angelisreal Seat height adjustment.
@@HotelPapa100 ah, that makes more sense than the "chassis" operation. Yes, chassis is used in lieu of "landing gear". Oh, how victorian and refined it is...lol
Nice Vid Man! Can i have a link to the Photoetch parts? Thx!
I don't have a precise link, but the set came from ebay. If you search for "eduard photoetch ICM spitfire" you should get some results.
@@SteamGeezerUK nice thanks! The PE parts make an already awesome model look so much better!
i built this one its look BUUSSSSSSSIIIIINNNNN
You forgot the red crowbar on the door flap
The crowbar's there, it's just not red, it's yellow. I've seen them painted all different colours. In fact, the last one I saw a few weeks ago at the Shuttleworth Collection wasn't painted at all which, according to the mechanic I spoke to, was quite common.
Thanks for watching.
Maximus Yates when I served in the Royal Observer Corps, the underground monitoring posts had crowbars issued in case the access hatch jammed. Extraordinary thing is that these were ex-Spitfire items, just as one sees in the door panel. The one on my post was simply bare metal, not primed, painted or stripped. I think the items varied a lot in RAF service, and I’ve seen reference photos and restoration a/c with the crowbars in red, yellow or bare metal, so I guess it is down to the accuracy of your references, or simple choice. Best regards... stay safe!
Red crowbars are only found on post-war restorations.
Is IT a plane from division 303?
It's got Polish markings, but I'm not sure if it's specifically 303 squadron. I tend to go for the Polish markings when I can to remind people of the contribution of "foreign" pilots and crew during the Battle of Britain and beyond.
I'm still a fan of my contacts clear from Revell for my clear parts I tried my Tamyia extra thin both the quick setting and the normal one in tiny doses it till dogged n melted the test part with me it's got a big melted divit jn the bottom corner it's the only place to was effected tho but I'll keep testing I got 2 part clear epoxy n new oil paints n make up brushes for blending I'm gonna try your way with the makeup blending brush I keep destroying the tips of my good brushes n not exactly cheap tone doing this with these AK n REd Sable brushes really haha
The "Hooch Fighter" .
'Beer delivery' sounds American to me
Apparently, after D Day, when the RAF moved back into the French airfields, they would use specially modified beer kegs to fly beer from England to France. From what I gather, it happened all over - there's a fascinating story about a Spitfire making just such a beer delivery in Australia when the pilot got lost and crash landed in crocodile infested waters. He had to spend four days hiding up a tree before he was rescued... If you google "Crocodile Creek Spitfire" there's a documentary about it, and the efforts to recover the aircraft.
How dare u not have built a spitfire 😂
I apologise profusely... :-)
That was very long 😃
Thumbs down for the music, couldn't finish watching the video.
Well, music is subjective - whatever I use there'll be people who don't like it. I avoid using music when I'm speaking so people can mute it if they want to.
I appreciate the feedback.
Your music is totally putrid. I turn. It off which also stops your thoughts. I do think that this was an Edward kit at one time.
FOREVER IN HIS SERVICE
Your still stinks but I can’t complain about your technic. Why did your paint the canoe and then moly followed by the top coat? What would happen if you first molted and the finished with the topcoat? It would seem that you had a unified base to begin with . Just wondering?
FOREVER IN HIS SERVICE