John, I have admired this plane and your construction as well as flying. I am starting on a 1/4 scale Mick Reeves wood version and seeing yours has given me the boot to get started. Very very nice scale work.
What an astonishing piece of arts ! Congratulations, chapeau ! When John spoke about the true functionality of the exhaust-system and manifold, I already asked myself, wether the oil-cooling-flaps underneath each wing were done functional as well ;-) Also, the bottom side of the fuselage seems to be done perfectly ! Two- and a half years time of building this in spare time only don't really sound too long for this result. Really, a very beautiful model, let's hope, you never crash ! 5*-vid
It's really strange that this video popped up on my computer today, you see, I have a Mick Reeves Hawker Hurricane in my basement that I built over 30 years ago and now that I'm retired, planned to restore it.
Please take pictures and video. Now that we don't have RC mags anymore (pictures of battery powered drones a RC magazine IMHO) all we have are YT and forums. Good luck with the restoration.
Guys, unfortunately a four bladed prop as per the MK9 would look fabulous on the ground, but frankly be useless in the air. I run a 20 x 10 on my YT Mk14 spit and I'd rather have the grunt up there where it counts than looking good parked on the ground. Spoke to loads of pilots that tried the four bladed and all went back to 2. Shame, but can't be helped. Beautiful plane tho.
For all the weathering that I often see on such models, I find it amusing that there is never a dent to be found anywhere. You also never see any skin distortion caused by rivets nor is there ever any wrinkling of buckling of the metal skin as a result of wear and tear. The look is almost as if all the detailing had been applied to a carved log rather than giving the impression that this is representative of an object that was originally fabricated from sheet metal. A scale 2 blade prop??? :P
hello, tell please where to take me such drawing I already rummaged all sites I can't find, I want to make SPITFIRE or Hurricane copy I live in Kazakhstan and here it is difficult to find them! help me
@barry rudge the prototype maybe..the production model was the spitfire with a 3 bladed prop ..you model is of a spitfire not the prototype....just saying not picking faults
@barry rudge your model is fantastic please dont think i am picking faults i am not...i see a lot of models of ww2 planes the worse i have seen is a mosquito with 2 prop blades and a lancaster with 2 prop blades and to be honest it just dont look right.......
This is a work of art ruined by a non-scale propeller. Sorry to say that, and I'm not trying to dump on your work because I think it is 99.99% incredible, but all that effort into the scale appearance of the model and you put a two bladed prop on a Mk IX Spitfire which almost always had a 4 bladed propeller. I know all the arguments about prop efficiency, but come on, a plane this size with that engine doesn't need to worry about it. Apart from that, it is beautiful and I want one :)
The battle of Briain took place over the skys of Britain.Hitler made the mistake of changing tactics by trying to destroy our cities. Which gave the royal airforce a valuable brthing space.When Adolf galand was asked what he needed to beat the British he replied spitfires.I thank the Americans when they eventually came into the war which evened things up a bit .We must also mention Canadian,polish new zealanders , Australians and many others who flew to keep us all free .Now we have a new enemy merkal and junker and others .
sheeeene7 The p51b with packard eng on par with a hurricane. The p51d with allison built merlin eng on par with spit.. better in some areas...worse in others. Biggest advantage was in range when escorting b17s due to drop tanks when needed
So very impressive! What a beauty.
Two beautiful, wonderful and fabulous warbirds !!!!!
Happy Spit !!! Happy Hurri !!!
Its so beautifully built well done 😊😊😊 jummy Scotland
7:04 7:05
Breathtakingly beautiful.
Hey John fantastic Spitfire I love it. Nice video was fun to watch .
John,
I have admired this plane and your construction as well as flying. I am starting on a 1/4 scale Mick Reeves wood version and seeing yours has given me the boot to get started. Very very nice scale work.
Are you done with your 1/4 scale Spitfire? (Holding thumbs).
What an astonishing piece of arts !
Congratulations, chapeau !
When John spoke about the true functionality of the exhaust-system and manifold, I already asked myself, wether the oil-cooling-flaps underneath each wing were done functional as well ;-)
Also, the bottom side of the fuselage seems to be done perfectly !
Two- and a half years time of building this in spare time only don't really sound too long for this result.
Really, a very beautiful model, let's hope, you never crash !
5*-vid
nice work on the spit and hurricane
MAGNIFICENT! A beautiful job - well done.
let me exspress my opinion, simply beautiful, it is a hobby and a sport . look after her she a gem
Too beautiful to fly.
wow,absolutely superb,nice work-i can't wait to see them fly
It's really strange that this video popped up on my computer today, you see, I have a Mick Reeves Hawker Hurricane in my basement that I built over 30 years ago and now that I'm retired, planned to restore it.
Please take pictures and video. Now that we don't have RC mags anymore (pictures of battery powered drones a RC magazine IMHO) all we have are YT and forums. Good luck with the restoration.
It"s so awesome and beautiful!!!
I thought you did a superb building job there. Everything was scale except the prop but hey it will fly .thanks for sharing .
GREAT JOB !!! Greetings from Belgium
i flew a real ww11 MK9 Spitfire last year at London UK
Yea! i was going to say a four bladed prop would really set that plane off ,It's a beaut.
stunning wow!
Lovely build
Beautiful airplane.
I am thinking of getting a 1/6 mustang or spitfire.
Man! you take nothing but perfection, good job. Just and idea: a back up parachute, in case something out of control during fly...??!
wow, 2 1/2 years to build it ... thats a long time, but a great job
Guys, unfortunately a four bladed prop as per the MK9 would look fabulous on the ground, but frankly be useless in the air. I run a 20 x 10 on my YT Mk14 spit and I'd rather have the grunt up there where it counts than looking good parked on the ground. Spoke to loads of pilots that tried the four bladed and all went back to 2. Shame, but can't be helped. Beautiful plane tho.
Great job, great planes! Why not 1:1 scale?) Wonderful!
SJohn, it has a non scale prop for flight purposes only
Looks like a Hurricane to me.
steve gale
Not so hasty!!! He is right. First part with older fella is indeed a hurricane!! Second part of same vid is a spitfire
Yeah at first but then is modified to look like a spitfire
It’s a Hawker Hurricane first part anyway
Two different models
How is that 1/4 scale ? It doesn't look big enough .
The full-scale Spitfire had a wingspan of just under 37 ft. So, a 1/4 scale model would have a wingspan of
around 9.25 feet, give or take.
Looked great up until the engine. Maybe time to learn machining and build the 1/4 scale merlin? big project, but castings are out there
were did u get the spifire from?
i love it and will love to build one
i would like to see a flight video
needs at the very least a 3 blade prop even though you won't notice during flight
Scale prop please
For all the weathering that I often see on such models, I find it amusing that there is never a dent to be found anywhere. You also never see any skin distortion caused by rivets nor is there ever any wrinkling of buckling of the metal skin as a result of wear and tear. The look is almost as if all the detailing had been applied to a carved log rather than giving the impression that this is representative of an object that was originally fabricated from sheet metal. A scale 2 blade prop??? :P
Why no three bladed prop? With such a large model, l would have thought it was OK
Hi,
Very nice job!! I'm flying this model too. But with a 3w80 single in it. How did you make the life exhausts? Can you send me some pictures?
why no scale Merlin V12?
which method of cooling engine is it ?
How did you paint it? Is it some kind of plastic covering sheet or did you just paint directly on to the balsa?
wear abouts did you get your exhaust?? im currently buiding one of these
hello, tell please where to take me such drawing I already rummaged all sites I can't find, I want to make SPITFIRE or Hurricane copy I live in Kazakhstan and here it is difficult to find them! help me
is this a 6ft wing span?
Hi Jim, did you manufacture the spinner yourself?
Great Job , I built a bigger one
And just what INVASION was the Warthog involved in?
2 BLADES????....:(
hey, buy the videos from Dave Platt. Then you get your answers.Because there are no short answer.....
Its a Hurricane not a Spitfire !!!!!
Get the copy right shit removed so we in the uk can veiw it ...would be great as its a spitfire thanks
Its a Hurricane not a Spitfire !!!!! Its a Hurricane not a Spitfire !!!!!
+Barry Hensall You have seen only half of the video
i could have built that from scratch in 4 hours...whats the big deal here?
dont look right No spitfire had 2 bladed props
@barry rudge the prototype maybe..the production model was the spitfire with a 3 bladed prop ..you model is of a spitfire not the prototype....just saying not picking faults
@barry rudge your model is fantastic please dont think i am picking faults i am not...i see a lot of models of ww2 planes the worse i have seen is a mosquito with 2 prop blades and a lancaster with 2 prop blades and to be honest it just dont look right.......
This is a work of art ruined by a non-scale propeller. Sorry to say that, and I'm not trying to dump on your work because I think it is 99.99% incredible, but all that effort into the scale appearance of the model and you put a two bladed prop on a Mk IX Spitfire which almost always had a 4 bladed propeller. I know all the arguments about prop efficiency, but come on, a plane this size with that engine doesn't need to worry about it. Apart from that, it is beautiful and I want one :)
You have never flown RC before have you? Learn how to fly before you slam on this guys great aircraft.
no it was the p-51 and the B-17. without those two britain would have been wiped out.
The battle of Briain took place over the skys of Britain.Hitler made the mistake of changing tactics by trying to destroy our cities. Which gave the royal airforce a valuable brthing space.When Adolf galand was asked what he needed to beat the British he replied spitfires.I thank the Americans when they eventually came into the war which evened things up a bit .We must also mention Canadian,polish new zealanders , Australians and many others who flew to keep us all free .Now we have a new enemy merkal and junker and others .
P51 needed a Rolls Royce engine as it was shite with the original!
DEeMON P51 only any good with a British RR engine!
sheeeene7
The p51b with packard eng on par with a hurricane. The p51d with allison built merlin eng on par with spit.. better in some areas...worse in others. Biggest advantage was in range when escorting b17s due to drop tanks when needed
Wrong propeller.........
God i HATE these types of videos !