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Offline Charge

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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2010, 05:42:37 AM »
A hint for anybody who gets to anywhere near a WW2 fighters cockpit. If you cannot/are not allowed to climb in put the digital camera where the pilots headrest is and take a picture. There are tons of pictures of gauges and stuff already but only a few of what is the actual view the pilot sees through the windscreen. After all that is what we see the most in a game. ;)

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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2010, 06:35:32 AM »
ill make a vidio on the weekend for you, from inside the cockpit, and you can see what views there actually is.
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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2010, 07:14:54 AM »
Quote from: Viperius on February 11, 2010, 02:57:12 AM
We allready have that skin, sort of.

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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2010, 07:20:35 AM »
Quote from: lilsquid on February 11, 2010, 07:14:54 AM
HEY U HAVE A N1k ON YOU! CHECK SIX!
Actually that N1k tried to ho me and crashed a moment later after that picture was taken  :lol
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Offline mcboi

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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #19 on: February 11, 2010, 09:05:09 AM »
that is awesome man if i could own any ww2 bird i think it would have to be a spitfire. i love that plane  :rock
ive been looking on the net for some replica kits and found 1 in australia not too expensive either here is the link
http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/   
i think it is only 3/4 scale though not sure
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Offline waystin2

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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2010, 09:39:04 AM »
Simply awesome!  Please keep us updated with pics and info... :aok
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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2010, 09:42:51 AM »
Very cool. Need better pics :)
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Offline Gianlupo

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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2010, 10:46:25 AM »
Trojan/Fury,

thanks for this thread! I love the Spit, one of the most beautiful airplane ever, and the VIII, to me, is the most beautiful of them all! And I even fly it with that skin, in game! Can't wait to see more pictures! :x

Quote from: xFURYx on February 11, 2010, 06:35:32 AM
ill make a vidio on the weekend for you, from inside the cockpit, and you can see what views there actually is.

Charge already posted an interesting link to a video where a Spit cockpit can be seen with pilot in flight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiAIyX0l42M&NR=1

Quote from: mcboi on February 11, 2010, 09:05:09 AM
that is awesome man if i could own any ww2 bird i think it would have to be a spitfire. i love that plane  :rock
ive been looking on the net for some replica kits and found 1 in australia not too expensive either here is the link
http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/   
i think it is only 3/4 scale though not sure

If you like homebuilding... take a look at this, there are plans for a 1:1 replica ;)

http://www.marcel-jurca.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=54
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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #23 on: February 11, 2010, 03:11:09 PM »
Quote from: mcboi on February 11, 2010, 09:05:09 AM
that is awesome man if i could own any ww2 bird i think it would have to be a spitfire. i love that plane  :rock
ive been looking on the net for some replica kits and found 1 in australia not too expensive either here is the link
http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/   
i think it is only 3/4 scale though not sure
the V8 version is a true hotrod
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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #24 on: February 11, 2010, 03:40:59 PM »
Quote from: Banshee7 on February 10, 2010, 09:57:27 PM
to see a static or flying Spit, Latrobe?   :D

Either way. Even on the ground it looks so fast and beautiful! :D
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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #25 on: February 11, 2010, 04:48:31 PM »
Quote from: mcboi on February 11, 2010, 09:05:09 AM
that is awesome man if i could own any ww2 bird i think it would have to be a spitfire. i love that plane  :rock
ive been looking on the net for some replica kits and found 1 in australia not too expensive either here is the link
http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/   
i think it is only 3/4 scale though not sure


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Offline steely07

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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #26 on: February 11, 2010, 05:05:25 PM »
That is very cool indeed!

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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #27 on: February 11, 2010, 09:18:34 PM »
Quote from: Latrobe on February 11, 2010, 03:40:59 PM
Either way. Even on the ground it looks so fast and beautiful! :D

They do look nice on the ground.  I'd like to see them in the air...
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Offline mcboi

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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #28 on: February 12, 2010, 07:28:11 AM »
hey fury i have a question for ya  :) i see that you guys have a rolls-royce for that thing, i know the spits came with those motors, but was it in the plane when you guys decided to restore it or did you have to look around and find one? also how hard was it to find parts to rebuild the motor im sure they werent exactly readily available lol
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Re: Spitfire VIII for you
« Reply #29 on: February 12, 2010, 08:34:52 AM »
my cousins husband works for RR at Filton, he tells me the Merlin and Griffon are still officially supported by RR although what that means exactly in terms of parts and rebuilds I dont know. So they have a PR MkXIX as a company runabout! apparently they are are also in the process of rebuilding a MkXIV, not sure when it will be finished.
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