Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - 08:22 PM UTC
Here is a new set of 1:48 decals coming from Freightdog.
Here is the next next Freightdog decal sheet. This one is aimed at the new Airfix 1/48th Seafire XVII and re-issued FR.46/47, also taking advantage of the cross kit potential with the new Spitfire XII to make a Seafire Mk.XV too. The Supermarine Seafire was a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire specially adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. The name Seafire was arrived at by collapsing the longer name Sea Spitfire.

Freightdog has managed to get nine options on an A5 piece of artwork by not included roundels for every option. This is because the new Airfix kits include Cartograf decal sheets already covering stencils and roundels, so I have only included items not on the kit sheets. Options covered are four Mk.XVII, three Mk.XV and one each of the FR.46 and FR.47.

The Seafire F Mk XVII was essentially a modified Mk XV; the most important change was the reinforced main undercarriage which used longer oleos and a lower rebound ratio. This went some way towards taming the deck behaviour of the Mk XV, reduced the propensity of the propeller tips "pecking" the deck during an arrested landing, and the softer oleos stopped the aircraft from occasionally bouncing over the arrestor wires and into the crash barrier. Most production XVIIs had the cut down rear fuselage and teardrop canopy (the windscreen was modified to a rounded section, with narrow quarter windows, rather than the flat windscreen used on Spitfires) and an extra 33 gallon fuel tank fitted in the rear fuselage. In addition the wings were reinforced, with a stronger mainspar necessitated by the new undercarriage, and they were able to carry heavier underwing loads than previous Seafire variants. 232 of this variant were built by Westland (212) and Cunliffe-Owen.

Release date is hopefully in about three weeks time.
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Here is the latest word from Freightdog. "Hello from Freightdog Models, Just a quick heads up that our latest decal sheet has arrived and is available to order. This sheet includes options for nine different Post-War Fleet Air Arm Seafires in 1/48th scale, including marks XV, XVII, FR.46 and 47. They are designed for the new Airfix Mk.XVII and re-issued Mk.46/47 kits. Note a Mk.XV can also be made by cross kitting the Airfix Spitfire Mk.XII and Seafire XVII, although some scratch building will be required. Options included on the sheet are (in EDSG/Sky scheme unless mentioned otherwise); Mk.XVII SX311/167 of 1833 RNVR 1952; Mk.XVII SX370/HF (overall HSS with trainer bands) of 728 Sqn Hal-Far 1950; Mk.XV SR572/112 of 1832 RNVR 1949; FR.47 VP480/180 of 800 NAS on HMS Triumph 1950 (Korean Stripes); Mk.XVII SX159/102 of 1831 RNVR 1946 (Temperate scheme); Mk.XV PR419/107 of 790 NAS 1946 (Temperate scheme); Mk.XV PR474/6-11 HMS Glory touring Australia 1946 (temperate with BFP roundel and bar on fuselage only); Mk.XVII SX235/101 of 1831 RNVR 1951 and lastly FR.46 LA545/110 of 1833 RNVR 1948 (Temperate scheme). Please note in order to get so many options on the A5 sheet, no 'D' type roundels are included. These can be sourced from the Airfix kits (which have Cartograf printed decals included) , but for one of the Mk.XV and three of the Mk.XVII options you still require two 36 inch roundels for the underside (as Airfix have chosen an option that has smaller roundels under the wings). No stenciling is included however both Airfix kits due out soon include comprehensive stencils. Special thanks are due to Airfix for assistance in giving advance information to assist the project. This is a limited edition with initial print run of only 200 sheets, a re-run is not likely unless there is significant demand. Price of the sheet is £9.00 plus £1.50 postage worldwide. You can place an order from our website at link below. If you prefer not to pay by PayPal we can take card orders by phone or sterling cheques in the post, please email if this is preferable. Thank you, Best regards Colin - Freightdog Models" http://www.freightdogmodels.co.uk
MAR 03, 2011 - 08:45 AM
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