{"id":4391,"date":"2022-08-03T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2022-08-05T21:16:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T21:16:13","slug":"spitfire-mk-xivc-academy-122274","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/?p=4391","title":{"rendered":"Spitfire Mk. XIVc\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Academy 122274"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4391\" class=\"elementor elementor-4391\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28fba65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28fba65\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a102d6\" data-id=\"6a102d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43df115f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43df115f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Spitfire Mk. XIVc \u2013 Academy 12274 <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47704a13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47704a13\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1467c296\" data-id=\"1467c296\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3033398f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3033398f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Academy-122274.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDM5MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2xhcnMtYm9kaW4uZGtcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjJcLzA4XC9BY2FkZW15LTEyMjI3NC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Academy-122274.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4392\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Academy-122274.jpg 702w, https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Academy-122274-350x222.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-992f77b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"992f77b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Great looking Spitfire for beginners. The instructions includes an overview of all the sprues and also mention which parts are not used to avoid confusion. Assembly is described in 8 steps.\u00a0 The cockpit and guns has some nice details for a model kit in this price range.<\/p><p>However, I am not happy with the final result due to the very large decals used for the stripes on the wings and main fuselage; they are very difficult to align perfectly and I think the result would have looked better if I had painted the stripes with my airbrush and the decals just contained the RAF markings and letters\/numbers instead of these huge decals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11bdca9b\" data-id=\"11bdca9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67320154 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"67320154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/?page_id=4066\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-home\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Scale Models<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f648e5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f648e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Model:<\/td>\n<td>Spitfire Mk. XIV c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brand:<\/td>\n<td>Academy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number:<\/td>\n<td>12274<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Scale:<\/td>\n<td>1:48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Released:<\/td>\n<td>2012 (new decals)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tools:<\/td>\n<td>1996<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rating:<\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-637\" src=\"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/star2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"24\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b7d207 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9b7d207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f8a8c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9f8a8c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<center>\n    <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- LarsBodin - Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4911923267628346\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2055296165\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/center>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11e130a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11e130a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c392c8\" data-id=\"0c392c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3849b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3849b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pros<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17ae91de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17ae91de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Model can be build with open or closed canopy<\/li><li>Model can be build with open or closed access doors to the cannons.<\/li><li>Decal for seat belt included<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a51ad56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a51ad56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cons<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2087c084 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2087c084\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>I would prefer decals with just letters\/numbers + RAF markings instead of the large decals with the colored stripes.<\/li><li>No decals for cockpit instruments<\/li><li>Cockpit very difficult to see if you decide to build with closed canopy<\/li><li>Only one paint scheme included<\/li><li>Instructions are black &amp; white only, would be nice with colored page for paint scheme.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d25d7c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d25d7c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c16c3e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c16c3e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-637\" src=\"https:\/\/lars-bodin.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/star2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"24\" \/><\/p><p>Beautiful paint scheme and like the option to open or close cannon access doors. However, some issues with the large decals was a major turn-off for me and for this reason I will rate this kit below average.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spitfire Mk. XIVc \u2013 Academy 12274 Great looking Spitfire for beginners. 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