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Interestingly, she's also got a mix of exhaust stubs in this photo, but not the same order! 3 round, ones missing, then 1 round and 1 fishtail. I'm guessing when they need3d changing out, they were just using the other type. I guess the right hand side was probably a random mix as well. 158 on the left side show 3 round then 3 fishtail and another airframe shows 3 fishtail, 1 round and 2 fishtail. Also started going through my library and found this in the Spitfire International book, 162 and 163 with the rocket stubs fitted, which is the only picture I found of them installed.

Jadlam are still saying July.

Great work. It does look really nice in silver, but I want to have a go at the green. I might end up getting a second one though...

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Excellent work 👏

My attempt at the rocket stub mounting brackets. Since I couldn't find any good photos it's a bit of guess work. They are a bit rough at the moment as I haven't cleaned them up yet.

I was so busy looking at the wing I never noticed that! I now want to build this airframe just to do that. Though I would need a picture of the right side to confirm if it's the same or not.

https://www.rocketpunch.biz/preview-72-f4-kit-comparison/

Test build. https://www.facebook.com/groups/433309470544281/permalink/1871747096700504/

A couple of shots showing how good the clear parts are. Though the writing is slightly out of focus because of the curve of the canopy, you can see how clear it is. Compare this to the Eduard P-40E clear part which has got a noticeable rough finish ( click on the photos 3 times for a larger image ).

Great, thanks for the confirmation.

It was only about posing with bombs and an aircraft that can't carry them, nothing to do with it being posed. There's plenty of posed and non posed pictures from the war.

I've also got 4 in 1/48th scale, and considering I mainly build WWII, I don't think that's bad.

I know.... My current 1/72nd scale Phantom stash.