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(accidentally posted in WIP, supposed to be on RFI) Here's a model I built a few months ago. This has shown up on Britmodeller before, just never on RFI. I thought I had posted it but, turns out I never did. This is a Spitfire Mki, representing Spitfire K9843, DL.N, of 54 Squadron circa early Summer 1939. The decals are from Iliad Design's pre War Spitfires sheet, which has decals for 6 aircraft from before September 1939. The aircraft is equipped with a two blade Watts propeller, and has the original, flat canopy This is currently one of my favourite Spitfire in my collection, alongside my Swedish S31 (PR.XIX) which flew in the 1950s. The underside is typical of a Spitfire of the period, white and black contrasting across the underside of the aircraft. The aircraft fell victim to its narrow landing gear and tendancy to flip upsidedown when landing on 30th November 1939. The pilot survived without major injury, going on to fly with the RAF until 1957 and the aircraft was repaired. He damaged two Spitfires that day, having had another mishap in one, K9839, only an hour earlier.- 8 replies
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