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I've been reading up on the Round -the-World Spitfire project and I have to say I'm mighty impressed! And the images I'm seeing show a very good looking Mk IX with some great looking graphics. Some of you will know that buffed up bare metal planes are just the thing for me! So here's my Statement of Intent.... I'm going to do one! I've been down to KB Models in Havant today, quite spookily close by to the Boultbee Base at Goodwood. And I've got one of these.... The box includes the Pointy Tailplane parts and various other options for wheels, exhaust stacks etc, and there may even be enough bits and bobs left to give my old derilict ICM Mark IX a makeover. I've got a few loose ends to tidy up first here, before I pile in to this, but it would be nice to get the build done before the end of epic flight schedule - back at Goodwood Aerodrome. They're going to be a while.... There's even a 14 day stopover scheduled in Hong Kong. They may need to reconsider this particular phase!! 😮 Quite a bit of coverage on the Net including a live feed flight tracker function, and copyright issues need to be born in mind, but I'll have a go at putting some links on. Right O. I'll be back on the case shortly.... 😎
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Right chaps. Total confusion! Because it's a current civilian plane topic! The Mk IX Spitfire currently doing a round trip of the globe is the subject of my endeavour. First up.... No guns and cannons, but I'm not sure about the blisters on the wings. Also wheel well mod that shows on the wing surface. Extra tanks added for range, and apparently it's a tank from a PR Spitfire that is installed behind the cockpit. With a filling tube exiting at the port side fixed window. Is that standard on PR marks?? What does the tank look like? Insights appreciated
