Adam Poultney Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 (edited) (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. Edited November 24, 2019 by Adam Poultney 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacles Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Nice. Always liked the very early Spits. Would like to do one myself. Kit looks like the Airfix Mk. I? Did you get the canopy & prop as aftermarket or are they homebrew? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 DOH! Supposed to be in RFI!!! 2 minutes ago, Tentacles said: Nice. Always liked the very early Spits. Would like to do one myself. Kit looks like the Airfix Mk. I? Did you get the canopy & prop as aftermarket or are they homebrew? From the Airfix MkVa/iia kit, the upgrade parts are on the same sprue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacles Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Thanks @Adam Poultney, I'll have to see if I can lay my hands on one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 8 hours ago, Tentacles said: Thanks @Adam Poultney, I'll have to see if I can lay my hands on one. Nice and simple conversion set. Definitely worth getting, there's also a second kit it's included in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 It was in the original release of the Mk.I/II, I hadn't realised it was in the Mk.VA. The one release it wasn't in was the lower-priced Mk.! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 45 minutes ago, Graham Boak said: It was in the original release of the Mk.I/II, I hadn't realised it was in the Mk.VA. The one release it wasn't in was the lower-priced Mk.! Ditto! Why did they leave the two blade prop in the mk.Va kit i wonder? Really nice spit though. Looks great in that pre war scheme. 👍 I have the Ilad sheet myself but haven't got a two bladed Spit so I'll keep my eyes open for the Mk Va now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 1 hour ago, binbrook87 said: Ditto! Why did they leave the two blade prop in the mk.Va kit i wonder? Really nice spit though. Looks great in that pre war scheme. 👍 I have the Ilad sheet myself but haven't got a two bladed Spit so I'll keep my eyes open for the Mk Va now It's on the same sprue as the MkV oil cooler and Mkii parts. I picked up two of these on Amazon for a fiver each months ago, but I haven't really seen them anywhere since 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Very nice build. I like your panel line treatment which gives a well-used look. It's a cliché, but definitely one of the most beautiful aircraft ever - whatever the Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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