Airfix Cannon Armed Spitfire Mk1 in 1/48th Scale.

[Alex Gordon]

G'day Chums,may I present my take on the Cannon Armed Mk1 Spitfire.This is the Airfix old tool 1/48th scale Mk Vb kit with the cannon shell case ejector ports moved and the outer machine gun ports filled.The serial number was cobbled together from the spares bag and the squadron and aircraft letters were home made masked and painted.The propellor,cannon fairings,sliding canopy,cockpit door,antenna mast and tailwheel were spares from the Eduard IIa kit.The fabric covered ailerons were made from plastic card and Milliput.My attempt to find aircraft letter to serial number tie ups,here,came to naught so I've gone for the same one as everyone else has,depicted at the end of July 1940. 

 

 

Thanks all for looking in and a Happy New Year.

 

Edited February 9 by Alex Gordon
Reworking Village Photo URLs.

[RMCS]

Niiiice 

[FatFlyHalf]

A very tidy project.

Just one thought, shouldn't the wheel wells be silver ?

[Alex Gordon]

Thanks chums. @FatFlyHalf the leg bays are silver,being interior and totally enclosed by the door panel.The wheel bays are the underside colour on the basis that they are not fully covered by the closed door so,to my mind,aren't interior.Hope that makes sense and helps .

[Adam Poultney]

Can you explain more about this subvariant of the Spitfire? 

[Alex Gordon]

G'day Adam,from what I can glean the idea of cannon armament on a Spitfire was in the design stage possibly as early as 1938.Most of my understanding has come from reading various threads on Britmodeller,this one is a good start https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234927373-early-cannon-armed-spitfires/&.