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On 1/23/2025 at 11:14 AM, TEXANTOMCAT said:

I suspect that Airfix didn't catch this difference or perhaps they weren't mithered as the Grace/Melton mod wasnt done by Vickers or in service so really should be a TR.9(mod) and they perhaps wanted to kit the original airframe of which many examples (original or single seat modded to 2 seat) exist and a surprising number of schemes too.

 

it may seem pedantic, in which case apologies, but people do tend to search out information from these threads long into the future so it may be worth correcting a misunderstanding.

 

Just for the historical record, there are no "original" Spitfire trainers, as opposed to "single seat modded to 2 seat". Every Spitfire two-seat rainer, including those sold by Vickers from MT818/G-AIDN onwards, was a conversion of an existing single-seat fighter which Vickers had bought back from the surplus market. 

 

The distinction intended is, I imagine, between the Spitfire trainers which were converted from single-seaters by Vickers and re-sold in that form between 1946 and 1951, versus Spitfires converted by other parties in later years.  

[TEXANTOMCAT]

Thanks for the clarification albeit 3 months later 🙂 though I suspect people knew  what I meant -  I was specifically discussing the Grace/ Melton canopy modification vs  Vickers Mod. 
 

the latter was done by the manufacturer, the former by warbird restorers- 

 

in the context of ‘original’ I meant factory modded examples instead of examples which were never OEM/factory modified and have been changed since in civilian ownership.

 

in any event and the main thrust of the post was that Airfix haven’t  so far noted the canopy difference ( I was in contact with one of their subcontractors on exactly that point a few months ago)

 

my point is there are a lot of schemes out there to choose from but the canopy is a limiting factor to modelling at least three airframes I can think of 

 

cheers 

 

TT

Edited April 9 by TEXANTOMCAT

[352nd Fighter Group]

Spitfire PT462 (G-CTIX) ARC Duxford 

Former New Zealand Spitfire TR Mk IX ZK-WDQ now with Ultimate warbird Flights Sywell 

Spitfire ML407 G-LFIX Grace Family/ Ultimate warbird Flights Sywell 

 

 

Edited April 9 by 352nd Fighter Group
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[TEXANTOMCAT]

15 minutes ago, 352nd Fighter Group said:

Spitfire PT462 (G-CTIX) ARC Duxford 

Former New Zealand Spitfire TR Mk IX ZK-WDQ now with Ultimate warbird Flights Sywell 

Spitfire ML407 G-LFIX Grace Family/ Ultimate warbird Flights Sywell 

 

Thanks 352 🫡

[Stephen]

There's a build review of the kit in the June issue of the Airfix magazine.

[352nd Fighter Group]

1 hour ago, Stephen said:

There's a build review of the kit in the June issue of the Airfix magazine.

 Is there a Link 

[Tbolt]

32 minutes ago, 352nd Fighter Group said:

 Is there a Link 

 

https://www.keymodelworld.com/airfix-model-world

 

https://www.keymodelworld.com/airfix-model-world/latest-issue

 

 

[wellsprop]

https://www.keymodelworld.com/article/airfix-148-new-tool-spitfire-tr9-full-build?utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawKH8-tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHg-Cpy0GmsOou4T3WT6vTEaOzU8LRzh2zuh-dFmMZeKA_3yanlTNFoAUi7Vh_aem_Yo09b-Les11PTVaatlehnw

 

I'm going to build a Battle of Britain Film Tr.9