Sword Seafire II alternate props

[Procopius]

Both of my Sword Seafire II kits have badly pranged up three-bladed props. Now, to my untutored eye, the props seem to strongly resemble the superfluous De Havilland prop supplied with the Airfix Spitfire II kit; can I swap the prop out, or will I be making a major blunder?

Also, do any decals exist for Battle of Britain era Spitfire IIs, while I'm asking?

[3DStewart]

Also, do any decals exist for Battle of Britain era Spitfire IIs, while I'm asking?

It depends what you define as BoB era. Southern Expo produce a sheet of decals with Spitfires operating out of Hornchurch in 1940. Some of these cover the battle over Dunkirk but I think a couple are BoB proper. Note that most of these are de-Havilland Mk Is, but a couple are Rotol Mk Is, so almost identical to Mk IIs.

My own company produces a sheet for Rotol Spitfires 1 & II that straddles the BoB (March 1940 - Summer 1941) that may have something to interest you. Also available in 1:48, as are the Southern Expo decals.

Regards

Stewart

[Spitfires Forever]

Both of my Sword Seafire II kits have badly pranged up three-bladed props. Now, to my untutored eye, the props seem to strongly resemble the superfluous De Havilland prop supplied with the Airfix Spitfire II kit; can I swap the prop out, or will I be making a major blunder?

Also, do any decals exist for Battle of Britain era Spitfire IIs, while I'm asking?

Same prop for the Mk Ib and early MkII, both used the DH props and the Rotol. Later the Mk IIc through Mk III seafires would have the four bladed prop and spinner that were later used on the Mk VI through Mk XVI Spitfires. don't forget the fuselage strengthening bands and arrestor hook attachment bracing plates. You can make those out of Tamiya tape of you are modeling in 1/48 or larger, otherwise, good luck trying to do that in 1/72.

cheers