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  • A Spitfire from Down Under

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    Spitfire Mk Vc Trop, BS219/ZP-X, 457 Squadron, RAAF, 1943, F/O Frank “Bush” Hamilton, Camden NSW Until the Sword Vc arrived the only real option was to use the Airfix kit. Since the Revell Vb wing is poor on a good day, I decided to graft a spare Vc wing from an Airfix kit (using the…

  • Hasegawa F4U-1A Corsair

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    Vought Corsair, F4U-1D, VF-17, Lt Ira Kepford, Solomons, 1944 This is one of those subjects in my “must do” category. Ira Kepford racked up 16 kills in 5 months, 4 in one day protecting a local carrier task group. When he left the combat zone he was the highest ace with the US Navy. This…

  • Seafire Ib, MB345/K, 885 Squadron

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    Seafire Ib, MB345/K, 885 Squadron, HMS Formidable, May 1943 This was my first Spitfire conversion, built way back in 2006 or 2007 (I’m not sure when). The Subject MB345 was originally delivered as a Mk Vb, serial AR445, and converted to Seafire Ib standard in 1942. In January 1943 it was assigned to 885 Squadron.…