Category: Spitfire

  • Seafire Ib, MB345/K, 885 Squadron

    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.…

  • US Navy Spitfires

    Spitfire LF Vb, 4Q, VCS-7, 6 June 1944 This is one of those impulse builds that resulted when I was searching the web for Spitfire info and came across a site that summarized the use of Spitfires by a US Navy squadron. I had to do it! I built this model back in 2009 as…

  • PR XI PL776/Y

    Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI, PL776/Y, 681 Squadron RAF, Alipore, India 1944/45 This is another of those early passionate builds of Spitfires.  This time I wanted a PR bird but didn’t want to make the typical PR XIX.  This was my second attempt at a PRU Blue aircraft, the first being the Mosquito PR XVI,…