Category: Spitfire

  • Hobby Boss Spitfire Vb

    EP312/D-K, Wing Commander Dereck Kain, Edku, Egypt, 1944 This is a model I completed back in April 2011.  I purchased the Hobby Boss kit not knowing the goods or others regarding accuracy, fit, detail, et cetera.  As with most Hobby Boss kits, this one had some things not quite right.   I approached the build…

  • Unmanned

    Frog Spitfire XIVe & V-1 This was purchased as the Novo kit, but as we all know it’s really the old Frog molding.  The theme is “Unmanned” — Any subject representing an unmanned vehicle, drone, remotely piloted, missile — you get the picture.  Since I wanted this to be a Spitfire topic I decided to…

  • Sword Spitfire XVI Preview

    Sword Spitfire Mk XVI “Bubble” canopy SW72052 Back in May I was on vacation in London and was able to visit an IPMS UK show at Hendon.  What a treat!  But that’s a story for another day, as they say.  While there I picked up Sword’s recent release of their Spitfire Mk XVI at a…