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Category: Spitfire

  • Belgian Spitfire XVI

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    TD231, MN-J, 350th Squadron Belgian Air Force, Fassburg 1946 The last of my Heller XVI kits. The Subject With the war over, many squadrons were allowed to revert their RAF roundels to their home country colors as liberated countries re-constituted their air forces from their RAF organizations.  In the case of Belgium, red, yellow and…

  • Spitfire Mk III – fin!

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    Spitfire III Prototype, N3297, Spring/Summer 1940 Finished! This is the prototype Spitfire III, of which only this and another were ever made; the type being superseded by the Spitfire V. The Subject The Spitfire III was meant to be the ultimate Merlin engined Spitfire; a truly air superiority aircraft that would outperform anything expected from…

  • French Spitfire

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    Spitfire XVI, TB702/GW-Y, 340 (French) Squadron, G/C 4/2, Ile de France 145 Wing, Drope, Germany, 1945 I chose this subject for three simple reasons: no fuselage stripe, no yellow leading edges, and it’s French. An easy build made even easier, and with a bit of unique color. The Subject From photos it appear that as…