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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Fujimi FR Mk XIVe

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    Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIVe, ‘F’, 2 Squadron, Germany, 1947.  I wrongly collected 2 extra Fujimi kits of the Mk XIVe rear view (bubble top) Spitfire thinking these were externally identical to the Mk XVIII.  My desire was to build two Far East subjects, only to find out later I’d mis-interpreted the information I had.…