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Tag: Airfix

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • US Navy Spitfires

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    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…