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Tag: Spitfire Mk I

  • Upgunning the Spitfire

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    Spitfire Mk I, R6776/QVoH, 19 Squadron, F/S George Unwin, September 1940 The cannon armed Mk I has always intrigued me, so when I discovered the story, I had to model one. The Subject Soon after the Spitfire began production, the Air Ministry was keen on adding cannons to the Spitfire.  The reason was simple: all…

  • Hasegawa Spitfire Ia

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    This is a kit I purchased back in the early ’90’s and started shortly after, but didn’t finish until 2009. When I started it I thought it was a good kit. Well, okay the definition of “good” meant “easy to build” and “bad” meant “impossible to build”. At the time this was a good kit,…

  • SpitHawk

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    Hawk T.1 XX184/19 of 19 Squadron, 2008 I struggled with where to blog this one: on my Spitfire blog or my general modeling blog? Obviously I chose this one because it’s aligned to Spitfires. This is my response to our club theme of “Build the same kit”. 2013 was a year where I was able…