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  • 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 This is the prototype Spitfire III, of which only this and another were ever made; the type being superseded by the Spitfire V. The Subject The Spitfire III was meant to be the ultimate Merlin engined Spitfire; a truly air superiority aircraft that would outperform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…

  • Spitfire III Part 3

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    Over the holidays I able to make some progress on my long term project — the Spitfire III N3297.  Readers may remember my previous posting wherein I summarized my knowledge, which hasn’t changed much since.  I did decide since that N3297 was the bird I wanted to model, and her 1st configuration specifically. So after…

  • Spitfire Mk III radiator

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    While not the most noticeable difference between the Mk I/V and the III, from a modeling perspective it could be the most challenging alteration. As I indicated in an earlier post, the Mk III radiator is larger than a Mk I/V, and has a boundary layer splitter. Since I decided to use the Airfix Mk…