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Tag: Spitfire Mk XVI

  • 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…

  • Group Commander’s Hack

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    Spitfire XVI TE199, Air Officer Commanding 21 Group, RAF, Swinderby, 1948 This is next in my batch build of the Heller Spitfire XVI. The Subject TE199 was a Mk XVI completed on 23 April 1945, going to 412 Squadron post-war where after only a few days it went to the Staff College at White Waltham.…