Supermarine Spitfire MkIIa
I felt a need to do something quickly. So I decided to built this Spitfire out-of-the-box. This is the new Airfix mold on the 1/72 scale. But, Spitfires are always a great adventure to build and collection. I had nice pleasure doing it.
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Pedro L. Rocha said on January 30, 2018
Not my scale, but it looks very well detailed for the 1/72 standards. Your Spit turned out great Roberto
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 30, 2018
Thank you, Pedro.
neil foster said on January 30, 2018
Love it !!,nice work.
N.
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 30, 2018
Thank you, Neil.
Craig Abrahamson said on January 30, 2018
Lovely presentation, sir….and who doesn’t love a Spit (in any scale)…?
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 30, 2018
Yes. Spits are beautiful in any way. Thank you.
Terry Schuler said on January 30, 2018
Roberto, looks really nice, Well done !
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 30, 2018
Thank you, Terry.
Louis Gardner said on January 30, 2018
Very good looking Spitfire…………. I don’t build 1/72 anymore……….. My eyes won’t let me !!!! 🙂
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 30, 2018
Really very small parts. Thank you, Louis.
George Williams said on January 30, 2018
Nice Spitfire, I think the first ever kit I built, a long, long time ago, was an Airfix 1/72 Spitfire, quite different to this one!
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 31, 2018
Thank you George. I built that old Airfix Spit too. Be sure this new mold is much better.
Ray Theron said on January 30, 2018
Great job! And well-presented, too!
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 31, 2018
Thank you, Ray.
Peter Klin said on January 31, 2018
I can imagine that once you begin with a Spitfire you can’t resist to build also the other versions…
By the way, what is the difference between Mk.I and Mk.II ?
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 31, 2018
Thank you Peter.
I would like really to built several versions, but I guess It will impossible. I’m almost 60 years old, and I have more around 150 kits which I would like to built (LOL).
This Airfix model has option parts for I and IIa. The basics differences are:
Spit I: two blades wooden propeller, more rounded spinner, straight canopy, antenna mast and small protuberance located below righ engine exaust.
Spit IIa: three blades metal propeller, less rounded spinner, bubble canopy, different antenna mast and no protuberance.
Paul Nash said on January 31, 2018
Bob – It’s a great model which, like many of us oldies, would cause me too much heartache (or eye ache) in that scale. I remember back when eyesight wasn’t an issue in my teenage years, you could buy for 3 bob (£0.15 today) pamphlets called Profile Publications. The Spit volume had a full colour sheet for NKoK which maybe Airfix used as the basis for the decals. Incidentally, I think by the time Spit IIs were rolling out of Castle Bromwich, the radio aerial was simply an internal fitting inside the aerial mast and they didn’t have the wire going back to the fin. Even some of the later Mk 1s were the same, something to do with the technicalities of the RT system that baffles me.
Paul
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 31, 2018
Thank you, Paul.
Very nice your comments. Good memories of Profile Publications. I have some of them, which I received as a gift from a friend. About the antenna wire going back the fin, I had really difficulty to decide, so the instruction sheet doesn’t have it, but I found several drawings/pictures with it. Now I’m sure, after your comments, so I’ll remove the antenna wire. Fortunately it is simple. Thank you again.
Jeff Bailey said on January 31, 2018
Great looking Spitfire, Roberto!
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 31, 2018
Thank you, Jeff.
Greg Kittinger said on January 31, 2018
Beautiful Spit, not enough pictures! Looks great.
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 31, 2018
Thank you, Greg. I’ll post more pictures of my next model.
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on January 31, 2018
Hello guys. My english is not good enough. Sorry.
David A. Thomas said on February 1, 2018
Lovely work.
Matt Minnichsoffer said on February 1, 2018
I don’t think I could see the detail at 1:72 even with cheaters & magnifier. Awesome job. Spits are SO cool.