The Spitfire Channel at iModeler (344 articles)

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On This Day…March 18th

by david leigh-smith on March 18, 2019
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Wing Commander Douglas Bader receives some help dismounting from his personal Mk V Spitfire 'Lord Lloyd 1'. Photo taken on March 18th, 1941 after Bader returned to Tangmere, England, following an offensive sweep into Northern France. ______[...]

100 Years of the RAF… Alan Deere’s Spitfire Mk I “Kiwi”, No. 54 Squadron Tamiya 1/48

by Louis Gardner on March 16, 2019
in Aviation — 20 Comments

This is an article that I have been meaning to post for quite some time now............. My apologies for being so late with getting it done. I built this model as part of a series of numerous Spitfire models for the 100 Years of the RAF Group[...]

Spitfire MK XIV e…S.E.A. Theatre…

by Valter vaudagna on March 16, 2019
in Aviation — 5 Comments

Kit 1/48 scale Academy,box assembly,paint: gunze,sangyo ACRILIC colour.

Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire I

by Tom Cleaver on March 15, 2019
in Aviation — 11 Comments

No one needs an introduction to the legendary Spitfire. The first prototype flew March 6, 1936. Upon landing, Vickers Chief Test Pilot “Mutt” Summers famously declared, “Don’t change a thing!” At that point, 310 Spitfire I fighters were already [...]

On This Day…March 15th.

by david leigh-smith on March 15, 2019
in News — 7 Comments

The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in the Indian Ocean during the second Gulf War. March 15th, 2005. ____________________ USS Wasp (CV-18) in ‘Measure 33/10A’ camouflage colours after her shakedown cruise, seen h[...]

On This Day…March 5th

by david leigh-smith on March 5, 2019
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The USS Seal (SS-183) during her trials, off Provincetown, United States, 5th March, 1938. Seal left for her fifth (of a final count of twelve war patrols) tour on 24 Oct heading for the Palau Islands. On 16 Nov, she intercepted a convoy of f[...]

On This Day…February 22nd

by david leigh-smith on February 22, 2019
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RAF Air Transport Auxilliary ferry pilot, Veronica, sits in her Spitfire, February 22nd, 1943. ______________ Four caskets containing 22nd Marines, Parry Island, Eniwetok, February 22nd, 1944. _______________ 22nd February 1944. A TBM Av[...]

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop. – 1/48 – Tamiya

by Çetin SARF on February 20, 2019
in Aviation — 14 Comments

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop. Turkish Airforce White 5531 6th Fighter Regiment, 3rd Company Date of Arrival: July 1944 Kit: Tamiya Scale: 1/48 Decals: Tigerhead Decals Paints: Mission Models Airbrush: Sparmax SP020

Arii Spitfire Mk VIII 1/48

by Thiago C. M. Pacheco on February 19, 2019
in Aviation — 11 Comments

Hello, fellas! This kit was bought a few years ago from a vendor’s table at a local modeling meeting for what seemed a bargain: it came with Squadron vac canopies, Waldron cockpit placards and details and an Airwaves PE set. Upon closer examina[...]