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Supermarine Spitfire

Griffon power! Airfix 1:48 Spitfire FR MkXIVe, 443 Sqn RCAF, Uetersen, Germany 1946

Completed for a recent commission. A lovely kit to build with no issues (other than what I caused myself!). Details: Master brass barrels - the kit offerings are an odd shape Exito (printed by Cartograf) 'Sweet Fourteens' decals - [...]

13.August 1940 "Adlertag" Deutsche Luftwaffe and Royal Air Force

August 13, 1940, the Battle of Britain took place, here you can see two Models, a Messerschmitt by Kommodore Adolf Galland and the Spitfire by Pilot Off A.S.C Lumsden Ibsley AB. Greetings Hans Peter

1/72 Heller Spitfire MK 16E

Started Jan. 2020 Finished March 2020 This kit has been in my stash for over 40 years. The box art on this inexpensive kit from the late 70s caught my eye. A Spitfire in bare metal finish is not that common. I was lucky to see the [...]

I was maybe 7 or 8 years old...

I was maybe 7 or 8 years old when I found my father’s LP “The Number of the Beast”, I placed it and sat down to listen… I was blown away, I was raised listening to Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Wishbone Ash… but this was [...]

Spitfire Mk VIII

Recently I completed an Arii Spitfire Mk VIII. The MkVIII is my favorite version of the Spitfire and as fate would have it, there was this one waiting in my stash of unbuilt kits. It was the first time I had made extensive use of paper [...]

Spitfire MK VIII 1/48 scale

For years modelers dreamed of a well engineered 1/48 Spitfire model that was accurate and well detailed. Finally, Eduard answered those calls with a very nice kit, and have continued to entertain us with various versions of this iconic [...]

1/32 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.1a “N3200 Dunkirk”

This is 1/32 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.1a with the markings of N3200 from Squadron 19. This aircraft was based at RAF Hornchurch and was detailed to patrol the Dunkirk area. This Mk.1a was shot down over Dunkirk on 26-05-1940 and forced to [...]

Tamiya 1/48 scale Spitfire MK V

I'm back !, I cannot believe its been over a year since my last posting. I always new that moving to a new home would take time to make the move and set up shop again, but as with any big event in a persons life you try to get back to [...]

Airfix 1/48 Spitfire PR. XIX

Hello iModeler! This is my recently finished Airfix Spitfire PR. XIX. Although the interferon detail was not as crisp as the newly tooled Airfix Mk. V Spitfire, it was still a fun kit and went together rather nicely. Build was OOB, [...]

Spitfire Mk.II Aces High

I don't normally build ww2 era planes and even rarer you can find 1:32 subject on my desk. But having Revell release this kit about 6 months before my good friend's birthday, who is (surprise surprise) a huge Maiden fan, the ever present [...]