Supermarine Spitfire
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Academy 1/48 Spitfire XIVc and Bubble Canopy
An old Academy mold kit that became synonym with KMC resin set to correct the shape of the nose, rudder and spinner.
Two kits are presented here. Yet, I had only one KMC set. The Bubble Canopy PR Griffon Spitfire was scratch made using [...]
Blue Spitfire
It seems there’s some debate about whether or not Spitfires on Malta were painted in a one color blue scheme. The information I found online was interesting and I decided that yes, Spitfires stationed on Malta during World War Two were [...]
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. 1a
Today is a very good day because i did and completed what every scale modeller should do at some point: Build a Spitfire.
This is the Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1a in 48th scale. It is in the markings of 611th squadron in [...]
Invasion stripes: Clostermann's Spitfire
When Hasegawa's 1/48th scale Spitfire Mk. IXc appeared, it was a big disappointment due to the short fuselage that seemed to doom the kit. Yet overall, the kit had a finely engraved panel lines and was easy to build.
Hasegawa's flaw was [...]
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXe 1/32 Revell
I didn't share with you how I restored the quick-release screws that either disappeared during grinding or were straight-up Revell fluff. Step 1 I cut a wheel of the appropriate diameter from a 0.5 plate, step 2 glued it, step 3 drilled [...]
Supermarine Spitfire LF IX.e 1/32 Revell
This build is my personal tribute to Lt František Vavřínek (25.1.1914 Vsetín – 26.7.1978 Vsetín,On March 3, 1942, he was assigned to the 313th Czechoslovak Air Force as an operational fighter pilot. fighter squadrons at Hornchurch. [...]
Oblt. Armin Faber's Fw190 A-3
On the evening of June 23rd 1942 Oblt. Faber landed on an airfield he thought was in western France. It turned out he was landing at RAF Pembrey in Wales, thus presenting the RAF with a perfectly intact 190. After testing Faber's plane the [...]
Airfix Spitfire Vc
Greetings my fellow Imodelers. Haven‘t posted in a while, but here is my Spitfire Vc from Airfix. Tim Tozer made a spectacular build of this kit in flight last year, which was very inspiring: (link)
Initially, i wanted to do the same [...]
1/32nd Spitfire Mk.XIVc.
Here is my Pacific Coast Models 1/32nd Spitfire Mk.XIVc. I built this one about year ago. I have to say I reckon the Spitfire Mk.XIVc is to me the most beautiful fighter aircraft of WW2. I just love it's graceful and powerful looks.
She [...]
Hasegawa 1/32nd Spitfire Mk.Vb of No.457 Squadron. Royal Australian Air Force.
I have just finished this model. It is the old Hasegawa 1/32nd scale Spitfire Mk.Vb.
I have finished the model in the markings of an aircraft flown by No. 457 Squadron RAAF flying out of RAF base Jurby, Isle of Man from Dec 1941 to March [...]
