Supermarine Spitfire
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Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire MkVB
My tribute to the Polish pilots of the war. Sqdn Leader Jan Zumbach". 303 Sqdn RAF September 1942
Techmod decals which are very thin and will tear if you're not careful, but go on beautifully.
I loved this build. Hope you like, Paul.
Airfix 1/48 Supermarine Seafire XV Kitbash
An interesting if somewhat futile exercise in kitbashing a Supermarine Seafire XV:
This was made from the leftover wings from my Airfix Supermarine Seafire XVII and grafting it onto the modified fuselage of Airfix's Supermarine Spitfire [...]
Supermarine Spitfire Vb (Trop) in 1/48 scale by Airfix.
My inspiration for this model came from Brian Cauchi's book "Malta Spitfrie Vs - 1942: Their Colours & Markings" which I found of enormous help & in addition a real potential problem as the temptation is undoubtedly to [...]
Camouflage & Markings – Spitfire from 1938 to 1940
Creating balance with all my Hurricane profiles so far posted, here are the early Spitfires. With all the literature that has been published on the Spitfire not a great deal is left to say, but here are a few notes for modellers.
The first [...]
Battle of France/Battle of Britain Group Build – Tamiya 1/72d Spitfire Mk.I
Finally finished this morning, Not much to tell that wasn't in the WIP blog.except for the propeller. I took Seamus's advice and used the "PropBlur" brass parts to make a mask the
airbrushed the prop on to a clear disk. The [...]
BOB,Tamiya 1/48th Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1, RAF, May 1940
Flt Lt. Robert Stanford-Tuck was assigned this aircraft during the Dunkirk operation. On 23 May, Tuck opened his scoring by shooting down 2 Bf-110's and a 3rd aircraft later that day. The following day flying N3249, he shot down 2 [...]
BoB Spitfire I – Airfix 1/48
Not actually built for the BoB Group Build, I guess this still kinda/sorta qualifies as an entry.
Spitfire Ia of 609 Squadron R.Aux.A.F., August 1940, done from an Aeromaster sheet.
This kit by Airfix can be considered the last product of [...]
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I, Tamiya 1/48 scale, BoB Group Build
"Rawjah, Rabbit Leedah...!"
Here is Tamiya's 1/48 Spitfire Mk I. The model represents aircraft DW-O, L1043 of 610 Squadron based at Biggin Hill during the Battle of Britain. I chose this particular scheme for two reasons. One [...]
B.a.t.B Yep, Beauty and the Beast Part 1.
Well here it is, un veiling day.
The story so far.
The good Lady Biggles (Rose) built the Beauty, a Spitfire MK 1 (Tamiya 1/72).
Her third ever build and first solo so to speak.
Well Tamiya speaks for itself, shake the box and it goes [...]
Tamiya Spitfire MkVB Trop 1/48
HI all, here's my latest.
Major Levine's Spitfire VB. Hope you like. Decal sheet said it was a VC, but upon doing research and talking with others, I was happy to see it was in fact a VB. No need for a new VC wing. 😉 It's heavily [...]
