AIRFIX SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK.VC 1:72

For many people, the Supermarine Spitfire is regarded the most famous fighting aeroplane ever to take to the skies, even though some may question how something so beautiful could be conceived as a weapon of war. A much more complicated aeroplane than the Hawker Hurricane which preceded it into RAF service, the Spitfire represented the pinnacle of aviation design when the first examples were delivered to No.19 Squadron at Duxford in the summer of 1938 and as the clouds of war were already gathering, the RAF were going to need as many of these magnificent aeroplanes as they could get.

Scale 1:72
Skill 1
Number of Parts 73
Dimensions (mm) L131 x W157
Age Suitability 8+

(58-02108)

SKU 58-02108
Barcode # 5055286671494
Brand AIRFIX

Corker of a kit with lots of RAAF options (but BYO

By: on 28 May 2022
This is a very nice kit from Airfix. It assembles easily (just watch the cowling panels around the Vokes filter) and looks the part when finished. The decal options for RAF or SAAF desert versions are well chosen, but Australian modellers might want to produce an RAAF version. You get optional parts for the tropicalised version shown on the box art, or the version with the standard air intakes, both of which were used by the RAAF. Just get a decal set and go for it - this is my third.
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