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**m1ks** · 22-08-2010

Someone recently posted a thread with a pic of a Haynes manual for a spitfire with regard to ref material, anyone remember who it was or if the owner reads this, can you tell me, how good is it? what sort of content does it have?

My dad's a big fan of the Lanc, (it was the first model we built together) and i'm thinking of getting him the Lancaster one for xmas, also I like the look of the ME109, Hurricane and Spit for myself

I thought it was Steves thread on the Tamiya Spit but seemingly not.

**Fenlander** · 22-08-2010

I believe Steve (Stona) has one but I may be wrong.

**stona** · 22-08-2010

I am that man! I like the Haynes manual for the Spitfire. It's not going to give you an in depth reference for every Spitfire built but it has some nice pictures of Spitfires old and new and some good detail shots of various parts of the structure,cockpit and Merlin as well as some good line drawings.
The text tells the Spitfire story very well,Alfred Price is one of the authors. I don't have a lot of Spitfire material so as a general reference I'd recommend it.
I confess I don't have the Bf109 version though I may get it. I have accumulated manuals,parts lists etc for just about every version of the Bf109 over the years so it doesn't seem so necessary.
I didn't know there was one for the Lancaster! That I will definitely purchase.
Cheers
Steve

**Fenlander** · 22-08-2010

The Lanc one is here £17.99

**m1ks** · 22-08-2010

Jolly good, thanks Steve, I thought it was you who'd had a pic of it on here, until then I didn't know Haynes did them

To date there are:

Lancaster
Hurricane
Spitfire
Bf109, (Steve, shame on you, having a spit one but not the 109)

Avro Vulcan
DeHavilland Tiger Moth

Battle of britain box set
Bf109, Spit, Hurri

Battle of britain memorial flight box set
Lanc, Spit, Hurri

In progress:
P51D Mustang

Also:

Concorde

USS enterprise, (NCC-1701), I know theres a couple of trekkie fans on here

Apollo 11

And, for those so inclined
Thomas the tank engine
Roary the racing car

Oh, and apparently they do ones for cars too?

No FW190 though, grrr

Link to haynes site here

Category - Military Aviation Aircraft