Spitfire question?

BarryW

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I have a pretty good idea what is available in 1/32 but have less of an angle of what’s out there in 1/48.

I would quite like to build a couple of PR Spitfires, a low altitude scheme (pink) and a medium to high altitude scheme (blue).

Are there any PR Spitfires available in 1/48 or decent kits that can be used as a base with reasonable ease? I am not concerned about a particular Mark and it could be a Merlin or Griffon.
 

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Edaurd spits are pretty decent kit I have done a few with no issues.
 

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Barry,
ICM do a LF IXE, and a VII with the extended wings & overall grey and others like the VIII, IX, XVI - all in 1/48. They are not the latest ICM models, but are pretty detailed OOB - and have a complete engine option - best of all - they are very reasonable price wise! You can get the instructions from the ICM website..............
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This is my Mk.XVI
Dave
ps John seems to have the whole lot in stock!
 

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Good suggestions. Thank you I will take a look.
 

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I'm sure I've got a 1/48 Airfix PR Spitfire tucked away Barry. I think it has a Swedish airframe as one of the options... Mk IX maybe ?? Might be worth a search.

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I have a pretty good idea what is available in 1/32 but have less of an angle of what’s out there in 1/48.

I would quite like to build a couple of PR Spitfires, a low altitude scheme (pink) and a medium to high altitude scheme (blue).

Are there any PR Spitfires available in 1/48 or decent kits that can be used as a base with reasonable ease? I am not concerned about a particular Mark and it could be a Merlin or Griffon.
Hi Barry.
Im sure i have a couple of articles somewhere on PR spits.Might be 72nd scale but should be ok as a benchmark.Seem to remember ones postwar in Far east and the other is in an old Verlinden magazine which im sure is 48th using Tamiyas kit.Plus theres the Modellers datafile books which im sure will have info.I shall ferret around and see what i have.Im pretty sure there used to be a resin set for PRs on e.bay from czech company .
Hope that helps a bit.
Richard
 

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I have a pretty good idea what is available in 1/32 but have less of an angle of what’s out there in 1/48.

I would quite like to build a couple of PR Spitfires, a low altitude scheme (pink) and a medium to high altitude scheme (blue).

Are there any PR Spitfires available in 1/48 or decent kits that can be used as a base with reasonable ease? I am not concerned about a particular Mark and it could be a Merlin or Griffon.
Just looked on E.bay and Pavla do 48th conversion for spitfire PR.S.contains canopy and other bits n bobs,
Rich
 

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The newer Airfix Spits build well and look rather good.
ICM make some very nice ones as well, they can put up a fight at times... the engine being a structural part of the build otherwise you need to build carefully to be able to get the cowl and side panels on.
is the one I built without any issue.
 
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