A well detailed cockpit and pilot. The plane looks nice. You'd almost expect to see a bit of smoke and flame coming out those exhausts when she fires up. Too bad they can't also model the prop. I think there are snap-on 3 and 4 blade props used purely for static display. You must remove them when the plane flies or it won't.
As you will know the Mk.IX entered service in late 1942. Production of some 40 different variants of the Spitfire took place throughout the war and after. Spits served in every combat area, operating as fighters, fighter-bombers, reconnaissance aircraft and carrier-based fighters with the Royal Navy.
Griffon engines replaced Merlins after a time, and the Spitfire XIX reconnaissance version became the fastest of all the wartime Spitfires with a speed of nearly 460 mph. The last production Spitfire was built in 1947. Too bad you were too old to join up by the late 1930's Dux; you might well have flown one of those.
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