This old Airfix
Spitfire Mk.V started off as an OOB built USAAF Spitfire Mk.Vb(trop). I later
discovered that the markings I stuck on the model belonged in fact to a Spitfire
Mk.IX; the SuperScale decal company was a bit confused over the marks
flown by the USAAF in the African Theatre! Bother! So, with judicious use of
sticky-tape, I managed to peel off the Stars and Bars; and I decided to make
Flying Officer Neville Duke's Mk.Vb of No.92 Sqn RAF. The setting: the African
desert of Tunisia,
January 1943. Colours are by Humbrol: Dark Earth and Sand Yellow over Azure
Blue. The colours are a bit harsh; I would have been happier using the correct
Extracolor shades; but that is crying over spilled milk! The decals are mixed
Aeromaster and Airfix spares, these requiring copious amounts of MicroSol and
Set! The wheels are from True Details. Heated and stretched sprue form the
antenna wires; the ones on the fuselage to the tailplane are for the HF set
carried in these aircraft!
Robert-Jan
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