1/48 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk IXe

by Tolga Ulgur

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Here is my 1/48 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk IXe finished with the markings of the Turkish Air Force (TuaF).

After the WWII, the TuaF was inclined to make the “Spitfire”s its standard fighter.  Bbetween January 1947 and February 1948 a total  of 170 Spitfire Mk.IX's were received.  The TuaF used  Mk9s up to the beginning of 1952.  

The base kit is a Hasegawa Spitfire Mk IXc.  I used the Ultracast “Cannon bay covers” to convert it from “C” wing  to “E” wing 

The cockpit is built mostly out of the box except for Eduard seatbelts and the colored instrument panel. 

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The other after market products used in this project are: 

  • Ultracast  / Late style Control surfaces – 48086

  • Ultracast  / Spitfire Mk9 Flared exhaust – 48083

  • Ultracast /  Spitfire pilot access door – 48089

  • Cutting Edge /  British GM-2 Gunsight - CEC48157 

The painting was done with Alclad lacquers.  The flags on the tail and the national insignias on the fuselage are from Turquoise decals.  The large size national insignias on the wings are painted.  The code numbers are from my spare box. 

Due to the reference picture it is finished after applying an intensive exhaust stain

Tolga

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Photos and text © by Tolga Ulgur