This is 1/32 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.Va with the markings of Douglas Bader's W3185 flown by him in August 1941 in Tangmere.
I have used Hasegawa's Mk.II No.41 kit. This is re-tooled Hasegawa Mk.V with new wings parts, years ago. So it's based on Hasegawa's
old Mk.Vb with raised panel lines fuselage, cockpit, landing gears etc. Retooled wings are very nice and have engraved panel lines with shell ejector ports.
First of all I rescribed raised panels lines of the fuselage halves.
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Construction started from the cockpit as usual. I decided to modify
the cockpit by using;
Fuselage parts went together nicely. After
a few sanding process of the fuselage I used "Archer fine transfer resin fastener set" for the fastener on the cowling
Horizontal stabilizators replaced by "Master details" Spitfire Mk.II
horizontal tail surfaces.