Model Alliance Group

On Target Profile series of books

Spitfire Mk1 to VI in the European Theatre of Operations

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Nov 12 2003

 

 

 

ISBN # 1-904643-03-5 

This new book from Model Alliance is created by well known profile artist Jon Freeman.

The book focuses on giving modellers a large selection of colour profiles to help expand their reference library. I've scanned a tiny selection of the colour profiles to give you  a small taste to the many colour profiles presented in this book.  In fact there are 73 different Spitfire colour profiles featured in this book.  They cover Spitfires from the various RAF Squadrons that included Australians, Canadians, Czechs, Belgium and Polish Squadrons that flew with the RAF as well as a few others from the British Commonwealth.  The colour profiles in this book feature Spitfires from Mk1's through to the last of the short nosed Spitfires....the MkVI that flew from the UK in what was to become called the European Theatre of Operations.  

Included with each colour profile is info on the particular plane as well as information about it's paint scheme.  Above is an example of one of the colour profiles.  About 20% of the profiles also include a top and bottom view and two side profiles  to give an all around view of certain Spitfires included in this book.  Below I've include a tiny selection of some of the pages....out of respect to the artist's copyright, I am not providing larger scans.

73 different Spitfire colour profiles featured in this book

Also included in the book is a page with 13 colour chips for the various Spitfires.   Towards the back of the book are 2 pages showing a Model Alliance decal sheet that includes some of the Spitfires featured in this book....including one with nude nose art.  The 1/48 and 1/72 decal sheets are NOT included with this book, but there is ordering instructions included in this book, so you can order the decal sheet.  1/72 decals (MA72-114) cost £ 6.50 .....1/48 decals (MA48-114) cost £8.50 if you use the order form included in this book.

If the decals interest you...contact: 
 

On Target Profiles

Aviation Workshop
Brook Barn
Letcombe Regis
Wantage
Oxfordshire
OX12 9SD
UK

I'm quite impressed with the quality of this new book.  Although the cover is a soft cover....it is a heavy weight cardboard cover.  The pages are heavy weight paper....this is a reference book sure to last a long long time.  I'm quite impressed with this new book and I look forward to other additions to this new On Target Profile Series.  I recommend this book to anyone interested in the early Mk. Spitfires flown by the RAF.  Later editions in this profile series will feature the later Mk. Spitfires.  Special thanks to Jon Freeman for the review sample and bringing this book to my attention.

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford