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British and Commonwealth


Bristol Blenheim Mk.1F
No. 23 Squadron, RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England, February 1941
The Airfix 1/48 kit.
I had to saw off and replace the fuselage from the turret aft with parts of a 2nd kit due to a mistake.
Eduard instrument panel and seat belts.

Bristol Beaufighter Mk VI
272 Squadron, Malta, 1942
Tamiya, 1/48 scale

Brewster B-339 Buffalo
No. 448 Sq., RNZAF, Singapore, 1941
The Tamiya 1/48 kit, OTB

DeHavilland Mosquito B Mk IV
109 Squadron
Tamiya, 1/48 scale

DeHavilland Mosquito FB Mk VI
143 Squadron, Banff Strike Wing, Coastal Command, Spring 1945
Tamiya, 1/48 scale

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc Night Intruder
Operational in September, 1942
Hasegawa 1/48, Eagle Strike Decals; Eduard Seat Belts

Hawker Hurricane Mk IV
No. 164 Squadron, Warmwel, Dorset, 1943
Armed with 40mm Vickers Typs S cannons, used for anti-shipping strikes.
Hasegawa 1/48; Eduard Seat Belts

Westland Whirlwind Mk I
No. 263 (F) Squadron, 1941-42
Pilot: Squadron Leader Eelse
Trumpeter 1/48, Eduard Seat Belts; Utterly inaccurate kit decals, plus some Aeromaster correct roundels

Spitfires!

Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Number 92 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Manston, Kent, England, December 1940
Tamiya's new paradigm for 1/48 scale Spitfire kits.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Va tropical
Number 417 Squadron, RAF
Italy 1943-45
Again the Tamiya kit. There is no better.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb Experimental Floatplane Fighter
Hasegawa's 1/48 scale Spit Mk V with Gartex's resin floats, tail, and metal prop.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII
Number 457 "Gray Nurse" Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
Morotai/Labaun, June 1941
Arii, 1/48 Scale

Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX
Number 316 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Hasegawa, 1/48 Scale

Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIVe
Academy, 1/48 Scale

Supermarine Spitfire Mk XV
Number 152 Squadron, RAF
Bengal, May 1944
HobbyCraft, 1/48 Scale, with Aeromaster Decals

Supermarine Seafire Mk XV
Royal Canadian Air Force
HobbyCraft, 1/48 Scale

Supermarine Seafire F Mk XVII
Royal Navy, 1950
Airfix, 1/48 Scale

Supermarine Spiteful Mk XVI
Supermarine's follow-on to the Spitfire, arrived just too late for combat.
Trumpeter, 1/48 Scale

Post-War British Aircraft

DeHavilland Hornet F.3
No. 80 Squadron, Kai Tak, Hong Kong, 1954
Classic Airframes, 1/48 scale

DeHavilland DH.103 Sea Hornet NF.21
RNAS Stretton, 1955
Trumpeter, 1/48

Westland Wyvern S.4 (Early)
Vz794, No. 827 NAS, HMS Eagle, 1955
Trumpeter, 1/48

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