The companion to the Spitfire Mk 1a. Another Battle of Britain model. This
is the Airfix
1/72nd scale kit with the same details as the Spitfire, but I could not
get a replacement
canopy at the hoby shop. so I did not go crazy on the interior as the
Spit. Aeromaster
paints and decals as well as True Details weighted tires were used. Again
same decal
sheet and details set made this a bargain again. Much cheaper than the
Hasegawa kit
and it looks mo better. One note on decaling, after painting the model
with the camo
pattern I sprayed the entire model with Testor's glosscoat to have a good
surface for
the decals. Then I sprayed the entire model with Testor's Dullcoat to
achieve an overall
flat finish. When you do this right the decals look as if they are painted
on just like the
real thing. Despite the legend of the Spitfire the Hurricane was the main
weapon of the
British. It was used primarily to down the bombers while the Spits took
care of the
fighter escorts. The Hurricane was really not in the same class as the
ME-109's while
the Spits were the equal or better than the German fighters. These planes
were later
upgunned to cannon which made them a more worthy adversary and really took
their
toll of the bombers.
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