Airfix AX55001

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb/Mk.Vc Corrected Spinners (designed to be used with Airfix kits) This set consists of accurate and detailed (3D-Printed) de Havilland and Rotol spinners to replace the inaccurate Airfix kit spinners. The kit Rotol spinner is far too long, and the de Havilland Spinner is too bulbous. A simple drop fit replacement that will make a real improvement in your model. Designed for the new tool Airfix Mk. Vc and other Spitfire V kits. Designed by Mike O'Hare.

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc exhaust stacks (designed to be used with Airfix kits)

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (designed to be used with Airfix kits) (made from yellow Japanese produced Kabuki tape)

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc wheels and canopy frame paint masks (outside only) (designed to be used with AIRFIX kit AA02108)

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc (designed to be used with Airfix kits - new tool 2020) Wheel bay cover paint masks (paper)

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc RAF Europe camouflage pattern paint masks (designed to be used with Airfix and Revell kits)

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb/Mk.Vc Malta camouflage pattern paint masks (designed to be used with Airfix and Revell kits)

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc Desert camouflage pattern paint masks (designed to be used with Airfix and Revell kits)

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Monotone Supermarine Spitfires Pr.Mk.IV, Pr Mk.IX, PR Mk.IG, Mk.Vc, Mk.Vb

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Oddball Supermarine Spitfire Spitfire Mk.I, AR213, of 57 OTU, early 1942. Spitfire Mk.IXe of Capitaine Gabriel Gauthier, Commandant of GC II/7. Spitfire Mk.VB of 41 Squadron, Hawkinge, Kent, June 1942. Spitfire Mk.Vc, JK764, of 352 (Yugoslav) Sqn., Vis airfield (Croatia), 1944. Spitfire Mk.Vc, AA963 in US camouflage and markings, Feb. 1942. Mk.I/Mk.VC/Mk.IXE/

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V 1. Spitfire Mk.Vc Unit/Location: Luqa Wing (Commander), Luqa, October 1942. Code:White PP-H/BR498 (flew in through Operation "Baritone", 17.08.1942). Pilot:Peter Prosser Hanks, RAF. 2. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:249 SQN, Ta Kali, July 1942. Code:White UF-S/BR301 (flew in through Operation "Bowery", 09.05.1942. Pilots:G F "Buzz" Beurling and John McElroy, both RCAF. 3. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:601 SQN, Luqa, 15.06.1942. Code:White UF-M (flew in through Operation "Bowery"(?),09.05.1942) Pilot:Bruce Ingram, RNZAF. Successes:2/0/0 on Malta and a wartime total of 10,5/3/5.Fate:KIA 11.07.44 over Imphal/India. 4. Spitfire Mk.Vb(t) Unit/Location:249 SQN, Ta Kali, July 1942 Code:White X-R/BR562 (flew in through Operation "Spotter", 07.03.1942) Pilot:Ray Hesselyn, RNZAF. Successes:12/1/7 on Malta and a wartime total of 21,5/2/7. Fate:Shot down 03.10.42 and wounded, POW, survived. 5. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:185 SQN, Hal Far, 09.09.42 Code:Yellow X/BR112 (flew in through Operation "Calendar", 20.04.1942). Pilot:Claude Weaver, RCAF (USA). Successes:10,5/3/0 on Malta and a wartime total of 12,5/3/0. Fate:POW 09.09.42, Survived. 6. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:603 SQN, Ta Kali, 09.07.1942. Code:White N-4/BP989 (flew in through Operation "Bowery", 09.05.1942) Pilot:Wally McLeod, RCAF. Successes:13/2/9,25 on Malta and a wartime total of 21/3/12,25 Fate:KIA 27.09.44 over France. 7. Spitfire Vc(t) Unit/Location:126 SQN, Luqa, 09.07.1942. Code:White N-MK (flew in through Operation "Style"(?), 03.06.1942) Pilot:Patrick "Paddy" Schade, RAF. Successes:13,5/2/2 on Malta and a wartime total of 13,5/2/2 (+3,5 V1) Fate:KIA, July 1944 over France. 8. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:401 SQN, Gravesend, April-May 1942. Code:Sky YO-H/BL753. Pilot:D J W "Don" Blakeslee, RCAF (US). Successes:14,5/3/11 as a wartime total. 3/3/7 were on Mk.V's. Fate:Survived. 9. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:64 SQN, Hornchurch, May 1942. Code:Sky SH-Z/BM476 Note: SQN-Leaders pennant on the right side as well as the word "Athashikar" Pilot:Wilfred Duncan-Smith, RAF. Successes:17/2/8 as a wartime total. 8/2/5 were on Mk.V's! Fate:Survived. 10. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:411 SQN, Digby, April 1942.Code:Sky DB-P/AD196. Pilot:Henry "Wally" McLeod, RAF.Successes:21/3/12,5 as a wartime total. The majority of it on Mk.V's! Fate:KIA 27.09.44 over France. 11. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:92 SQN, Biggin Hill, August 1941. Code:m/s/grey QJ-J/W3312 (nickname "Moonraker") Pilot:James Rankin, RAF. Successes:19,5/4,5/16 as a wartime total and nearly all of the on Mk.V's! Fate:Survived. 12. Spitfire Vb(t) Unit/Location:145 SQN, Bou Grara/Tunisia, March 1943. Code:Blue ZX-E/ES252 Pilot:Lance Cleo Wade, RAF (USA). Successes:10/1/7 on Spitfire and a wartime total of 22/2/7 Fate:KIFA or KAS in January 1944. 13. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:609 SQN, Biggin Hill, July 1941. Code:m/s/grey PR-B/W3238 (nickname "The London Butcher") Pilot:Michael Robinson, RAF. Successes:16/4/1 as a wartime and approx. 50% of it on Mk.V's! Fate:KIA in April 1942. 14. Spitfire Vb Unit/Location:91 SQN, Hawkinge, Summer 1941. Code:m/s/grey DL-J/W3122 Pilot:Jean-Francois Demozay, RAF (French). Successes:18/2/4 as a wartime total and from this number 13/2/3 on Mk.V's. Fate:Survived but KIFA in December 1945.

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Turkish Spitfires. The Spitfires designed and produced by the British firm Vickers Supermarine participated the Battle of Britain and most probably they are the most popular fighters of WWII. Different models arrived Turkey at different times. A batch of 15 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Is were ordered together with the Hawker 'Hurricanes' but only 3 of them were delivered. One of them which was an ex-Polish order arrived in Sept.1938. The other two arrived in 1940. Eventhough serials 4501 to 4515 were allocated by the TuAF they were never used. The planes were deployed at the 42nd Hunter Company. Two of them were returned to RAFME in 1942. The Mk.Is were equipped with a Rolls Royce Merlin-2 engine with an output of 1030HP. Their armament consisted of 8 pieces 0.303 caliper MGs. They were distinctive with their 3-blade propeller. No other Supermarine Spitfire was supplied until mid-1944. In July 1944 39 pcs Mk.Vb was sent from RAF stocks. This was followed by 71 pcs Mk.Vc's and 3 recce version Mk.V/R came in February 1945. Mk.Vb's were deployed at the 1st and 2nd Co.s of the 5th Regiment, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Co.s of the 6th Regiment. The Mk.V/Rs were used with the 'High Altitude Photo-Recce Unit'. These models were distinguished with their four-blade propellers. According to the TuAF sources they were equipped with Rolls Royce Merlin-20 engines with an output of 1500 HP. But the British sources state that the Mk.Vb's were equipped with a 1585HP Rolls Royce Merlin 45M engine and the Mk.Vc's with a 1470HP Rolls Royce Merlin 45 engine. The standart armament of the Mk.Vb's were 4 pcs 0.303 caliper MG and 2 pcs 20mm cannon whereas the Mk.Vc's had 4 pcs 20mm cannons and they were capable of carrying a bombload of 500lbs. They were replaced by the P-47 'Thunderbolts' in 1948. After the WWII, the TuAF was inclined to make the 'Spitfire's her standart interceptor-fighter. An aggreement was signed with the Britsih firm Vickers for the overhaul and maintenance of the 'Spitfire's. In between Jan.1947 and Feb.1948 170 pcs Mk.IX were received. These planes were deployed at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Co.s of the 4th Regiment, 3rd & 4th Co.s of the 5th Regiment 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Co.s of the 7th Regiment and 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Co.s of the 8th Regiment. Some of the planes were then transferred to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Co.s of the 6th Regiment in 1949. After the reorganization of the TuAF they were deployed at the 4th & 6th Air Bases in 1951. They were written off in 1954. The Mk.IXs were equipped with a Rolls Royce Merlin 61 with an output of 1475HP. Their armament varied (some were equipped with 8 pcs 0.303 Caliper MGs whereas some were equipped with 4 pcs 0.303 caliper MG plus 2 pcs 20mm cannons. Some even had 4 pcs 20mm cannons and they were capable of carrying a bombload of 500lbs. Only one Supermarine Spitfire M.XI arrived. The exact date of arrival and deployment is not known. It was assigned to 'High Altitude Photo-Recce Unit'. 4 pcs Mk.XIX were sold to Vickers by the RAF to make the overhaul. These planes were brought to Turkey in March 1947 and they were also deployed at the 'High Altitude Photo-Recce Unit'. These planes were equipped 2 cameras underneath the fuselage an done each on the port and starboard sides of the fuselage. They were the most powerful Spitfires equipped with a 2035HP Rolls Royce Griffon engine. They are distinctive with their five-blade propeller.

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Supermarine Spitfire - RAAF and RNZAF (6) Mk.Vc Tropical version MA292 KW-D F/O Weggery 'Verna June II'; BS186 L Fl/Lt Edward Hall 452 Sqn; Mk.IXc MH454 FU-N F/O Boulton; EN522 FU-F or JR 'Shangri La' W/Co John Ratten C/O 453 Sqn; MA408 CG W/Co Colin Gray; From 'Supermarine Spitfire the Anzacs'

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Fighters Over Africa and the Mediterranean Pt.1 (11) Hawker Hurricane Mk.I Tropical version W9293/U 75 Sqn RAF 1942; Hurricane Mk.IIc (Trop) HL885 AX-Z 'Oops' 1 Sqn SAAF 1942; BP317 AX-N 'B Lucky III' 1 Sqn SAAF 1942; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb (Trop) EF552/Z 7 Sqn SAAF Cyprus 1943; JK792 WR-O 49 Sqn SAAF Italy 1844; Spitfire Mk.Vc(trop) KJ-Z 4 Sqn SAAF Sicily 1943; Spitfire Mk.IXc H904 AX-E 1 Sqn SAAF Italy 1944; SM143 KL-T Major M.V.Wally Brunton DFC 4 Sqn SAAF Italy 1945; North-American P-51B Mustang Mk.III FH244 OK-F 450 Sqn RAAF Italy 1945; P-51D Mustang Mk.IV KH716 CV-P 3 Sqn RAAF Italy 1945; Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk Mk.IV FX666 CV-V 450 Sqn RAAF Italy 1944.

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