Foreign Spitfire Mk IX, Dutch Air Force

The RAF had many Dutch pilots, enough to form a pair of squadrons 320 Bombardment equipped with B-25s and 322 Fighter equipped with Spitfires, after the war these units formed the core of the new Royal Force. Dutch Air (Koninklijke Luchtmacht)

The Spitfire was the standardized fighter in 1946 and for several years, in Europe, because the Dutch Air Force was divided into two sections, the Colonial, with P-40 and P-51 and which fought in the Pacific, and the European with Spitfires.

Unlike other European countries that no longer saw combat after 1945, the Dutch sent their units to fight in the East Indies, until the independence of Indonesia, so this unit of Spitfires was heavily involved in the fighting.

The model represents a Spitfire from Squadron 322 (322e Jachtvliegtuig Afdeling), the new unit that resumed the traditions of the Three White Mice Squadron, destroyed at the beginning of World War II, the model is by Necomisa, somewhat modified, the painting is El Viejo Marino (Ye Olde Seaman), all the decoration by brush.

Hurricane Mk IV, 73 Squadron, Desert Air Force

 The first Hurricane Squadron to reach the western desert, was 73 Squadron, arriving at Heliopolis in December 1940, they were immediately assigned to combat, replacing the slow Gladiators and prevailing over the Italian Cr.42 fighters, but there were never enough of them. fighters, they fought the entire campaign, often taking off from improvised airfields in the middle of the desert, they usually participated in strafing ground troops when they could get rid of their air duties, in June 1943 they transitioned to Spitfires.

MODEL: Hawker Hurricane Mk IV

BRAND: Airfix

UNIT: 73 Squadron

CODES: R

SCALE: 1/72

PAINTING: El Viejo Marino

TECHNIQUE: Brush

NOTES: My collection of desert hurricanes took a long time to complete, because it was done before the Internet, when information about airplanes could only be found in books or magazines, which did not always reach my country, so it was not uncommon for a model will be based on a single photo

Spitfire Mk I, 1/144, Revell Lodela

 

One of the most beautiful Spitfire models was the one produced by Revell Lodela in 1/144 in the seventies, the Boxart is from Ikematsu, the instructions were a simple drawing on the back of the Boxart, which included an exploded view of the model, along with to a simple camouflage scheme; the decals were simple, for a 65 Squadron aircraft, with the decoration that Revell repeated in all the YT-L scales, until 1979, the model included a small glass tube with glue.

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Assembling a classic, Spitfire Lodela H-611

In the sixties, the H-600 series was the queen of modeling, produced by Revell on three continents, it was the most famous of its time and now the models are classic, among them, one of the most popular was the Supermarine Spitfire, the The original model was a Mk II, but over time, this series was modified, this model corresponds to the last time it was released, in Mexico, in the eighties, in a paper bag, and by then they had already been incorporated Some minor modifications, the model had been rearranged, to be injected into square branches, and a two-blade prop had been added, in order to represent an early Mk I.

This model, the Revell Lodela H-611, I assembled it straight from the box, with the original decals of the model, without any modification, remembering the old days, when I was a child and I was more interested in having my model finished soon, than finishing it calmly, but that it would be spectacular, when I still did not enjoy the patience that modeling teaches us, for a model to be very good, you need to do it calmly, despite everything, it takes me several days, just waiting for the varnish dry well 24 hours are gone. The painting is El Viejo Marino.

Spitfire Mk II, 41 Squadron

 One of the most successful squadrons of the First World War, 41 Squadron participated in the biggest combats of the time and had many aces in its ranks, in the interwar period it was one of the most visible units in the RAF, providing aircraft and pilots for public events, was sent to Aden during the Abyssinian crisis, the third unit to receive Spitfires, based in Scotland at the beginning of the war, was transferred to the south during the Dunkirk evacuation, in July participated in the fighting of the Battle of Britain, based at RAF Hornchurch, rotating north to re-equip and rest, suffered 44% casualties.

MODEL: Supermarine Spitfire Mk II

BRAND: Lodela

UNIT: 41 Squadron

CODES: EB-Z

SCALE: 1/72

PAINTING: El Viejo Marino

TECHNIQUE: Brush

NOTES: By some strange miracle, I recently found three Spitfires from the Optional Line for Collectors, I assembled them with modern materials, photocut for the interiors, thermoformed cockpit, paint for more exact modeling The Old Marine, all the decoration is by brush, Very useful, since two of the models did not have decals. It was quite an experience, to do something so old, to look so good.

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