Airfix 1/48 Seafire

[paddy]

Airfix A06102A Supermarine Seafire F.XVII Royal Navy 1:48 Aircraft Model Kit

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This is really good new, one of the best Spitfire models ever IMHO re-released after 10+ years

I admit i never built the Seafire but its from the same mould as the Spitfire Mk24 which i did build ( and added an Aires engine)

 

[moon puppy]

Going out of box on this?

 

[paddy]

I doubt i will build it Bob, i have moved on to bigger scales

 

[Greg Kimsey]

It is uncanny how much that plane looks like the Spitfire! Why make two planes so similar I wonder?

 

[paddy]

I will give you a clue Greg

You cant do that with a Spitfire

Its not really a different aircraft as such , its just a Carrier version of the Spitfire. Usually this just means tie down hooks, folding wings, probably a strengthened undercarriage and often anti corrosion finishing, paints and metal plating to resist sea spray/salt water.

Note the bulges on the top cowling to take the bigger Griffin engine rocker boxes and note in my model F24 that huge engine mount again for the Rolls Royce Griffin engine
Introduced into service in late 1945, the F Mk 24 differed greatly from the Spitfire Mk I, was twice as heavy, more than twice as powerful and showed an increase in climb rate of 80 per cent over early Spitfires. These remarkable increases in performance arose chiefly from the introduction of the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine in place of the famous Merlin of earlier variants. Rated at 2,050 hp

 

[Greg Kimsey]

I will give you a clue Greg

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You cant do that with a Spitfire

Its not really a different aircraft as such , its just a Carrier version of the Spitfire. Usually this just means tie down hooks, folding wings, probably a strengthened undercarriage and often anti corrosion finishing, paints and metal plating to resist sea spray/salt water.

Note the bulges on the top cowling to take the bigger Griffin engine rocker boxes and note in my model F24 that huge engine mount again for the Rolls Royce Griffin engine
Introduced into service in late 1945, the F Mk 24 differed greatly from the Spitfire Mk I, was twice as heavy, more than twice as powerful and showed an increase in climb rate of 80 per cent over early Spitfires. These remarkable increases in performance arose chiefly from the introduction of the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine in place of the famous Merlin of earlier variants. Rated at 2,050 hp

Yep, those are all good reasons!