anybody else fancy 20 as-new 1:1 Spitfire kits...?

[TheSeeker]

Ah. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I just assumed they all used the Merlin engine.

 

[MANT!]

here's a view of a typical Spitfire F Mark XIV..

the 20mm cannon fitted to these provided a very respectable punch..

speed was almost 450 mph and with supercharging it was quite an altitude champ as well...one reached 51K ft in the early 50s...

 

[RevDMV]

Nice bubble canopy as well.

It'll be sometime before any of these are up in the air, I hope we get a full web treatment of the process.

 

[gturner]

I think I'd prefer a Griffon over a Merlin, but both are common enough that they could probably swap them during a rebuild if necessary.

Martin Baker built a reportedly outstanding fighter using the Griffon, looking vaguely like a Spitfire with a P-51 style radiator, flying in 1944, but they weren't produced because they'd already decided to pursue jets.