![]() I made the decision early on to scratch build cockpit and wing detail, and by and large this turned out well, given my small experience in scratch building parts. Although I can see errors on the kit, some of which I’m bound to say are mine, in the end, it turned out well. The moulds are clearly very old and worn, and all the parts require a lot of cleaning, drilling and filing, but it was worth the effort. Of the 4 months taken to build this plane, I think I must have spent about 1 month cleaning up the parts. ![]() Additional reference was made repeatedly to the Spitfire site and to screenshots recorded in MS Flightsim X of the A2A Simulations Spitfire virtual cockpit, which they have replicated extremely well, as with the rest of that plane. Additional parts were added in the form of Eduard seat belts, Airscale instrument panel and bezels, together with Master B wing cannon fairings. I started this build in mid March this year, and finished it around the end of the first week in July. I bought this model in 2001, and it is a re-release of the old ’70s kit, with additional parts supplied to modify their old Mk 1 to Mk Vb or tropicalised Mk Vb. Here is my latest build, the 1/24 scale Airfix Spitfire.
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