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  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: S E England
Posted by Stormbringer on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:15 PM
Hi There
Try going to www.hannants.co.uk and typing spitfire into the search engine after specifiying 1:72 scale.You might get a shock.I have at home 19 different 1:72 scale spits from a Mk1a to a pr MK XIX and there are still others i haven't got.I also have a Pr MK1g in pink but I can't remember who did the conversion kit.
Happy 2004
Pete
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Posted by gregers on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:29 PM
and then there's the spiteful and seafang variants, and the attacker that used the spiteful's wings and the follow on from that the scimitar and then the swift ( but will it end there? LoL)......Greg
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:31 PM
And don't forget when you've done all that to make all those kits again, converted to the relevant marks of seafire.
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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, December 27, 2003 9:18 PM
Tamiya makes the best Spitfire Mk I and Mk V, far superior to the Hasegawa and Italeri kits. Hasegawa makes the best Mk VIII and IX. Acadamy makes a very good Mk XIV. Short run kits of other Marks have been released by Eduard, MPM, Special Hobby and others but are mostly OOP and hard to find.

Rick
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Posted by maddafinga on Saturday, December 27, 2003 12:05 PM
I'm building a Tamiya 1/72 Spit Mk Vb right now. It is really very very good. No flash, no fit problems, highly detailed. I can't say anything bad about it at all. I picked up an Eduard photoetch set for it and a vacuform canopy,but I haven't gotten to that part yet. The interior is great, the shape is great, and the panel lines are finely engraved. Can't go wrong with it.
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Posted by Anthony on Friday, December 26, 2003 9:05 PM
Tamiya also produces 1/72 Spitfire Mk1 and MkV/Vb. Although I haven't built them before(I only built the 1/48 ones), given the reputation of Tamiya, you should not be disappointed. Academy also produces a 1/72 Spitfire Mk14, you can check the review here:
http://m2reviews.cnsi.net/reviews/allies/gb/campbellspit14.htm

Fujimi also produces some later version(MkVIII, IX? Can't remember). Hope this help.
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  • From: UK
Posted by gregers on Friday, December 26, 2003 6:55 PM
Hi Keith, hasegawa do an exellent MK1 (the airfix one is a MK1a) for a MK9 AVOID the Matchbox kit, its almost useless unless you like loads of hard work. SMER do a nice HFmk6 (the one with the extended wings) there are some griffon engined spits (by MPM i think - i'll check in my model room as i have the battle of britain memorial flight set with them in). heller do a good MK16e frog/novo did a MK14 that could be made into a nice model with some work. the italeri kit looks quite good but i havn't built mine yet. hope this helps and i'll post some more info when i have looked in my model room. Greg
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I want a Spitfire collection...
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 26, 2003 6:20 PM
I'm planning to make a series of 1:72 Spitfires in various liveries, and wondered if anyone could recommend manufacturers for various marks?

I have an Airfix Mk1, and an Italeri MkVb. I'm planning getting a few V's, but mainly wonder what the best Mk.IX is? I found my old Airfix JE Johnson yesterday, it seems not bad. And who does good PR Spitfires?

I've tried researching the net for a few hours, now my head hurtsSad [:(]
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