spitfire reference photo's

Glad to help.

They were pretty shiny when new, though I think the restored museum birds may be a bit more glossy than they were back then.

Here are a couple of good sites for reference photos.  The first is Prime Portal and the second is Aircraft Resource Center.  At Prime Portal, here is a great selection of LG and wheel well photos of a Mk.Vb:

Spitfire Mk.Vb

At ARC, go near the top of the page, click "walkarounds", then "propeller walkarounds", then scroll down to the Spitfire section.  Lots of great photos there.

HTH!