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Build thread here, for what it's worth: https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/kotare-spitfire-mk-ia-1-32.41740/
I've finished this OOB with the exception of an HGW harness. It is completed in one of the three kit options, as a Mk. I of No. 234 Squadron, coded AZ-H. This aircraft has become well known because on 15 August 1940 P/O Richard Harris suffered combat damage and was eventually forced down near Cherbourg, France, both he and the aircraft falling into the hands of the Germans. His aircraft was further damaged by airfield flak that opened fire on him as he made a landing. He was one of two pilots who went missing following combat with about 20 Bf 110s of II./ZG 76 , south-west of the Isle of Wight. The other, P/O Parker, baled out into the sea and was rescued by the Germans, also becoming a PoW. Sgt Klein was shot down but was unhurt and returned to the squadron. New Zealander F/O Cecil Hight was shot down and killed, he was 22 years old. Not a good day for No. 234 Squadron at was a very busy period of the Battle of Britain.
I have imagined the aircraft, still in British hands, but somewhere close to that date.
This is a great kit, highly recommended. I did have some tribulations with the decals, but that's not the fault of the kit. Given a choice between this and a Tamiya kit in this scale (which costs twice as much) I'd take this every time.
BTW, there should be an aerial wire running from the top of the fin to the antenna mast and then down into the fuselage. After at least half a dozen failed attempts to get it looking right I've given up...temporarily
I've finished this OOB with the exception of an HGW harness. It is completed in one of the three kit options, as a Mk. I of No. 234 Squadron, coded AZ-H. This aircraft has become well known because on 15 August 1940 P/O Richard Harris suffered combat damage and was eventually forced down near Cherbourg, France, both he and the aircraft falling into the hands of the Germans. His aircraft was further damaged by airfield flak that opened fire on him as he made a landing. He was one of two pilots who went missing following combat with about 20 Bf 110s of II./ZG 76 , south-west of the Isle of Wight. The other, P/O Parker, baled out into the sea and was rescued by the Germans, also becoming a PoW. Sgt Klein was shot down but was unhurt and returned to the squadron. New Zealander F/O Cecil Hight was shot down and killed, he was 22 years old. Not a good day for No. 234 Squadron at was a very busy period of the Battle of Britain.
I have imagined the aircraft, still in British hands, but somewhere close to that date.
This is a great kit, highly recommended. I did have some tribulations with the decals, but that's not the fault of the kit. Given a choice between this and a Tamiya kit in this scale (which costs twice as much) I'd take this every time.
BTW, there should be an aerial wire running from the top of the fin to the antenna mast and then down into the fuselage. After at least half a dozen failed attempts to get it looking right I've given up...temporarily
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