Spitfire Mk.IX ROYAL CLASS - 1/48 kit

Exclusive Royal Class edition of Eduard Spitfire Mk.IX 1/48 in the black-gold style boxing.

The kit contains plastic parts, photo-etched details and painting masks for two complete models in variants:

• Mk.IXc early
• Mk.IXc late
• Mk.IXe

allowing combination of two models in different variants, i.e. IXc late and IXe or IXc early and IXc late, etc.

Kit attributes:

• three wing options (F Mk.IXc, LF/HF Mk.IXc, Mk.IXe),
• 14 colorful marking options,
• Cartograf printed decals,
• 2 sets of Spitfire stencil decals,
• Photo-etched sets and painting masks (2 sets each)
• Photo-etched landing flaps (2 sets)
• Brassin Spitfire 90gal slipper tank (2 sets),
• Brassin extended wheel set (1 pair of 4-spoke discs, 2 pairs of 5-spoke discs, 1 pair of tires w/ pattern, 2 pairs of smooth tires),
• 1 pair of Brassin Beer Barrels (to be installed on under-wing bomb racks),
• Eduard "Mark IX" Beer glass with Spitfire-style design (exclusively for the Royal Class edition only)

Marking options:

• A) F Mk.IXc, MH358, flown by S/L James E. Storrar, CO of No. 65 Squadron, Kingsnorth AB, September, 1943
• B) F Mk.IXc, EN398, flown by F/O Ian Keltie, No. 402 Squadron, Kenley AB, March, 1943
• C) F Mk.IXc, EN526, flown by W/Cdr A. Gabszewicz, CO of Northolt Wing, Northolt AB, summer, 1943
• D) LF Mk.IXc, MH779, No. 453 Squadron, Ford airfield, June, 1944
• E) LF Mk.IXc, flown by Maj. Garth Jared, CO of 309th FS / 31st FG, USAAF, Pomigliano / Castel Volturno AB, Italy, late 1943/early 1944
• F) LF Mk.IXc, MH763, flown by Prince Emanuel Galitzine, No. 72 Squadron RAF, Ramatuelle Airfield, France, autumn, 1944
• G) LF Mk.IXc, MJ628, flown by W/Cdr Daniel le Roy du Vivier, CO of No. 324 Fighter Wing, Italy, May, 1944
• H) LF Mk.IXe, NH432, flown by F/O Max A. Collet, No. 485 Squadron, Maldegem airfield, Belgium, fall 1944
• J) Mk.IXe, PV181, flown by W/Cdr Rolf Arne Berg, CO of No. 132 Wing, Twente AB, the Netherlands, winter 1944 – 1945
• K) HF Mk.IXe, PT766, flown by Jean-Marie Accart, CO of No. 345 Squadron, Deanland AB, September, 1944
• L) LF Mk.IXe, flown by Maj. Vasiliy A. Matsyevich, CO of 26th GIAP, Leningrad Area, May, 1945
• M) LF Mk.IXe, SL632, 101st Tayeset, Israeli Air Force, late 1949
• N) LF Mk.IXe, MH978, No. 132 Squadron, 1944
• O) Mk.IXe, MK329, flown by W/Cdr J. E. Johnson, CO of No. 144 Wing, June, 1944

Only 3000 kits available!

Model length: 202mm
Wingspan: 235mm
Plastic parts: 416
PE parts, Eduard mask

Made in Czech Republic.