Subject: Re: Israel's 66th Independance Day - article to be posted on the eve of May 5th, 2014 and through the day of May 6th, 2014.
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Yoav Efrati" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 14:48:15 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again 
for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
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From: "Yoav Efrati" <[email-masked]>
To: "'Steve Bamford ARC'" <[email-masked]>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 12:22 AM
Subject: Israel's 66th Independance Day - article to be posted on the eve of 
May 5th, 2014 and through the day of May 6th, 2014.

Israeli Spitfires – 66th anniversary
By Yoav Efrati

     Israel's first Spitfire ד-130 took to the air on July 23, 1948. The 
test flight conducted by former WWII South African Air Force Spitfire pilot, 
the late Boris Senior, initiated Israel's love affair with the Spitfire 
which began 66 year ago. Most of Israel's Spitfires were retired from 
service prior to the October 1956 Suez War, some ending up as kid's toys in 
Kibbutz playgrounds and others in airworthy condition over the skies of 
Europe. One Spitfire, known as "Ezer's Black Spitfire" was retained in 
Israel, thrilling on lookers during pilot's acceptance ceremonies and 
holiday IAF museum openings.
     Last year's release of new tooled 1/72 Spitfire Mk.9e kits by AZmodels 
and Sword models of the Czech Republic, inspired me to build eight Israeli 
Spitfires that saw service between 1948 and 1956. The text below provides 
colors notes used to paint my Israeli Spitfires.

1. Israel's first Spitfire 130-ד – Israel's War of Independence - Summer 
1948:
AZmodel 1/72 scale D-130 is painted overall Testors Model Master # 2062 RAF 
interior green
(FS 24172). Red used on spinner and rudder stripes "Ferrari Red" Humbrol 
220.
Star of David roundels1/72  dimensions - large roundel on the sides of the 
fuselage, 17.5mm inches diameter, 16.5mm diameter under wing roundels. Tail 
number ד-130, and blue used in tail band and stars of David roundels are 
Humbrol 15 Midnight blue (~RAL5008).
Note that on the real aircraft, the rear view mirror was taken from a car, 
and thus its forward end comes to a sharp point. The wing is a C-wing and 
the locations of the cannons are inboard, unlike the E-wing on all other IAF 
Spitfires.

2. Spitfire no.15 – Israel's War of Independence, winter 1948-49:
AZmodel 1/72 scale "Villveta II" non-stop flight delivery of Spitfires 
bought from Czechoslovakia in 1948. It is shown in it's ferry flight 
configuration with a pair of German designed fuel tanks and a centerline 
slipper tank. Spitfire no.15 is painted in standard RAF colors of: Dark 
Green Humbrol 163 (FS 34079) and Ocean Grey Humbrol 106 (FS 36152) upper 
surface with Medium Sea Grey Humbrol 165 (FS 36270) lower surface. Spinner 
and rudder stripes are painted Humbrol 220 "Ferrari Red". The blue Star of 
David is slightly lighter than RAL5008 and also slightly lighter than 
f.s.25045. Humbrol 15 Midnight blue is a close match.

3. Spitfire no.58 – "Costa's Spitfire" – 1949-1950:
AZmodel 1/72 scale Spitfire no.58 was the flag ship of the Czechoslovakian 
Spitfire squadrons after World War II. It was sold to Israel and assigned to 
Israeli Air Force pilot with the last name of Costa, who was born in 
Czechoslovakia, and trained by the Czechoslovakian air force to fly the 
Spitfire. Overall fuselage color is White Aluminum, wing leading edges High 
Speed Silver. Rudder stripes, spinner and red fuselage zig zag are Humbrol 
153 Insignia Red (f.s.31136). Blue Star of David - slightly lighter than 
RAL5008 and also slightly lighter than f.s.25045; Humbrol 15 Midnight blue 
is a close match.

4. Spitfire no.52 – 1950-56:
       Sword Models 1/72  Spitfire Mk.9e is shown in Scorpion squadron 
markings featuring a squadron insignia on the left side of the nose, yellow 
spinner and yellow and black stripped rudder. Standard RAF camouflage colors 
of Dark Green Humbrol 163 (FS 34079) and Ocean Grey Humbrol 106 (FS 36152) 
upper surface with Medium Sea Grey Humbrol 165 (FS 36270) lower surface.

5. Spitfire no.79 – early 50s
AZmodel 1/72 scale Spitfire no.70 of the Flying Tigers OTU, in early 1950's 
overall color is "High Speed Silver". The squadron insignia is found on the 
left side of the nose. The blue used for the spinner, rudder stripes and 
stars of David is slightly lighter than RAL5008 and also slightly lighter 
than f.s.25045,  Humbrol 15 Midnight Blue is a close color match.

6. Spitfire no.03 –– prior to October 1956:
     AZmodel 1/72 scale Spitfire no. 03 wears the Scorpion Squadron insignia 
on the left side of the nose, along with a yellow spinner and yellow and 
black rudder stripes. The camouflage colors match US f.s.595b standard: Gray 
f.s.26373 lower surface with upper surface camouflage Blue f.s.25045 and 
Brown f.s.30145.  Blue used for the star of David on a white background 
circle is slightly lighter than RAL5008 and also slightly lighter than 
f.s.25045.

7. Ezer Weissman's Black Spitfire no.57 - current 2013 version:
Sword Models 1/72 Spitfire Mk.9e provides optional fish tail and round 
exhausts. The round exhausts were used to depict the current vintage Black 
Spitfire. "Ezer's Black Spitfire" is strictly a show plane and as such it 
lacks the bumps atop the wings and shell ejector openings on the bottom of 
the wings. The Sword kit has the upper wing bumbs as an option, so it's easy 
to just leave them out. The short gun stubs were made of round plastic rod. 
Note blade antenna at bottom of fuselage and whip antenna just aft of upper 
fuselage mast. Red used is Ferrari Red, Humbrol 220. The airplane's overall 
color is Humbrol no.21 gloss black, with a layer of Future Gloss applied on 
top. Cockpit and over wing walkways are f.s.36370 (close to f.s.36375 but 
without the blue hue to it). Blue used for Star of David roundels is 
f.s.15102, and was found in an
F-16 decal sheet.

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