1/48 Tamiya Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb 

Trop. of the RSAAF

by Sébastien Courbet

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I would like to build an original version of a Spitfire, the most beautiful fighter of the WW2 in my opinion.  I bought the Tamiya MkVb Trop. version and I found a set of decals with a colourful version for a SAAF plane.  The center of the cocards are not red than British cocards but orange (If someone have some explanations?)!  It's the originality of the model.  The plane was in service in Sicilia with the 40 squadron of the SAAF during summer 1943.

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This plane has the Aboukir filter, I prefer this equipment than the Vokes model too big for the pure lines of the Spitfire.  Only Eduard seatbelts were used, the kit was assembled out from the box.

 
The kit was painted with acrilyc Aeromaster paints (RAF mediteranean blue ref.1121, RAF midstone ref.1115 and RAF dark earth ref.1110) and a pilot from the Brewster Buffalo Tamiya's kit was added.
 
Best Regards and happy modelling.

Sébastien

Photos and text © by Sébastien Courbet