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ENGLISH MIKE
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I never progressed much past 1:72 models but wish I had the skill & patience to do something like this.

Story & more photo's here

Attachment: spitfiremkidg_6.jpg
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My favorite version of my favorite aircraft. Prolly the next best thing to owning a real one! By the way, Mike what's the difference between the MK I and II? Nothing much visually; is the engine in the II bigger?

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I went to see the Spitfire exhibit in the museum in London. Really great display and cool story about the plane. It served England well.

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More powerful version of the Merlin engine, Rotol propeller & some MkII's had cannon armament (MkIIB).

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Wow, that is beautiful.

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the Mk 1 had a 2 blade prop same as the first Hurricane.

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Shouldn't that model have a bulged canopy? I thought the flat early-style canopy went the way of the two-bladed fixed-pitch prop.

Bjørn

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EM
the Mk 1 had a 2 blade prop same as the first Hurricane.


The Mk 1 started out with a two-blader, but got the 3 bladed variable pitch prop retrofitted (I believe)

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I went to see the Spitfire exhibit in the museum in London. Really great display and cool story about the plane. It served England well.


Got any pictures to post?

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Magnificent. Thank you Mike.

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Beyond words for that

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No doubt the most elegant wing shape of any man-made flyin' machine. The Germans lost that air battle from sheer ugliness.

Anyone know the number of private Spitfires still flying vs. say P-51s?

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Wow, that is really good. Fabric work is amazing, as is the rest of it. The only thing that gives it away as obviously a model is the tires.


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No doubt the most elegant wing shape of any man-made flyin' machine. The Germans lost that air battle from sheer ugliness.

Anyone know the number of private Spitfires still flying vs. say P-51s?


Well theres a whole lot of p51s in the states, with only a small handful of spits. There are actually a bunch more spits in the UK than the states, but not even close to as many p51s as there are in the US.

I know there are 6 flying factory two seat conversion spitfires, and would guess (wildly) at there being 80+ flying in the world, with probably another 30-40 that could be made to fly with the proper time and money.

I love the spitfire. I think it is the most graceful plane ever built. Most planes fly like something made by men, the spitfire flies like something born to fly, like a bird of prey. Heres a little snapshot I took a couple years ago,



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. Heres a little snapshot I took a couple years ago,




You flew one?

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the Mk 1 had a 2 blade prop same as the first Hurricane.


Only the very earliest ones; all squadron aircraft had three blade prop's by early 1940.
To start with they were coarse/fine pitch only but those were replaced with Rotol constant speed units.

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Shouldn't that model have a bulged canopy? I thought the flat early-style canopy went the way of the two-bladed fixed-pitch prop.

Bjørn


No; the bulged canopy was mostly the MkV & subsequent types - known as the Malcolm hood & introduced in 1941 IIRC.
Same hood was used on the P-51 prior to the bubble canopy on the -D model.

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Anyone know the number of private Spitfires still flying vs. say P-51s?


Fifty-odd I think: http://www.spitfiresociety.demon.co.uk/flying.htm

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You flew one?


He has an in How's the bird coming, OP ???

From memory, about 150 or so flying P51s of all marks, and about 350 all told ( flying, static, stored, etc ), which is I am pretty sure significantly more than the Spit. Many reasons for that , but bottom line, I wish there were thousands more of both of them !!!

The Mustang has always been my personal favorite fighter, but there is no doubt the Spit is just as lovely and elegant as they come. My personal weakness is the Mk VIII and Mk XVI, although an F24 in the driveway would suit me fine, too. Always thought the Hawker Furies were elegant as well, but much less "dainty" !!!!

Jim Beaseley ( local gent ) has a Griffon engined Spit - Mk 18 maybe ??? - which is an awesome a/c and very much different sounding than the Merlin Spits.

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The Merlin engine sings the Song of the Spheres. 'Nuff said.

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Much as I love and appreciate the Merlin, I believe the Allison V1710 to be underappreciated and actually inherently a better design - and if you've ever heard one of the few two stage supercharged Allisons, you'd know that it is fit to sing harmony with the R/R

Besides, most of us colonials think of the Merlin as we hear it in a P51, and while the engine most assuredly has a lovely sound, much of our impression is not exclusively of the engine, but also of some unique airframe sounds that ( IMHO ) add to to music.

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