History:
THE aircraft per
antonomasia, the immortal Spitfire is much too famous for me to go into
it's history, so I’ll not bore you with it's history.
THE
MODEL: about this model there’s not a lot of say; I built it OOB some ten
years ago and you can see that is not the best work I’ve done so far. The
Spitfire is my favourite aircraft since the beginning of my “modelling
career”, when I was child. I’m literally in love with her and
I’ve built many dozens of Spitfire kits in quite a number of versions during
these 35 years!
But
I’ must admit that the B. of B. Mk.I version is my favourite one because
she’s the original and pure aircraft, with her streamlined lines and her clean
shape, not to speak for her superlative flying performance.
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images below to see larger images
Among
the 1/72nd scale Mk. I kits, the Airfix offering is actually the best to me (in
my humble opinion) because it has the best price vs. quality ratio, it’s cheap
and near the perfection at the same time. With a little effort and added work
this little and neat kit can become a real gem and it seems very much like the real
thing. In my sample I used the superlative Carpenà decals (Spitfire Exotique
1emé partie) but I missed to wear it with pastel etc. The box on the
background in the second picture is that of the old Polistil sample, an issue
dated back in the far 1975.
Many
greetings from Italy to all this site’s friends!
Paolo De Sanctis
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