1/48 Eduard Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc Late

Gallery Article by Raul Corral on Mar 14 2014

 

 

This is one of my last two finished kits: both were the beautiful Spitfires from Eduard, in 1/48 scale. I built a "c Late" version from their first release, a "profipack" box, under the reference 8281, that left me really impressed by the amazing surface detail. Right away after buying this profipacked "c Late" version, I went into Eduard's online store and ordered a simplified Spitfire kit (Overtrees being the commercial name), great marketing strategy from Eduard, including only the basic plastic parts for the "e version" with no decal sheet, no instructions manual, no photoetched parts but definitely with all the parts needed to built the desired version at a very good and reasonable price.

 

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So what did I build from my Profipack? Well, another Spitfire, this time a Mk IXc Late with invasion stripes, in flight, with closed canopy and a old pilot figure from Airfix rescued from my drawer. Decals were taken from a superb, like always, decal sheet of EagleCals Decals (ref. 114). To display the aircraft in flying position I bought a plastic stand from Airfix, decorated with decals left over from a 1/48 Spitfire from Revell-Hasegawa I had built for a friend.

This Spitfire and one other might be included soon in a future issue of FineScale Modeler Magazine. More pics in my homepage webmodelismo.com.

An excellent kit that for sure I will build again, probably in desert camouflage the next time.

Remember... "Vista, suerte... y a modelar!"

All the best,

Raul Corral

      

Photos and text © by Raul Corral