Ten Spitfires from the Battle of Britain in 1:72. Aircraft of famous pilots from squadrons at Hornchurch, Fowlmere, Gravesend and Leconfield, summer 1940.
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For the British fighter force the summer of 1940 is the best documented period of all. We know the fuselage codes, the names of the pilots and the bases from which they took off sometimes three times a day. This sheet picks ten aircraft from that period for which the build can be tied to a particular name in the cockpit.
The pilots gathered here entered history in very different ways. A New Zealander of the Hornchurch squadron who survived the war and became one of its best-known leaders. A South African marksman whose rules of air combat were taught to a whole generation. An Australian of the Leconfield squadron. And alongside them experienced non-commissioned pilots who in 1940 flew more hours than many of their commanders.
For the build it is worth knowing that the aircraft of the summer of 1940 still had the upper camouflage in brown and green in what is known as Scheme A or B, the undersides differed from one airframe to another, and the propellers were both two-blade wooden and metal variable-pitch ones. The choice of fuselage code therefore also decides the look of the airframe.
The sheet is part of a two-part set; the second part offers another ten aircraft from the same period under an adjacent manufacturer's part number.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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