{"id":2806,"date":"2024-11-10T18:07:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T18:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vexillummilitaris.co.uk\/?page_id=2806"},"modified":"2024-11-17T14:15:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T14:15:31","slug":"supermarine-spitfire-fr-mk-xviii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vexillummilitaris.co.uk\/?page_id=2806","title":{"rendered":"Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XVIII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2024, finally completed this one. I started many years ago to lobby Airfix on every page I could for Mk XIV, with the added larger fin for a MkXVIII option. They finally did it! But it’s taken a few years to get around to a finished model. This is without doubt my most favourite Spitfire mark and paint scheme. 28 squadron based at Kai Tak in late 1950 – with Korean war theatre stripes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XVIII of 28 Squadron based at Kai Tak, late 1950. Airfix 1\/48th scale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This kit has had some not great reviews – poor fit in places, particularly the fuel tank cover. I didn’t find this too bad. There are some thought out parts and fitment – it’s well designed, I thought. My only negative about the kit is that some of the parts are a bit soft in detail and require resin replacements – the gun barrels are the worst. As it happens, I don’t replace these on this kit, but I will in future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really tried very hard to make this a very beat up and dirty airframe. There are some reference photos of this machine at Kai Tak looking very untidy indeed. But looking at my final photos I think I could have gone a lot further!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My build was from the box except the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n