SPITFIRE BROWNING FIRES AFTER 70 YEARS IN PEAT BOG

[Doz]

It came out of slots in the bottom of the wing; I know through years of making Airfix models!!

Cheers Watcher, there's always something I didn't know that I didn't know!

[Watcher]

In the days when I was a real Airfix nerd I used to paint in the soot marks behind each slot!!!

[Porcupine]

Of course it was only when replaced with these bad boys that it could actually do any real damage!



(This live-firing Hispano-Suez 20mm autocannon is on sale for the bargain price of $24,000!)

I had to laugh at how they all got in a trench and wore body armour and staked the barrel in place. You'd think they were detonating an atomic bomb not firing off a few rounds of .303.

[Watcher]

The Spitfire was at its most beautiful as a Mk 1. Went down hill when they fitted nasty sticky out things like that Porcupine!!

[Porcupine]

I think the bubble canopy was a big improvement in the looks department.



But then I have never thought the Spitfire was an especially handsome aircraft. Give me a Mustang, Thunderbolt, Tempest or Sea Fury any day!

[Watcher]

Philistine!!! ....in the nicest possible way :) .

[Robin128]

Its curvy trailing edges and its merlin engine give rise to its attractive maneuverability.

[Watcher]

This is purdy...

[Porcupine]

[ovenpaa]

For me it has to be the DH-1 or the DH-2 :goodjob: