1/72 Essentials: Spitfire Mk I/II
The IBG 1/72 Essentials: Spitfire Mk I/II is a plastic kit of a fighter aircraft. It contains plastic and photo-etched parts for one model, without decals or a printed instruction manual. Paints and glue required for assembly are not included.
The IBG 1/72 Essentials: Spitfire Mk I/II is a plastic kit of the Supermarine Spitfire in its earliest production versions. The Spitfire Mk I and Mk II formed the backbone of RAF Fighter Command in the first years of the Second World War. The Mk I, with a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine with a single-stage supercharger and eight .303 Browning machine guns, met the escorting Bf 109s over southern England during the Battle of Britain in summer 1940; the following Mk II received a more powerful Merlin.
Essentials is an IBG Models line in which the box holds only the plastic and photo-etched parts needed to build one Spitfire. Decals and instructions are not included – the manufacturer offers the instruction manual as a free download at ibgmodels.com. Such a boxing suits modellers who already have their own decal sheet, or anyone adding another airframe to a squadron in their collection.
1/72 scale keeps the Spitfire small and compact, so it sits easily next to other Battle of Britain aircraft. The choice of markings and camouflage is left entirely to the modeller. Paints and glue required for assembly are not included.
Nationality: Great Britain. Period: World War II.
| Category: | Aircraft 1/72 |
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| EAN: | 5907747904712 |
| Scale: | 1/72 |
