Spitfire Mk.VIII 1/48
Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk.VIII ProfiPACK is a plastic kit of the British fighter aircraft. It includes pre-painted photo-etched parts, masks and decals for six marking options. Paints and glues required for assembly are not included.
The Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII was one of the variants powered by the two-stage supercharged Merlin. Unlike the Mk.IX, built in parallel as a quick interim solution, the Mk.VIII was designed from the outset around the new engine and received, among other changes, a retractable tailwheel. It was produced in LF, F and HF versions optimised for low, medium and high altitude, and served mainly outside Western Europe: in the Mediterranean, in Burma and with the Royal Australian Air Force in the South-West Pacific.
This 1/48 Eduard kit belongs to the ProfiPACK line. Alongside the plastic sprues it includes a pre-painted photo-etched fret with the instrument panel and seatbelts, self-adhesive masks, and decals with a separate stencil sheet. The six marking options cover RAF aircraft from Burma (No. 155 Squadron, 1945), Italy (No. 32 Squadron, 1944) and southern France (No. 43 Squadron, 1944), the personal mount of AVM Harry Broadhurst in desert camouflage from 1943, a Spitfire of the 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group USAAF in Italy, and the shark-mouthed aircraft of W/C Robert Gibbes, commander of No. 80 Wing RAAF, in the Netherlands East Indies in 1945.
According to Eduard, the finished model measures 20.2 cm in length with a 23.5 cm wingspan, so 1/48 scale leaves plenty of room for a detailed cockpit and a carefully executed camouflage scheme. With options ranging from desert colours to the tropical Pacific, modellers can pick a subject that suits their own collection. Paints and glues required for assembly are not included.
Nationality: United Kingdom, USA, Australia. Period: Second World War.
| Category: | Aircraft 1/48 |
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| Weight: | 0.42 kg |
| EAN: | 8591437489404 |
| Scale: | 1/48 |
| Edition: | Eduard Profipack |
| Intended for: | Aircraft |
