![]() ![]() I needed to decide which planes to build before starting. The instructions include a two-page history of the Spitfire Mk.I, 11 pages of construction details, a page each for the masks and stencils, and each marking option gets a full-page color four-view diagram. ![]() The kit includes 10 marking options with a full set of stencils for two airframes. The crisply molded canopies are perfectly clear, and Eduard provides pre-cut masks. Optional parts abound: four props, three seats, three styles of canopy, two windshields I could go on, but you get the point. The recessed rivets on the wing are so fine that I can see them but can’t feel them with my fingertip.Īt first glance it appears the two sets of part trees are identical, but the fuselages differ. There are more than 500 parts here - 263 for each airframe - and the stunning surface detail comprises recessed panel lines and both recessed and raised rivets as appropriate. The initial kit, Tally Ho! The Spitfire Story, is a limited-edition dual-combo that includes two full kits and a resin pilot. This kit is Amazing, perhaps the best I’ve ever built. Oh, how wrong I was!Īs good as its Mustang was, Eduard’s early Spitfire takes design and molding technology even farther. I thought Eduard had pushed design and molding technology to the absolute limit. In fall 2019, when I built and reviewed Eduard’s 1/48 scale P-51D, I used every cliché in the book to describe the quality of the fit and surface detail. ![]()
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