Airfix 1/24 scale ALL NEW Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc

Airfix 1/24 scale ALL NEW Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc

Airfix posted information and pictures of this completely new version currently available on Airfix:

NEW TOOL – NOW AVAILABLE Airfix 1/24 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc (A17001)

Incredibly detailed, this is an Airfix Super Kit like no other, the new 1:24 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc is now available.

Probably the most impressive of all Spitfire kit representations ever released, this new 1:24 scale vehicle includes:

• Early and late purchases and breech blisters
• Clipped wings
• Two elevator types
• Intricately detailed cockpit

With a wingspan of 469mm, a length of 397mm, and a height of 150.8mm, this stunning kit includes a total of 433 parts and is rated at skill level 4.

With a fascinating story behind each, this new vehicle version includes five schemes that give you the option to choose between something completely different, like Johnnie Johnson’s mount or the French Air Force Reconnaissance Spitfire.

These schemes are:

• Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, aircraft are flown by Squadron Leader “Johnny” Plagis, No.126 (Persian Gulf) Squadron, Royal Air Force Harrowbeer, Devon, England, July 1944. (A)
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, aircraft flown by Flight Lieutenant Ian Keltie, No. 402 Squadron “City of Winnipeg”, Royal Air Force Kenley, Surrey, England, March 1943. (B)
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc. Aircraft were flown by Wing Commander James Edgar “Johnnie” Johnson, No.402 Squadron “City of Winnipeg”, Royal Air Force Kenley, Surrey, England, Summer 1943. (C)
• Supermarine Spitfire MkIXc Aircraft flown by Captain Garth Jared, Commander, 309th Combat Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces, Italy, December 1943. (D)
• Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, GR 2/33 “Savoie”, Armee de L’Air, Luxeuil-Les-Bains, France, early 1945. (TO)