Bandai
Seaplane version of the Supermarine Spitfire, developed in 1942, based on the Mk VB airframe using floats developed by Supermarine (as the Supermarine Type 355).
Converted by Folland Aircraft with a four-blade propeller, Merlin 45 engines, tropical filter, and additional ventral fin.
First flight on October 12, 1942, later fitted with an additional dorsal fin and Aero-Vee tropical filter.
Two further Mk VB conversions by Folland in 1943; all three were flown to Egypt and the Great Bitter Lake in late 1943, but were not used operationally.
A Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IXB with a Merlin 66 engine and four-blade propeller (Type 385), similarly converted by Folland, first flight on June 18, 1944, later converted back to a landplane.
Plastic model kit
- with photo-etched parts
Scale 1:24
unbuilt / unpainted
Paint and glue not included
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