1/48 Italeri Spitfire Mk XVIe  

by Bob Bartolacci

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The Spitfire Mk XVI was a late war version with a bubble canopy, used successfully to a great extent as a fighter bomber. Several squadrons flew it, including  302 Squadron. This particular aircraft was flown by Squadron Leader Boleslaw Kaczmarek stationed at Varrelbusch, Germany, in June through early August 1945. The markings are from Lifelike Decal sheet no. 109.

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This is the former Occidental model of the Spitfire Mk XVI in 1/48th, re-released by Italeri recently. The kit looks very much like a Spitfire and the fit is good. I had to use very little filler. There was almost no flash present on the sprues.

I've always just sent in photos in the past of models just taken against a bland background and they tend to look just like models, so this time I took the shots with the model sitting on a WWII Verlinden German aircraft revetment to give it a little spice! As the Mk XVI's were used as fighter bombers supporting the Allied advance it isn't too far a stretch to place one in these surroundings...

As an experiment I am also including a "weathered, aged, 'black & white print' " of the same model. It was fun playing with it to try to get the old aged, sepiad look.

Bob

www.bobscorner.com

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"There are no great men.
There are only great challenges
that ordinary men are forced by
circumstances to meet."


Admiral William "Bull" Halsey 

Photos and text © by Bob Bartolacci