• Darwin Spitfire presented by Fabrice Fanton is a conversion of 1/48 Tamiya Mk. V with Airwaves C-wing.
  
  
• Jeff Webb is the author of another 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire today, finished as Mk. IB of No. 602 Squadron.
  

Also, here something of interest for anyone wanting to build an accurate Spitfire Mk. IX in 1/48 scale. It is a fact of life that the curved shapes of the Spitfire have proved notoriously difficult for kit manufacturers to replicate accurately. Consequently, despite the abundance of 1/48 Spitfire kits on the market we still do not have a modern, dimensionally accurate injection-moulded Spitfire Mk.IX in this scale (see this comparison of available kits at Hyperscale).

The UK company Aeroclub has been specialising in Spitfire correction and conversion sets for a long time. The newest product from this company is a corrected fuselage for Hasegawa Mk. IX kit. The set is injection-moulded and includes alternate lower cowlings for early and late air intakes. See the review of this set at Hyperscale.

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