Tamiya 60756 1/72 Spitfire Mk.Vb / Mk.Vb Trop. Print this pagePrint this page
Tamiya 60756 1/72 Spitfire Mk.Vb / Mk.Vb Trop.
Price: HK$75.00

Highlights:
- with clear display stand

Availability: [In Stock]
Weight: 0.19 kg
Description
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V
  • World War Two
  • Royal Air Force (RAF)
  • late in 1940
  • Spitfire Mk.I / Mk.II / Mk.V are similar with different engines.
  • A-type wing - eight .303" Browning machine guns (same as Mk.I & Mk.II)
  • B-type wing - carry one 20 mm Hispano cannon (replaced the two inner .303 machine guns) + two .303 machine guns per wing
  • C-type wing - universal wing, can be eight .303" Browning machine guns, two 20 mm Hispano cannon + four .303 machine guns (most common) or four 20 mm Hispano cannon
  • Trop. (Tropical) - air filter (Aboukir filter or Vokes filter) fitted under the nose, in action in the North Africa.

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Spitfire Mlk.Vb
Spitfire Mlk.Vb
Spitfire Mlk.Vb with clipped wings
Spitfire Mlk.Vb with clipped wings
clipped (shorter) wings increased the roll rate and airspeed at lower altitudes [aircraft from No.316(Polish) Squadron, August 1943]
 
Spitfire Mlk.Vb Trop
Spitfire Mlk.Vb Trop
1) clipped (shorter) wings increased the roll rate and airspeed at lower altitudes. 2) fitted with the Aboukir air filter. [aircraft from No.40 Squadron, South African Air Force, Tunisia, April 1943]