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Quick Spitfire question

I’m building the Airfix BBMF boxed set, starting (naturally) with the easiest – Spitfire IIa P7350.

The paint guide shows P7350 with a sky spinner, but I’ve seen several pictures of her with a black spinner.

Which is right? Former or latter?

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By: DazDaMan - 10th December 2003 at 08:28

I had a look in Martin Bowman’s book “Battle of Britain Memorial Flight”, and the photos of P7 in there showed her with the sky spinner! I would have thought, being a Battle of Britain era colour scheme, she would have had a black spinner.

Anyway, seeing as my kit still has the incorrect underwing roundels, I guess the finished product “should” look a bit like this (with any luck!):

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By: Mark12 - 9th December 2003 at 23:15

………………… and the ‘Blue Peter’ logo has changed style and colour, to red, in recent months. Lower wing roundels are due for correction I gather.

Mark

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By: duxfordhawk - 9th December 2003 at 21:45

She flies with a Black spinner but then again she flies with wrong merlin engine too,as the exhaust stubs show,so i can’t really tell myself i would paint it black as the song goes.

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