Mark12 or Daz,

You might be able to help.
I’ve found this picture of Spitfire Mk22 ‘R64’ as a Gate Guardian:

Rhodesian Mk22 ‘R64’

(Apologies for the link – I’m just being cautious about any copyrights).
The image is not dated, but it looks fairly recent.
However, they list that ‘R64’ was originally PK350.
I can only presume that this is an old picture.
But, I have a suspicion that the picture is actually of PK355.

Can you confirm?

Lastly; it’s got zero-length rocket-launchers under the wings – did the Mk22’s that went to Rhodesia get updated to Mk24 spec?

Jim

I know what they can be like!

I did start the small one out to see if I could make it really nice and scale, but I’ve got to the point now where I just want to get it into the air!

You wouldn’t happen to know what TFC are up to with PK624 – I keep seeing pictures on the web; it looks like the fuse has been stripped and bead blasted, but I’ve seen nothing further. 🙁

A very sad sight indeed..

Where is she now?

That’s a great one Phil, thanks; wouldn’t it be nice if TFC got her back in the air..

Thanks!

Well spotted Daz …. I was hoping no one would notice 🙁

After spending a couple of evenings masking up the roundels and the fin flash, I stood back to admire the work, and promptly went and found some whisky to simmer the fury … once i’ve proven it flies, then I’ll repaint it :rolleyes:

As for the pics – superb – I haven’t seen most of these – I’m really looking for a flying shot of one of the early production ones whilst they still had the MK21 tail, before it was increased to the ‘Spiteful type’ – I’ve got a few pics of PK312 on the ground in this configuration.

I’ve done the smaller tail on these models, as I think it looks slightly cleaner, and the motors I use don’t give quite as much torque issues as a Griffon 😉