I think that plate is a build plate and possibly only on slightly later ‘early’ Spitfires…if that makes any sense?
I need to check my photos and references, but I think the plate you are talking about is the slightly angled little mod plate behind a perspex window further down the rudder?
I think the grey rectangular patch Jayce is talking about is usually found on the rudder above the blue part of the fin flash, seen here on a contemporary Spitfire I, and on a much later ‘teens’ Spit.
Only seems to be painted on the starboard side…
(images from ‘Spitfire – The History)
Ok originality aside, David’s photo’s, for me, raise two related, albeit rivet counterish, questions….
1) What is the little grey patch on the rudder?
2) Are you sure it’s in the right spot? As they’re usually over the blue band on the rudderstripe in just about every contemporary photo I’ve seen…. 😀
Having looked through ‘Spitfire – The History’, other Spit books, and the internet, I can only find that rectangle in the location you mention…
(photo from http://www.spitfiresite.com)
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