Nope, the one and only Isaacs Spitfire.

Just for a comparison…

Photo one – Taylor Monoplane (I think in New Zealand)
Photo two – something in between – a Taylor Titch converted into a Spitfire XIV replica
Photo three – the Isaacs Spit.

You can forgive my confusion, they are very similar to my untrained eye !! 😀

Thanks for the info.
The Mk XIX PR blue colour scheme looks hot !!

Now that must be inspiration for you, Daz !!!!!!!!!

I don’t quite know the history of this O-1’s paint scheme that I took a pic of at Wanaka 2004.
Perhaps Dave H might know ’bout this

Cheers
Chris

Basically they would have been the same spec as the old RNZAF Skyhawks before we “lovingly” sold them off…. 😡

Now , how about an R-4360 28 cylinder, 1/5th scale…
That would be impressive !!!!!

Wonder if it’ll feature the Spruce Goose ?

Camm vs Mitchell. Mitchell was a very, very good marine a/c designer and a flukey warplane designer. Camm was just very good as a designer. Camm was head and sholders above Mitchell IMHO. While the Spitfire was (and is) a great plane, take that away, and Mitchell designed few earthshatteringly important a/c.

Cheers

True, but that elliptical wing Mitchell designed was one of, if not the best fighter wing designed for WW2. Able to nearly make mach 1 and not tear itself apart, it was apparently better than the laminar flow that was made for the Spiteful and Attacker (I know he didn’t design them..).
Can’t really call that flukey, got to be expertise.

Just my 2 cents worth….

Cheers
Chris..
🙂

looks like judicial use of band-aids!!