The most famous British aircraft of World War II combined excellent flying characteristics with an outstanding performance. The first production Spitfire were delivered in July 1938.

The Spitfire Mk V was a compromise between performance, flexibility of use and firepower. They began to arrive at front line units in March 1941. Two types of wing were adopted, a standard one ( known as the F wing ) and a clipped version ( the LF wing ) that had better performance at lower altitutes. The engines used were the Merlin 45 and 50 generating 1,440 and 1,490hp. Of the Mk V series, only 94 Mk Va`s were made, 3,923 Mk Vb`s were produced and 2,447 Mk Vc`s were produced. Model presented here is Mk Vb version with four machine guns and two 20mm cannons.

Well, I am impressed . First  are nicely etched panel lines,overall shape is very good  and the cockpit is OK!! ( if you look Revells 1/72 He-162 “without cockpit”, this is a huge step up). Canopy is clear but made in one section. 39 parts are included in the box with instruction sheet which contains two color schemes ( 1.Spitfire flown by P/O Axel A.Svendsen and 2.flown by S/L Jeff Northcott ) and decals. To finish this nice little model you need three colors: Light Green ( Revell 55 ), Bronze Green ( Revell 65 ) and Greyish Blue (Revell 79). 

These new kits from Germany are getting better and better and I just hope that this trend will continue.  Applause for Revell.  Nice model for a fair price.

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