CMR-168 - Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXE, Czech & Israeli Air Force service


	Czech Master Resin - 1/72nd Scale Aircraft This page was last updated:- 22^nd October 2008


	CMR-168 Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXE
in "Czechoslovak & Israeli Air Force" service
[Single-Seat Fighter Aircraft]

— Decals, Photo-Etch Detailing Set & Paint Mask Included

Colour Schemes Included

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - TE515 — 'DU-E', ex-312th Sqn. RAF, *CBA, Czechoslovakia, August 1945

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - TE515 — 2nd AD, *CBA , 1946-48: P.A/c of Plk. Jaroslav Hlad'o, OBE, DSO, DFC

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - 2058 — (Ex-TE515) 105 Squadron, Israeli Air Force, Ramat Davis AB, June 1953

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - TE527 — 'DU-X', ex-312th Sqn., RAF, W/Cdr's aircraft, CFW, *PRAB, August 1945

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - TE527 — 'HL', W/Cdr. 2nd AD, Sep.1945: P.A/c of Mjr. Jaroslav Hlad'o, OBE, DSO, DFC

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - TE527 — 'HL', W/Cdr. CFW, *PRAB, Aug.45: P.A/c of Mjr. Jaroslav Hlad'o, OBE, DSO, DFC

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - SL628 — 'M-4HL', Aviation Technical Training Establishment, Liberec, 1947

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - SL632 — Ex-Czechoslovak A/c, transfer to Israel: Podgorica airfield, Yugoslavia, Dec.1948

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - TE554 — 'KR-6', ex-310th Sqn. RAF, 1st Squadron of Air Regiment 10, *PKAB, 1946

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - TE554 — 'A-708', Military Air Academy, Hradec Králové and Pardubice, 1947

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - TE554 — '57' (Black Spitfire) P.A/c Ezer Weizman, Cdr. Israeli Air Force, late 1970's

Supermarine Spitfire LF. Mk.IXE - TE554 — '57' (Black Spitfire) 25th Anniv., 101 Sqn., Israeli Air Force, Hatzor AB, 1973

* CBA — Ceské Budejovice Airfield, Czechoslovakia

* PKAB — Praha-Kbely Air Base, Czechoslovakia

* PRAB — Praha-Ruzyne Air Base, Czechoslovakia

CFW — Czechoslovak Fighter Wing

P.A/c — Personal Aircraft

'Click' here for sample: Colour Scheme Information

Items Included

Complete Airframe

Two types of 'Main Wing' - Full 'Elliptical' and 'Clipped-Wing' versions

Cockpit Canopy - Can be displayed 'Open' or 'Closed'

Highly-detailed Cockpit Interior - Includes painted 'Photo-Etch' Instrument Panels, Seat Harness, etc.

Pilot's cockpit 'Access Door' - Can be displayed 'Open' or 'Closed'

Optional Exhaust stacks (2 types) - 'Round' or 'Flattened'

'Rudder' (2 types) - 'Early' & 'Late' styles

Highly-detailed Undercarriage - Includes 'Photo-Etch' Undercarriage Doors, plus 4 designs of Wheel Hub

Optional 'Wing Cannon' configurations (3 types) - 20 mm Cannons, .50 cal. Machine Guns and Cannon blanking fairings

Optional Gun Sights

Optional Undercarriage 'Scissor Link'

Optional 'Belly' Fuel Tank

Optional 'Drop Tanks'

Bomb Payload + Racks

Rotol Four-Bladed Propellers (2 types) - 1 set has Individually moulded propeller blades for greater detail

Large, Painted 'Photo-Etch' detailing set - see below

Assembly and Painting Instructions

Paint Mask - For Cockpit Canopy Frame, plus Wheel Hubs

4-page Photographic 'In Detail' Supplement

Comprehensive 2-sheet Decal Set - Includes detailed stencil placement guide

Painted 'Photo-Etch'
Detailing Set, Includes:

Cockpit Instrument Panels
Seat Harness
Rudder Pedals
Wheel Hubs
Undercarriage Doors
Radiator Cores
Cockpit Walls, etc.

Assembly Instructions (Preview)

CMR-168 Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXE, Czech & Israeli Air Force service

Model Review by:
Mark J. Davies
(IPMS New Zealand)