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So if the Tamiya looks wrong, it's the fault of the builder, not Tamiya...
Somebody just brought up this old thread on another site, and I know I never posted here these (devastating) photos of unpainted kits before, so I'll post them now. Whatever the dimensions may be, the two kits look very different, but feel free to dig your head in the sand about it... If you want to dig it even further, convince yourself the Eduard is wrong and the Tamiya is correct... After all, it has to be right! It costs five times as much...:
Me Gaston, I brought this thread up on Hyperscale, and much amusement was the result. Why? Because nobody, nobody with a genuine interest in the real aircraft, gives a rats backside about your constant whining that either kit isn't up to your demanding standards.
I'd question your use of the word 'devastating' I think a far more accurate word would be 'inconsequential'. The two kits don't look "very different" Gaston, they both look like scale replicas of a Spitfire Mk.IX, they don't look like anything else Gaston, they can't be mistaken for anything else Gaston.
They look different but as we've already murdered several million 0's and 1's providing you with accurate dimensions that you've chosen to either ignore or question then there is not an awful lot more to be said is there, two plastic kits, from two different manufacturers in two different scales don't look identical.
I'm not really surprised, as far as I'm aware one of Tamiyas sources was Montfortons detailed and well researched data while Eduard primarily used an existing museum airframe in thier design work. Different interpretations, which is more accurate? Do you actually know Gaston? Have you done the detailed research yourself Gaston? All you've proven is that the two kits are not identical in outline or scaled dimensions, which is surprising in what way exactly?
Nobody cares what you have to say anymore Gaston, and dressing yourself up in alternate pseudonyms like "Jean Stravinsky" or "Stravinsky75" while banging on about the exact same heinous crimes of kit manfacturers isn't going to convince anyone to pay any more attention to you.
I've said it before Gaston, so has Rowan, scale modelling really isn't the right hobby for you, you need to take up something far more demanding that will sate your constant hunger for attention and % point dimensional accuracy...
I'd suggest juggling. It seems to be a pre-requisite skill for a clown!
They were never all the same size in the first place, and they changed still further in service! Heeeeelp! 
