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Merlin
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Posted: Saturday, November 09, 2013 - 09:28 AM UTC
A2Zee Models have announced a full resin kit in their Alley Cat range of K5054 - the prototype of the legendary Spitfire.

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ludwig113
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Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 12:38 AM UTC
interesting, i built the tamiya spit with a paragon conversion, would be good to see how this stands up against that conversion...
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Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 03:24 AM UTC
Hi Paul

I've ordered one, so I hope to be able to review it soon.

I've never built the Spitfire prototype, so I'm really looking forward to it. (I did a scratch conversion of Airfix's Hurricane as the prototype back in the '90s - I guess the results must have been reasonable, because some kind soul stole the model when it was on display in Hannants! )

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 03:45 AM UTC

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some kind soul stole the model when it was on display in Hannants! )


Why those dirty.... I hope the hounds were released!!!
ludwig113
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Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 03:50 AM UTC

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Hi Paul

I've ordered one, so I hope to be able to review it soon.

I've never built the Spitfire prototype, so I'm really looking forward to it. (I did a scratch conversion of Airfix's Hurricane as the prototype back in the '90s - I guess the results must have been reasonable, because some kind soul stole the model when it was on display in Hannants! )

All the best

Rowan


hi,

i'm sure it will be a great kit and there will be the usual arguments over the correct colours !

paulo
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Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 05:41 AM UTC

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some kind soul stole the model when it was on display in Hannants! )


Why those dirty.... I hope the hounds were released!!!


Hi Ben

I just hope whoever nicked it looked after it, because it was totally re-worked and I'd put a lot into it. Looking on the bright side, I learned a lot in the course of the project, so the effort wasn't wasted. I often thought about doing another, but just never had the heart somehow.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 09:27 PM UTC
Cool - the Paragon set alone goes for over 20 GBP currently - not including base kit and decals. Plan to purchase some other stuff from A2Zee anyway so can combine shipping :-D
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