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Thursday, April 02, 2020 - 06:23 AM UTC
Eduard has announced the first of their new tool quarter scale early mark Spitfires: the Spitfire Mk.I will be released in August 2020
”Spitfire Mk.I-V project covers several versions of the early Merlin powered Spitfires, basical Spitfire Mk.I, Mk.II, Mk.Vs, as well as the Seafires later. The project will be split to several stages.The first stage is Spitfire Mk.I, which is scheduler to second half of this year with couple of boxings.
There will be two two different frame of the fuselage versions available, except the variable small parts like the wind shield, canopy, antenna mast, pitot tupe or propeller. There were no armors in early Spitfires, the armor protecting the fuel tank, wind shield and pilot back were added step by step during the service, manly after Battle of France during the Summer and early Fall of 1940. Combination of the various alternative parts allows to get Spitfire Mk.I in the fashion of the aircraft in various service times. There are two fuselage versions seen, the early one up and late version bottom. Note the early fuselage doesn´t represent the K5054 prototype!
The wings are also two different frames with small, but important differences. See the surface enforcement over the landing gear Wells, added to late production aircraft with retrofit to the older examples. The same was the heat of the wing guns, which was none on the first Spitfires. Later, after troubles with frozen machine guns, a hot air heating system was installed, taking the hot air from the wing cooler with the exhaust fairings close to the wing tips, and the final solution was the electrical heating, used on all the produced.
See the one of two small parts frames, with some of the many alternative parts, like as three antenna masts, two various wheel discs, or alternative hot air exhaust to be alternatively glued under the wing tips (parts 72 and 73. Note alternative wing tips, to be use latter for Spitfires Mk.Vs. There will be two small parts frames in Spitfire Mk.I kits.
The second of the two small parts frames. See the battery of machine guns, all with hollow barrels and two propellers, with unique design of the two-bladed wooden prop, or alternative pitot tubes. See the parts 217, 218 and 219, where the differences depend on stage of armoring of the plane.
Detail of the early Spitfire Mk.I in the original shape how the Spitfire entered the RAF service, without an interior armor as well as the fuel tank armor, with original flat style canopy hatch, rounded windshield and original straight antenna mast. See the gun sight.
The first Spitfire Mk.I release will be THE SPITFIRE Mk.I STORY, a LIMITED EDITION item, released in August, 2020. The item will be released in DUAL COMBO mode, with two kits inside, Spitfire Mk.I early and Spitfire Mk.Ia late, with two separate sets of fuselages and wings.
The part configuration allows to build the cockpit in erly unarmored fashion, or in latter armored style.
The surface riveting of the back fuselage is made in combination of the positive and negative riveting. Don´t be confused by the picture, the rivets are very very tiny on the real kit surface.

The main Spitfire Mk.I release will be the PROFIPACK, scheduler to be an October 2020 release available in E-DAY 2020 convention in Lysa nad Labem on September 26th, 2020. Which is still not all, the Spitfire Mk.Ib will be the next. And, of course, Spitfire Mk.IIb is an aircraft with just marginal changes comparing with Mk.Ib.
The changes comparing Mk.Ib and Mk.Ia are in the wings, with Hispano cannons installed. The kit will have extra B wing frame.”

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Thanks for the news Tim This looks like it'll be awesome! I'm really looking forward to Eduard's take on early Spits! As Mal always says - "You can't have too many Spitfires!". All the best Rowan
APR 02, 2020 - 07:57 AM
Hello Tim! Thanks Much for the "heads up"! I'm for THIS ONE! It'll be interesting to compare this new EDUARD Spitfire M.I (early) to TAMIYA's release of their kit #61119 Spit Mk.I, of which I have 2. Hoping that this new EDUARD Spitfire will compare favorably with TAMIYA's or maybe even surpass it in quality, but I can't see how. The wheels are already turning in my head as to the different color and markings schemes possible... VR, Dennis
APR 02, 2020 - 07:29 PM
Hi Tim Great news. Lets now hope for an early PR version as a future addition. Richard
APR 02, 2020 - 11:01 PM
Hi there I can already see how it might; apart from the options for the early canopy, propeller and exhausts, there's the surface finish. Tamiya's Spit is lovely, but it has a very simplified external finish. Having been privileged to help maintain the exhibits at the RAF Museum, one thing you really notice when cleaning them is the rivets! All the best Rowan
APR 05, 2020 - 07:00 AM
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