1/72 Italeri Spitfire Mk Vb

by Shawn Findlay (bullitt3980)

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I have been so inspired by the great submissions on this site that I am very pleased to submit my first.  In fact this is the first airplane kit I have done in about 20 yrs.  This is the Italeri kit that I built out of box and compared to what kits were available in the late 70's early 80's this kit seemed very good to me.  I chose to build the US Army Air Corp version because it is a little disarming at first - It appears the Brits told the Yanks to just leave their P-40's at home, they were outclassed by what the Germans were flying.  So I guess these planes suffer from the "not invented by us" symdrome and the latter Mustangs and Thunderbolts get all the publicity.

Shawn

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Photos and text © by Shawn Findlay