Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc Italeri 2727 Scale 1:48
The Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc entered production in October 1941. The Mk.Vc’s universal wing could be fitted with a greater variety of guns than that of earlier Spitfires, as well as carry 250 and 500lb bombs. 2,467 Mk.Vc’s were built out of a total Mk.V production run of just under 6,500, and they were used on almost every front in World War 2.
This combination of large numbers and wide deployment saw Mk.Vcs finished in a wide variety of camouflage schemes, making the type one of the most attractive of all Spitfires as a modelling subject. It’s therefore surprising that until recently, the Mk.Vc was decidedly underdone in kit form. In 1/48, for example, you needed to tackle either Airfix’s hybrid Mk.Vc/Seafire IIIc kit – which combined new tool wings with parts from Airfix’s 1970s-vintage Mk.Vb kit – or use aftermarket resin wings to modify Tamiya’s Mk.Vb. Both approaches produced good results, but took more effort than would normally be required for a 1/48 Spitfire model.
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