Profipack edition kit of British fighter Spitfire Mk.IIa in 1/48 scale.
In the mid-1930s, aviation design teams worldwide began developing a new generation of fighter aircraft. The French Dewoitine D.520 and the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, for example, were designed to take advantage of new techniques of monocoque construction, and the availability of new, high-powered, liquid-cooled, in-line aero engines. They also featured refinements such as retractable undercarriages, fully enclosed cockpits, and low-drag, all-metal wings. These advances had been introduced on civil airliners years before, but were slow to be adopted by the military, who favoured the biplane’s simplicity and manoeuvrability.
Features
- plastic parts: Eduard
- marking options: 5
- decals: Eduard
- PE parts: yes, pre-painted
- painting mask: yes
- resin parts: no