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Airfix Model World Spitfire Mk.IXc | Building Airfix's 1/24 Superkit | Special Issue

Airfix Model World

Issue

Magazine:
Airfix Model World
Number:
Spitfire Mk.IXc | Building Airfix's 1/24 Superkit | Special Issue | 2022
Language:
English
ISSN:
978 1 80282 550 3

Table of contents

| Page 6
DESIGNATION PUZZLE


Aircraft designations can be a tricky business; here historian Peter Arnold provides an invaluable technical insight into how the Mk.IX came into being
 

| Page 16
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?


The opening section on Airfix’s new 1/24 Spitfire Mk.IXc ‘superkit’ takes an in-depth look at the kit’s components
 

| Page 32
SPITFIRE SUPREME


Airfix Model World editor Stu Fone takes on a testshot of the new Airfix Spitfire Mk.IXc, providing stepby- step guidance on a modular approach to building this magnificent kit
 

| Page 34
FIT FOR AN ACE


Most aircraft kits begin with the cockpit and the same is true here, but Airfix has packed the pilot’s ‘office’ with an abundance of detail
 

| Page 42
ELLIPTICAL EXCELLENCE


Attention then shifts to the Spitfire’s elegant wings, with a focus on the armament and associated weapons bays
 

| Page 50
MAGICAL MERLIN


It’s argued that the heart of any Airfix ‘superkit’ is the engine and that’s definitely the case here, with the powerplant assembled as a separate module to the rest of the kit
 

| Page 60
A FIGHTER EMERGES


The main airframe elements are brought together in this section, with helpful hints and tips on how to get the best results
 

| Page 68
POLISH ACES


It’s camouflage time as the exterior colours are added to replicate an airframe operated by ‘C’ Flight, 145 Squadron as the Polish Fighting Team in North Africa during early March 1943
 

| Page 76
SUPERMARINE SATISFACTION


Final assembly concludes the build, with the highlight being the attachment of the Merlin engine and associated structures
 

| Page 86
FLYING NINES TO FIVE


Malcolm V Lowe’s narrative on Spitfire Aces that flew the Mk.IX variant provides a human touch to proceedings, accompanied by two-view profiles by Andy Hay
 

| Page 102
BRITAIN’S FAVOURITE SPITFIRE


Our exclusive walk-round photos of the Old Flying Machine Company’s airframe MH434, courtesy of photographer Matthew Roberts, provides modellers with a veritable feast of information for their Airfix Spitfire Mk.IX builds
 

| Page 112
REFERENCES, ACCESSORIES AND DECALS


We provide a current listing of available aftermarket materials for Airfix’s new-tool 1/24 Spitfire Mk.IXc