Originally posted by SlapShot
I don't know about that Dan ... If you look real close, it does appear (to me) that there is an anti-glare panel on that bird ... very similar to the picture in the first post.
I looked close and it doesn't appear to have one. But for example. Here are a few more.
Two Spit IXs modified for recce work to FRIX in all silver with black anti-glare.
A Spit IX, that a high ranking American officer 'traded' his P51 for.
And an all Silver Spitfire XVI.
It appears that if the plane was painted overall silver, they didn't add the anti-glare and if it was natural metal, they did, except in the case of the US flown Spit IX. The caption for the original photo of the 601 Spit says it was painted silver overall.
Lots of all silver postwar Spits in all silver with no anti-glare too.. Gotta love those Spits don't ya?
Dan