Bare metal Spit I

[Kev367th]

Spit PR Mk Ia Type G

As the Pink Spit Ia it is a fully armed PR Spit, this time from mid 41.

[Guppy35]

Great stuff Kev.  Interesting how you've really given some variety to the Spit I family now.

Wonder if you could get away with doing one of the ASR Spit IIs that would be in the later Gray/Green camo and the 42-45 roundels?  They had the different under the fuselage markings too for the ASR role, but they were armed to protect themselves.

[Kev367th]

All I need is a pic / profile.

[Guppy35]

OK then

Spitfire IIC (C was the designation for ASR not Cannon armament) P8131 early 1943 276 ASR Squadron  Coded AQ-C.  Note that codes were in yellow and it was standard Gray Green camo with the yellow leading edge ID band, 42-45 roundels and the black band down the center of the fuselage belly.

[Guppy35]

Details

[Guppy35]

And the undersides

[Krusty]

Black stripe will be tricky, with the stretch and all.

[Kev367th]

Black stripe isn't going to be a real problem.

Early preview -

[Kazaa]

Originally posted by Kev367th
Spit PR Mk Ia Type G

As the Pink Spit Ia it is a fully armed PR Spit, this time from mid 41.

quah!

[Kazaa]

My job is the find a bare metal Spitfire MkXIe, or a MkXVI.

which me good luck

[Kev367th]

All that will be left is bare metal IXe/XVI and XIV.

Final Mk Ia Type G - Just a few tweaks here and there -

[Kazaa]

wish*

[SgtPappy]

holy crap those are some nice Spits. but one other thing I would love to see... the Spitfire Mk.VIII and IX had 'C' type wings meaning they could carry either 4 X 20mm w. 120 rpg or the regular 'B' type armament we see in AHII currently or they could carry 8 X .303 cals.

Also, bomb load was supposed to be 1000 lbs. like it is for the Mk.XVI. It kinda degrades the plane when one takes away the vast arms options of the Spit. Oh well...

By the way, I remember reading a post about how Luftwaffe pilots in 1944 started resenting fighting against a Spit and wanted to fight the P-38. Now why did they hate the Spit so much? Did they think of it as some unworthy opponent?

[Kev367th]

Have yet to see ANY pic of an VIII or IX with 8x.303s.

What would be nice is to retag the XVI as a LF IX, and give it either .303 (1943 LF IXc), or 50cal (1944 LF IXe) options.
Someone actually worked out with the FTH on the XVI it is actually LF IX anyway.

Ord and drop tank options are woeful on all Spits.

[SgtPappy]

lol i've noticed, but at least its not horribly nasty. The merely average load 1000 lbs. can still be very effective depending on their use. If you're a good shot, you can take out a bunch of trains with just 1 bomb each - and the Spit VIII's (are supposed to) have 3. Many a time have i wished my Mustang carried just 1 more bomb to demolish the locomotive pulling the train.

Also the single small drop tank does give a fair range for an interceptor like the Spit. I just hope they'll give the Spits the proper gun and bomb fits.

By the way, the Commemorative Air Force has a Spit Mk.IXc - Mk297 - which is armed with 8 X 303's. It was used for the BoB movie, but the 303's were never actually used operationally. Here's a link which may or may not work for you ('cuz it doesn't work on my comp) so just copy and paste it if need be:
 

www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/registry/spitregistry/spitfire-mk297.html