Sword's 1/72 scale
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV

by Alan Price

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My next build for Model Airplane International is now complete. This one is a bit different. For some time now I've been helping John Mollison with odd bits of research, John runs the old guys and their aeroplanes website.

John interviews old pilots, talking to them about their life, aircraft, flying and combat. He also produces superb colour profiles of the aircraft. Recently he interviewed John Wilkinson, a former Spitfire pilot with 41 Squadron who flew Mk XIVs in Europe in 1944/45. With John M doing the colour profile, I decide to build the new Sword 1:72 kit as John W's aircraft.

The interview with John Wilkinson is superb. It can be seen by following this link.

Watch it, enjoy it, I did, John Wilkinson is a remarkable man. The story of the build and Johns experiences in his Spitfire will appear in MAI in the next few months. High resolution photos appear on my 500px page may be found by following this link.

For those of you who cant wait for the magazine, there are some photos of the build process on my Facebook page here.

Hope you enjoy the photos!

Model, Images and Text Copyright © 2016 by Alan Price
Page Created 1 December, 2016
Last Updated 1 December, 2016

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