Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2022 16:59:23 GMT 12
Hi all,
W3528 was one of the more successful of 485Sqn's Presentation Spitfires with one 109E destroyed, x1 109F damaged, a Fw190 destroyed and another probable, and (from Gerard S Morris' Spitfire: The New Zealand Story) "6 E-boats dam 1/10 share" over 42 combat sorties.
I'd quite like to build a 1/48 model of this airframe, however aside from the photos in the book and this one on the AFMNZ site:
PR8897 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
images of this airframe are proving a little tricky to unearth. DK Decals produced a 1/72 sheet with a bunch of 485's Presentation Spitfires (including W3528 - Option 5) which is handy as a reference but depicts the aircraft in an earlier, incorrect camouflage scheme (it should be in the green and grey scheme as seen on the right-hand aircraft):
DKD72034 01 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
I'd be grateful to see what images of this aircraft may be lurking in forumites' collections.
W3528 was one of the more successful of 485Sqn's Presentation Spitfires with one 109E destroyed, x1 109F damaged, a Fw190 destroyed and another probable, and (from Gerard S Morris' Spitfire: The New Zealand Story) "6 E-boats dam 1/10 share" over 42 combat sorties.
I'd quite like to build a 1/48 model of this airframe, however aside from the photos in the book and this one on the AFMNZ site:
PR8897 by Zac Yates, on Flickrimages of this airframe are proving a little tricky to unearth. DK Decals produced a 1/72 sheet with a bunch of 485's Presentation Spitfires (including W3528 - Option 5) which is handy as a reference but depicts the aircraft in an earlier, incorrect camouflage scheme (it should be in the green and grey scheme as seen on the right-hand aircraft):
DKD72034 01 by Zac Yates, on FlickrI'd be grateful to see what images of this aircraft may be lurking in forumites' collections.
