Matchbox 1/32 Spitfire mark 22/24

[philo426]

progress thus far.

[LDO]

Contra prop or 5-blade?

[philo426]

5 blade

[cobraman]

Nice !

[Jim B]

Nice looking Spitfire. In 1/32 it must be pretty big.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Nice !! I didn't know there was a 1/32 bubble-canopy Spit available. Gotts ta get one.

[philo426]

Thanks guys!

[Snake45]

I understand that's not an easy kit to build. I've had one for years but don't have the guts to start it. Maybe after I get my XIV bubbletop done (1/48).

[philo426]

Yeah snake i have full build logs om finescale.com and swannysmodels.com.

[philo426]

[philo426]

[Jim B]

Nice job on the Invasion Stripes. Are they decals, paint, or tape?

[philo426]

Kit supplied decals.not bad at all!

[Ace-Garageguy]

The invasion stripes would imply the aircraft took part in the D-Day operations of June 1944...but I thought the Mk 22 came later than that (being basically a bubble-canopy Mk 21, which saw very little service in the Second World War).

Are the invasion stripes for a tribute paint scheme, I wonder?

[philo426]

Well they came in the kit so i guess they used the narrower stripes in the unit stationed in Hong kong in '52

[Agent G]

While similar to the WWII invasion stripe they are not intended to represent those. Many times aircraft sported "recognition stripes" in times of conflict. D DAy stripes being one obvious example.

WWII AAF aircraft in the pacific which were originally painted olive drab and had white stripes on the wings and tail planes.

Later examples would include the yellow/black stripes used in the Suez crisis, and the yellow/black stripes used by the USAF in Korea on the F86.

While I cannot find a specific reference to these stripes I believe they were simply there for recognition purposes at some point .

Good looking build, I'm anxious to see more of it.

G

[philo426]

[Snake45]

While similar to the WWII invasion stripe they are not intended to represent those. Many times aircraft sported "recognition stripes" in times of conflict. D DAy stripes being one obvious example.

WWII AAF aircraft in the pacific which were originally painted olive drab and had white stripes on the wings and tail planes.

Later examples would include the yellow/black stripes used in the Suez crisis, and the yellow/black stripes used by the USAF in Korea on the F86.

While I cannot find a specific reference to these stripes I believe they were simply there for recognition purposes at some point .

Good looking build, I'm anxious to see more of it.

G

The RN Sea Furies and Fireflies operated during the Korean War carried a variation of these stripes, too.

I've seen these narrow black/white stripes on Griffon Spitfires but I'd have to hit my library to tell you where and when they were used. But as you say, they're definitely not "D-Day invasion stripes."