Hobby Boss 83205 1/32 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

Model Dimension - Length: 284mm; Wingspan: 350.3mm
More Features:
- Left and right fuselage moulded w/ authentic details
- Finely detailed engine
- Finely detailed engine accessory compartment
- Finely detailed cockpit
- Newly tooled wings accurately represent real ones
- Optional position flaps
- Photo-etched parts for safety belt,interior details

Late in 1940, the RAF predicted that the advent of the pressurised Junkers Ju 86P bomber series over Britain would be the start of a new sustained high altitude bombing offensive by the Luftwaffe, in which case development was put in hand for a pressurised version of the Spitfire, with a new version of the Merlin (the Mk VI). It would take some time to develop the new fighter and an emergency stop-gap measure was needed as soon as possible: this was the Mk V.
The basic Mk V was a Mk I with the Merlin 45 series engine. This engine delivered 1,440 hp at take-off, and incorporated a new single-speed single-stage supercharger design. Improvements to the carburettor also allowed the Spitfire to use zero gravity manoeuvres without any problems with fuel flow. Several Mk I and Mk II airframes were converted to Mk V standard by Supermarine and started equipping fighter units from early 1941. The majority of the Mk Vs were built at Castle Bromwich.