AIR02017 - Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX - WWWEB10112982

AIRA02017A - Airfix 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX - WWWEB10112982

Preowned, Resealed, Mint

The PR.XIX was the top end of Spitfire development, a Griffon powered photo reconnaissance machine that carried no guns at all and relied on height and speed to stay alive. It managed 370 mph at 40,000 feet with a range of 1,500 miles, and the pressurised cockpit made those altitudes survivable. RAF PR.XIXs flew operational sorties into the 1950s, including the type's last operational Spitfire flights from Malaya in 1954.

Skill level 1, one flying hour. Finished model is 138 mm long with a 156 mm span. 44 parts.

In the box

• Grey styrene sprues with fuselage halves, wings and tail surfaces
• Clear canopy with pressurised cabin glazing
• Griffon nose with five blade propeller and spinner
• Cockpit and undercarriage parts
• Decals for two aircraft, PS852 flown by Flight Lieutenant Edward "Ted" Powles of No. 81 Squadron at Kai Tak, Hong Kong in January 1951, and a Swedish S.31 of 3 Division Flottilj 11 at Nyköping in 1949
• Illustrated instructions with Humbrol paint references