MAQUETTE À MONTER - 1/48 - eduard — LIMITED EDITION — Spitfire Story : Tally Ho! **LIKE NEW INSIDE UNOPENED**
Prix régulier 85,00 € TTC 6%
Characteristics
| Condition | Like New Inside Unopened - Intérieur non ouvert |
| Scale | 1/48 |
| Manufacturer | eduard |
| Size of the box | 38 x 23 x 7 cm |
| EAN |
8591437554423 |
Description
The Supermarine Type 300 prototype, serialed K5054, first flew on March 5th, 1936, at the factory airfield in Eastleigh, Southampton. After a series of modifications and improvements, it was handed over for testing on May 26th to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment in Martlesham Heath.
Between June 6th and 8th, official testing yielded a maximum speed of 561km/h at a height of 5,100m. On June 10th, the Air Ministry officially approved the use of the name 'Spitfire', although as early as June 3rd, the Ministry signed a contract, B.527136, with Supermarine for 310 Spitfire Mk.Is. These were designated the serial numbers K9787 to K9999 and L1000 to L1096. According to the plan, delivery was to have taken place between October 1937 and March 1939. None of these dates were met due to a lack of production capacity at Supermarine and the complications precipitated by the development of the new technologies associated with it. The production capacity issues were solved by the development of a network of subcontractors, despite objections by Supermarine, of which there ended up being some twenty that took part in the production of the Spitfire Mk.I. While series production of the type was ramping up, the head designer, Reginald Mitchell, passed away on June 11th, 1937 at the age of 42. He was replaced in this role by Joseph Smith. For final assembly, Supermarine built two new hangars at Eastleigh. The first series produced Spitfire Mk.I, K9787, took to the air on May 14th, 1938...