Hasegawa 1/32 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb Tweak List

By Thierry Laurent

MOLD CREATION DATE:

KIT DATABASE ENTRY:

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/kitdb/details.php?kit=1494

TWEAKS LIST VERSION 1.2 (publication date: June 2006)

Reviewed and updated by Charles Metz, Edgar Brooks

The following list is intended to help modelers in improving scale accuracy of an airplane model replica. In no way is it intended to support or be offensive towards a scale model company. As such, it is only the result of a progressive process and is in no way intended to be absolute or even comprehensive. Hence, it is intended to focus on commonly admitted discrepancies and will probably not cover some errors. It is up to the modeler to decide whether correcting the listed issues is worth the time and money he will have to invest in the quest for accuracy process.

No aftermarket correction or detail set is mentioned in this document as the availability of such items may be very variable. Hence, refer to other LSP sections to find relevant information. Moreover, aftermarket sets do not necessarily correct all listed issues. Please refer accordingly to relevant documentation.

NOTICEABLE FUSELAGE ISSUES (from front to rear)

NOTICEABLE WING/WEAPONS ISSUES

NOTICEABLE COCKPIT ISSUES

NOTICEABLE CANOPY ISSUES

NOTICEABLE LANDING GEAR ISSUES

OTHER NOTICEABLE ISSUES & MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS

KIT MARKINGS

Up to now, kit has already been (re-)released many times (by Frog, Hasegawa and Minicraft) with different markings options:

Note that in some cases, the kit will need some modifications to accurately depict to chosen air frame:

REFERENCES

The following references were used to build this list:

Modeling essentials:

Note that photo file references dedicated to other marks are also VERY useful for common details:

Other References:

© Thierry Laurent (reviewed and updated by Charles Metz, Edgar Brooks) 2007

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