{"id":609,"date":"2020-10-01T20:24:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T20:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jadlamracingmodels.com\/?p=609"},"modified":"2020-10-12T11:50:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T11:50:58","slug":"review-tamiya-61119-spitfire-1-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jadlamracingmodels.com\/2020\/10\/01\/review-tamiya-61119-spitfire-1-48\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Tamiya 61119 Spitfire 1\/48"},"content":{"rendered":"

A note from the author…<\/h3>\n

I\u2019m Rob, a normal guy who enjoys making models! I\u2019m by no means a \u2018professional\u2019 modeller, but I am passionate, try my best and kits generally turn out well! All my builds are done at home in my spare time with typical model tools and accessories – all views and opinions are my own and not that of Jadlam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Kits included in this review:<\/h5>\n

Name<\/strong> – TAMIYA Spitfire Mk1.A 1:48 Aircraft Model Kit<\/p>\n

Number<\/strong> – 61119
\nScale<\/strong> – 1\/48
\nPrice<\/strong> – \u00a329.99 RRP
\nAvailability<\/strong> – Available Now! Buy yours here!<\/p>\n

Having recently built the Airfix Supermarine Spitfire starter set i’ve decided to take it up a notch and embarked on the Tamiya 1:48 scale 61119 Spitfire. This kit is a big jump, not in only scale, but price, difficulty level and historic accuracy – but with Tamiya’s incredible fit and finish it should be a relatively easy step.<\/p>\n

Hopefully this will outline my journey and encourage you to follow in my steps…<\/p>\n

I’ll get straight into it with what you get in the box. There are full colour call outs for three different aircraft, the aircraft depicted in the lovely box art is actual size and the two alternate versions half size, this is a real help for painting and applying decals. The star of the box art and first option is a Battle of Britain variant, this has the classic two tone camouflage with sky bottom side. The second option is for an early pre-war spitfire once again with the well-known two colour scheme on the top and a natural metal finish on the lower fuselage. Tamiya hasn\u2019t gone as far as to include a two blade propeller version though. The final option has a natural metal and black and white wing identification markings of a spitfire used in Operation Dynamo, the British evacuation of Dunkirk. This is the version I have chosen to build for a few reasons which I will go into later.<\/p>\n