The Supermarine Spiteful was a British Rolls-Royce Griffon-engined fighter aircraft.
In late 1942, Supermarine designers feared the drag characteristics of the Spitfire's wing at high Mach numbers (nearing the speed of sound) might become a limiting factor in increasing the aircraft's high-speed performance. To overcome this, it was decided to produce a new laminar-flow wing, much like that already used on the North American P-51 Mustang, Another change, to improve the ground-handling, was replacing the Spitfire's narrow-track, outward-retracting undercarriage with a wider-track, inward-retracting system. as it was now substantially different from a Spitfire, the aircraft was named Spiteful:
Item No : 02850
Item Name : Supermarine Spiteful F.MK.14 Fighter
Bar Code : 9580208028507
Scale : 1:48
Item Type : Static Kit
Model Brief : Length:216 mm Wingspan: 224mm
Total Parts : 80+pcs
Metal Parts : n/a
Photo Etched Parts : 1piece
Film Parts : n/a
Resin Parts : n/a
Total Sprues : 4sprues
Paint Schemes : Royal Navy
Released Date : 2012-02
More Features The kit consists ofover 80 parts , includes 7 clear parts
- fuselage&wing with finely engraved panel lines"
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