mk4 spitfire

[NARSES2]

Looking really nice 

[eatthis]

MK4 SPITFIRE

by 1943 it was obvious that war with germany was at the very least quite likely. the main fighter/interceptor in raf service was the mk2 spitfire with a 1600 hp merlin engine with 2x20mm cannons and 2x .50 cal mgs.
the new mk3 spitfire with 4 cannons and a new more powerfull griffon engine were beggining to enter service but it was felt that someting more extreme was needed to combat the rumoured jets that tha allies thought germany were developing.
the gloster meteor wasnt progressing as quickly as hoped and a stop gap was proposed to keep pace with these wonderweapons.

the supermarine design team decided to put to new griffon 64 engines (2350 hp each) into a spitfire inline this gave over 3 times the power of the mk2 variant with no noticable increase in drag this resulted in superb performance with an astounding top speed of 560 mph (which was even faster than most of the german jets!).
coupled with 4 hispano cannon this interceptor version went on to serve well into the jet age on equal footing

[Tophe]

Great result, wonderful

[NARSES2]

Looks good 

[Librarian]

 
WOW. You've got a serious pair to then go for natural metal . Now do I have some Spits in the stash???