1/72nd scale Supermarine Spiteful kits

[chrisonord]

I  am looking  for one  of these  if there is a kit of them that I  won't need to sell bodily parts for, does anyone have any information on  said kits  please, cheers.
Chris

[Gondor]

AZ Models do both a Spiteful and the Seafang which was the naval equivalent.

Gondor

[chrisonord]

AZ Models do both a Spiteful and the Seafang which was the naval equivalent.

Gondor

Cheers  Gondor, I  shall  look into  one of  those

[kitnut617]

Oddly, the AZ Spiteful and Seafang I have are different sizes when they should be the same size, the Spiteful being smaller --- but the Seafang seems to match the Airfix new tool Spitfire F.22 for length.

There is also the CMR resin kits of both (I've got both of those too). Rareplane did vacuforms, Magna Models, RS Models did resin, Pegasus, Ventura did short run injection

[PR19_Kit]

Could you construct one with an F22 fuselage and Attacker wings?

[kitbasher]

Could you construct one with an F22 fuselage and Attacker wings?

If you build up the F22 fuselage (cockpit is higher) then you'd get close.  I'm sure Lee can provide advice on Spiteful kits.  The AZ one is slightly underscale - certainly span-wise - and the nose contours are somewhat pinched.  IIRC the prop spinner cap is the right diameter but the fuselage nose is around 2-3mm too small.  Shims needed to correct the bulk of the nose.

[chrisonord]

Thankyou for the  information fellas, I  think the Az kits  will be near enough for what they  will be for.  I  have got a friend of mine  to dip his toe into the  deep and dark pool that is wiffdom, and he wants to start with a Spiteful/ Seafang.  Not sure what he is going to do  with it as yet but I fancy one after looking at the  AZ seafang kit.

Chris

[kitnut617]

Could you construct one with an F22 fuselage and Attacker wings?

You mean like this     (actually a Mk.XIV fuselage)



Of course there's always this hybrid

[chrisonord]

Very nice  Robert, I  am feeling inclined to  build myself  one now, I  am sure  I  could  work one in to being in  service  during  the 50's
Chris

[The Wooksta!]

If he's a newby, avoid the AZ kits, as they are decidedly fiddly.  The Spiteful is frankly garbage, although bits of it are useful.  The Seafang is better, but not ideal. CMR have resin kits of both, but again, fiddly, expensive and accuracy issues.  Magna had issues, but seemed to look about right when done.  Now OOP. Pegasus did two incarnations, later kit better with white metal parts and decals, but the radiators in both were just blocks and the tail surfaces were both thick and the wrong shape. Long OOP by thirty years. Fixable with parts from the AZ kit, but an expensive kit.

If he wants an easy build, Trumpeter in 48th have Spiteful and Seafang, but both have accuracy issues that I've gone into before and won't again.

Frankly, we've yet to see an accurate Spiteful or Seafang.

Two of mine here from Pegasus and Magna.
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=30671.0

[chrisonord]

If he's a newby, avoid the AZ kits, as they are decidedly fiddly.  The Spiteful is frankly garbage, although bits of it are useful.  The Seafang is better, but not ideal. CMR have resin kits of both, but again, fiddly, expensive and accuracy issues.  Magna had issues, but seemed to look about right when done.  Now OOP. Pegasus did two incarnations, later kit better with white metal parts and decals, but the radiators in both were just blocks and the tail surfaces were both thick and the wrong shape. Long OOP by thirty years. Fixable with parts from the AZ kit, but an expensive kit.

If he wants an easy build, Trumpeter in 48th have Spiteful and Seafang, but both have accuracy issues that I've gone into before and won't again.

Frankly, we've yet to see an accurate Spiteful or Seafang.

Two of mine here from Pegasus and Magna.
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=30671.0

He has been building models for quite some time but mostly motorbike kits and OOB stuff, I think he will be ok with the AZ stuff as some of the bikes he does are wiffed to a certain extent and look really good. I shall let him know about the accuracy of said kits but I doubt it will bother him. Cheers Lee.
Chris

[The Wooksta!]

If he's doing bikes, then he's not strictly 72nd.  Go for the Trumpeter ones simply for ease of build. 

[chrisonord]

If he's doing bikes, then he's not strictly 72nd.  Go for the Trumpeter ones simply for ease of build.

His aircraft builds are in 1/72,  I  sold him quite a few  of my Soviet  kits I  had, and he is familiar with AZ kits, i might get him to join her in we shall  see.
Chris

[jcf]

I realize it's 1/48th not 1/72, but what's the verdict on the Falcon Vac Spiteful/Seafang kit.

[The Wooksta!]

Not had it, not my scale, but from what I've seen of Mike's build on Britmodeller it looks to be bang on. Given Falcon's reputation, I'd be surprised if it wasn't.