Supermarine Scorpion - the sting is in the tail!

[Glenn Gilbertson]

Back in 2009 I persuaded a friend who read the Daily Telegraph to save the coupons for their promotional "1/72 Spitfire",
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There is always a use for a Spitfire V. Alas, on opening what appeared was the dreadful "Spitfire Mk. II" vintage 1962!
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A nice decal sheet, but a pity about the white letters.
Apart from its crudeness, Revell's fuselage length matches a Mk.IX, but their added length is behind the cockpit rather than in front.
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At last I have a cunning plan to make a virtue of a problem., inspired by the Supermarine type 305 proposal of 1936.

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[Rick Lowe]

So a Spitfire-based copy of the Defiant... also seemingly with the originals' omission of forward-firing guns.
Will you be changing that, or building it as drawn?

Interesting project though, and a good use for that particular kit.

If you had a slightly larger scale pilot, you could make it as a 3/4 or 4/5 scale homebuilt - like the TP-51.

[RAFF-35]

I've been intrigued by the type.305 since I found out about its existence two or three months ago, so I'm really interested to see what it looks like in plastic! I also think that the name "Supermarine Scorpion" is absolutely fantastic

[kerick]

For a minute I thought you might be going for an actual tail gunner!
This will a perfect Bad Idea!

[Wardukw]

Those be the perfectly good way to take something fantastic and make it suck 😆 🤣

[zenrat]

A copy?
Or an obvious response to the "turret fighter" specification?

Whatever.  Looking forward to it.

My parents read the Torygraph.  I'm disappointed they didn't save up the coupons and send me one...

[NARSES2]

A copy?
Or an obvious response to the "turret fighter" specification?

Yup, along with the Hawker Hotspur

[Rick Lowe]

A copy?
Or an obvious response to the "turret fighter" specification?

Yup, along with the Hawker Hotspur

OK, I sit corrected. 

[Joe C-P]

For a minute I thought you might be going for an actual tail gunner!
This will a perfect Bad Idea!

Oh, that's even better/worse!  A tail gunner lying prone with a .303, requirement for short, slender gunners, the plane's nose extended to move the engine forward to balance the weight, longer wings to improve lift due to the greater weight, a port in the tail for the gunner to toss his cookies biscuits when the pilot neglects to warn before drastic maneuvers.  It practically builds itself!

[The Rat]

I hope there's an interrupter gear linked to the rudder pedals.    The erks back at the station won't like patching all the self-inflicted holes.

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