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Old 10-05-2003 | 08:30 PM
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Chad Veich
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Default RE: Spitfire vs. Seafire what is the difference???

The Seafire XV, which is the version used by the Canadians and seen in the first and last of the above photos, is essentially a navalised MkXII Spitfire. The MkXII was the first production version of the Spit to use the Griffon engine and was a very limited production airplane. Despite that, Dave Platt saw fit to build a MkXII and his 1/5 scale plans/short kit are for that particular Mark so it would be a great place to start if you wanted to build a Seafire XV. You could also take the same basic airframe and stick a bubble canopy on it to make a Seafire XVII (which is the one I'd like to do).