Spitfire IXs in Indochina

[Bill Cross]

Same question as about the Bearcat in Indochina: I know there were Spitfire IXs serving in French Indochina from 1945-1950. Which variant? TIA. 

[thierry laurent]

The Mk. IXc. BTW the Tamiya kit has one scheme for one of them!

[Bill Cross]

So that Tamiya would work? Great!

[spook]

Hello

French spitifre in Indochina is a difficult subject. French AF had SPit IX C and IX E with standard wingtip or short ones. They nearly always had bomb pyon under the wings and sometimes carried ventral auxilary tank.

Markings varied a lot : size for french roundels were variable, some had a fin flah, others had the rudder in french colors and some had the both

Check your refrence. Here somme photos : http://www.frenchwings.net/indochina/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=17

The Taimya IXc would match,markings for a french IXc  are included ine the box.

[Kagemusha]

Berna decals also produce a sheet

 

[Bill Cross]

3 hours ago, spook said:

Hello

French Spitifre in Indochina is a difficult subject. French AF had SPit IX C and IX E with standard wingtip or short ones. They nearly always had bomb pyon under the wings and sometimes carried ventral auxiliary tank.

Markings varied a lot : size for french roundels were variable, some had a fin flah, others had the rudder in french colors and some had the both

Check your reference. Here some photos : http://www.frenchwings.net/indochina/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=17

The Taimya IXc would match,markings for a french IXc are included in the box.

The Tamiya kit, aside from being a smashing great kit in its own right, would be lovely, though the Berna decals below look to show a standard wing and the Tamiya decals (which I wouldn't use in any case) show a shorty.

 

3 hours ago, Kagemusha said:

Berna decals also produce a sheet

 

Thanks, I believe Hannants has these as a reprint. Interestingly their Dauphine has regular wings and the Tamiya kit shows short wings.