duxford flying legends 2006 Spitfire take off

Taken just after take off and gear up at Flying Legends, Duxford.

Closest I ever got to a Spit in flight!

Illustrated beautifully in this shot is the failure of most model manufacturers, and the bain of the existance of a consumate model builder:

The famous (or infamous) gulled fillet between the trailing edge of the wing the fuselage. How many kits got this wrong, I can not tell you... How many scratchbuilt replicas? Countless.

Another haunting delicacy for the consumate Spitfire-phile.

I suppose the Mustang is a better photograph... but this IS a SPITFIRE. End of discussion, I need to save some cash and get me over there one year!