1/24 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc Landing Gear (designed to be used with Airfix 2022 kits)The Supermarine Spitfire was a single-seat, single-engine, low-wing fighter aircraft produced by the British firm Supermarine Aviation Works in the 1930s and 1940s. Employed in Europe, North Africa, Australia and Asia, it became one of the iconic aircraft of World War II mainly for its effective and decisive contribution to the victorious British resistance to German aggression, during the Battle of Britain and the conflict years.In the Battle of Britain, it shared with the Hawker Hurricane the difficult task of defending territory from Luftwaffe attacks. Employed by the airforces of numerous Allied countries - such as the Soviet Union, Australia and the United States of America - it was the only Allied fighter produced for the duration of the war.Made in some 40 different versions, it is probably the aircraft with design and construction evolution superior to any other model, in the entire history of flight.Including the 2,556 Seafire, 20,351 examples were produced until 1947, when the last Mk.24 rolled off the assembly lines. After the war it was still employed for a long time by the air forces of France, the Netherlands, Greece, Turkey, Belgium, India, Italy and Czechoslovakia.The RAF's last operational front-line mission was carried out on April 1, 1954 by a PR19 Spitfire reconnaissance aircraft of No. 81 RAF Squadron.[9] But the Spitfire continued to be used for three more years by Temperature and Humidity Flight, for meteorological measurements, until June 1957, when it was discharged.It was considered by British ace Johnnie Johnson "the best conventional defensive fighter of the war."
1/72 Kugisho P1Y1/P1Y2-3 Ginga (Francis) Landing Gear (designed to be used with Hasegawa kits)The Yokosuka P1Y Ginga was a twin-engine, medium-wing multi-role military aircraft developed by the Japanese Kugisho design bureau, Yokosuka's First Aeronaval Technical Arsenal in the early 1940s and produced, except for self-built prototypes, by Nakajima Hikoki and Kawanishi Kokuki (P1Y2 version only).Employed by the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Koku Hombu, the air component of the imperial navy, in the roles of medium bomber, torpedo bomber, and night fighter with takeoff from the ground, it took over frontline service from the Mitsubishi G4M remaining operational until the end of World War II.
1/48 Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C/D Landing Gear & Wing Folds (designed to be used with Airfix 2022 kits)The Blackburn Buccaneer was a British attack aircraft in service with the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm from 1962 to 1993.The Buccaneer bireactor was one of the first all-weather attack interdictors in history, comparable to the A-6 Intruder, which was also embarked.Buccaneers, 16 of which were exported to South Africa, were used for decades by the RAF, which also took over those of the Royal Navy when it was deprived of fixed-wing aircraft. The Buccaneer was produced in more than 200 examples, and the 4 additional pylons for an additional 5,400 kg of cargo, including 4 Martel-Sea Eagle missiles or laser-guided bombs, increased the effectiveness of an aircraft otherwise obsolete due to lack of upgrades.