This is an Airfix 1/48 scale assembly and painting required plastic model kit of the Supermarine Spitfire, a legendary World War II single-seat single-engine fighter of the British Royal Air Force. Model kit features: Kit features recessed panel lines, highly detailed cockpit, optional seated pilot figure, 2 or 3 bladed prop, optional open boarding door, 3-piece canopy with optional bulged hood and separately molded wing flaps with interior detail. Decals and full color painting guide for 2 aircraft: K9795, RAF 19(F) Squadron, Duxford, August 1938; P8088, NK*K, RAF 118 Squadron, A Flight, Ivesly, May 1941 - Includes stencils and gun port patches. *Historical Synopsis: Designed by Reginald Joseph Mitchell in 1936, the Spitfire features a sleek airframe and distinctive elliptical wing, which made it aesthetically pleasing but more importantly, it gave the Spitfire exceptional aerodynamic characteristics. Fitted with a 700 horsepower Rolls-Royce Merlin engine and eight wing-mounted .303 Browning machine guns, the Spitfire was a truly deadly adversary, as Luftwaffe pilots soon discovered.