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Spitfire on the flightline @ Duxford 2007Related content
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nice Trop... Hispanos to the maxx!!! what type of inlet is that under the left wing?
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Oil cooler, I'm pretty sure later models replaced that tube shape with a box design matching the water radiator under the other wing...
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more symmetry i presume...
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Yes, and I think they needed more oil cooling as the power of the Merlin was increased....
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made it quite hard to differentiate a frontal or a back profile view... looks much like the 109 in those views...
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Vtrop! i still want one in modelkit, but was out XD
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Love that one, maybe i use at a draw reference one time ? 
That Large belly air intake contains a big sand filter, on the real version. After what i`ve learned some have removed the big sand filters and replaced them with a smaller to increase performance on thoose spit troops, which flyes today. But still it looks like that one !
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Yep, it's a Vc trop, not a Vb though:
'A' Wing: 8 x machine guns
'B' Wing: 2 x cannons and 4 x machine guns
'C' Wing: 4 x cannons, but could be changed to 'A' or 'B' spec
'D' Wing: No guns
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Standard armament for the 'C' Wing was 2x 20mm Cannons and 4x .303 MGs (in other words a 'B' Wing, although equipped with 'B' Wing armament the 'C' Wing had extra ammo for the 20mms)
It was rare to see a 'C' Wing with 4x20mms, although the South African Air Force's Vcs were all 4 cannoned armed
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