Thanks for the replies and info Chris
I might get the P51 Mustang now for winter use
Seriously thought having seen the Spitfire now I'm gunning for the Mustang to go with it as a pair, they are quite large but as the quality is nice the manufacturer has got away with producing it in that size otherwise I think it would have looked a bit rubbish.
http://authenticmodels.com/collection2/ ... stang-p51/
The Merlin is still one of my favourite engines in anything thats ever been produced, that sound, just amazing and imagine being given one of those to get to grips with at 20 years old with just a few hours training must have been bloody terrifying. Many of the Luftwaffe fighter pilots at the start of the war were already battle hardened from the Spanish Civil War, Adolf Galland, Werner Molders and Ernst Udet who was an acrobatic flyer before the war and a fighter ace in WW1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2CBx7x5GCI had a uncanny knack of doing his stunts and landing with the engine off. All were highly experienced professional pilots before war broke out and you wouldn't have stood a chance at the beggining of the war. We were so lucky Goering was in charge of them as he concentrated on bombing strategy than his fighters.
Tim.