Following on from their excellent Spitfire Mk.IXc kit, Pacific Coast Models have released this rather superb kit of the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXe which features some highly detailed resin parts, pre-painted photo-etch parts by Eduard, decals by Cartograf and colour views by Richard Caruana. It also features markings for no less than 6 different aircraft:

• PL187, FN-Z, No.331 Squadron (Norwegian), RAF, September 1945..
• PT672, WR-RR. Lt. Col. Robert "Bob" Rogers, 40 Squadron, SAAF.
• SL628, (HL)M-4, Wing Commander J. Hlado, Czech Air Force, 1945.
• NH609, 4D-W, No.74 Squadron, RAF, Schijndel, Netherlands, March 1945.
• TE554, "57", Ezer Weizman, Israeli Air Force, 1970.
• SM622, Russian Air Force.