All full size service aircraft usually start life as a military specification, so I decided I would draw up what I thought would be the ideal attributes for a scale model and look for a shape to fit them. The specification was as follows: WWII piston-engined fighter, wide track retractable undercarriage, good looks, and large wing area. But above all, it had to be little modelled and different. After all, with accurate flying scale models we can put into the air shapes that were rarely filmed or recorded in their flying qualities. It so happened that the first 'Aeroplane Monthly' magazine I bought, way back in December 1977, contained an article on the Supermarine Spiteful. Looking at the photographs and reading the history of this machine, I decided that this was the shape. And Aviation News of 27th July-9th August 1984 contained an excellent 3-view.
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