Spitfire question

[ClydeM]

and don't chip any paint off that post as they were wood. but you probably knew that. clyde

[Bill L2]

The UHF aerial wires were being phased out starting in 1942, which is why you don't see many fighters in the ETO with them towards the latter half of the war.  Unless you have a clear picture of your aircraft with the wire, leaving it out would be the best educated guess.

Lee K

Thanks Lee.

[Lee_K]

The UHF aerial wires were being phased out starting in 1942, which is why you don't see many fighters in the ETO with them towards the latter half of the war.  Unless you have a clear picture of your aircraft with the wire, leaving it out would be the best educated guess.

Lee K

[Bill L2]

I am working on an old Haegawa Spitfire VB 1/32 scale. I have done some rescribing and stuff and it looks okay so far. But I have researched and cannot find any evidence that the Spitfire VB had an aerial antenna. There is a vertical post behind the cockpit on the upper fuselage but I cannot find a picture of an aerial running from the post to the tail. Can anyone shed some light on this for me.