Airfix 50160 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb vs. Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7 - Dogfight Double Gift Set

Airfix 50160 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb vs. Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7 - Dogfight Double Gift Set

Product Type: Plastic Kitset

Brand: Airfix

Scale: 1/48

Requires assembly. Gift set- paint, brushes and cement included.

PRODUCT INFO
Between June 1940 and November 1942 the small but strategically important island of Malta, situated in the Mediterranean Sea, became the most heavily bombed place on earth when first Italian and then German bombers attempted to force the island to surrender. Merchant shipping convoys were also attacked in an attempt to prevent the island being re-supplied with food and military equipment.

Initially Malta's only defending fighter aircraft were outdated Gloster Gladiators and then Hawker Hurricanes but at the height of the battle, cannon armed and tropicalized Spitfire Mk.Vbs were used to intercept the German Junkers Ju 88 and Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers which were escorted by Messerschmitt Bf 109Es. It became a struggle that was in some ways similar to the Battle of Britain. Eventually at the end of 1942, the war in North Africa had been won by the Allies so Malta was no longer of such important to the Axis powers and the bombing stopped allowing the starving civil population to be re-supplied by sea.

Airfix Gift Sets are ideal for more advanced modellers and include glue, acrylic paints and brushes.

Contents
- 10 x Acrylic Paints
- 2 x Brushes
- 2 x Poly Cement
- Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb (L 195mm x W 232mm - 151pcs)
- Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7 (L 183mm x W 205mm - 107pcs)

TECH SPECS
Number of Parts: 258
Item Scale: 1/48
Number of Scheme Options: 1
Skill Level: 2