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File Name: Spitfire F.MkIXc, South African Air Force File Submitter: ndicki File Submitted: 01 Jun 2010 File Category: SF2 Series Add On Aircraft Spitfire MkIXc, No.4 Sqn, SAAF These will add a SAAF-specific MkIXc version of the Spitfire included in the SF2 Israel Expansion Pack. Includes serial numbers for early production F.MkIXc ("MkIXA") aircraft, squadron and individual codes and correct SAAF markings for the period. A large number of early MkIX aircraft were conversions from MkV airframes; if you look up the serials of these aircraft, they will fall in blocks attributed to MkVs. All the aircraft represented in this pack were either converted to MkIX standard, or in the earliest MkIX production blocks. This will run only in SF2I or a merged install including SF2I and the SF2I Expansion Pack. Click here to download this file

File Name: Spitfire F.MkIXc, early production, MEF File Submitter: ndicki File Submitted: 01 Jun 2010 File Category: SF2 Series Add On Aircraft Spitfire F.MkIXc, early production, Middle East Forces, late 1942 onwards. These will add an RAF-specific MkIXc version of the Spitfire included in the SF2 Israel Expansion Pack. Includes serial numbers for early production F.MkIXc ("MkIXA") aircraft, squadron and individual codes and correct RAF markings for the period. A large number of early MkIX aircraft were conversions from MkV airframes; if you look up the serials of these aircraft, they will fall in blocks attributed to MkVs. All the aircraft represented in this pack were either converted to MkIX standard, or in the earliest MkIX production blocks. This will run only in SF2I or a merged install including SF2I and the SF2I Expansion Pack. Click here to download this file

(Hello all - Back again after a while!) I've been fiddling with the new SF2I Expansion Pack Spitfire - the stock markings are OK-ish for post-war Spits at a pinch, but to be honest, they still needed work. So I've been busy. As these stand, I've done set-ups for MkIXs in Middle East and Home/NWE colours typical of 1943-45. You get correct RAF markings, serial numbers, individual letters and squadron codes that correspond to mid-late War deployments. If I get very creative, other things may follow... If anyone's interested, I'll try and sort out the bits into some sort of coherent package and upload it over the next few days.

You wouldn't want to try dogfighting against a Spit with anything other than another Spit, believe me! Admittedly, the Mustang had range and payload, but when it comes down to close-in knife-fighting, the Spit has better turning and rolling, and heavier armament.

See what I mean? Useful!

Thanks! That does look useful. Also Kevin has done an improvement package that I need to check through before I do anything myself - no point in duplicating effort! Got a USAAF Spit IX on the table at the moment... That should keep the Yanks quiet for a bit!

So would I! But unfortunately, there are only the two, rather than the... ten or twelve variants I'd like to see! A MkVIIIc would be useful, too, as well as a MkIX/XVI with a cut-down fuselage. Just for starters! Anyway, it's keeping me out of trouble for the time being. Mustang's next, too. The Matchbox kit was real rubbish, though, be honest. Almost as bad as the ancient Airfix MkIX that they are still selling!

Coming up soon... No.4 Sqn South African Air Force. They switched from Kittyhawks to Spit MkVs in July 1943, and to MkIXs in May 1944, making them the first SA squadron to use the Spitfire, and to be issued with the MkIX.

File Name: Spitfire MkIXe Royal Danish Air Force File Submitter: ndicki File Submitted: 31 May 2010 File Category: SF2 Series Add On Aircraft Spitfire MkIXe Royal Danish Air Force, 1945-1955 This will add an RDAF-specific version of the Spitfire LF MkIXe included in the SF2 Israel Expansion Pack. Includes correct serial numbers for all airworthy RDAF MkIXe aircraft. Unfortunately, the LF.IX is not correct for the RDAF, as all MkIX aircraft in service with the RDAF were HF.MkIXs. I can not correct this myself, but if somebody else could, it would be a useful addition. The visual model is in any case identical. Danish Spitfires had rounded or clipped wingtips indifferently, and as these were interchangeable, a photograph of any particular aircraft will only show the configuration of that aircraft on that day. The "LF," "F" or "HF" designation concerns only the engine variant, not the wingtips, canopy type or armament fit. This will run only in SF2I or a merged install including SF2I and the SF2I Expansion Pack. Click here to download this file

File Name: Spitfire LF.MkXVIe, RAF File Submitter: ndicki File Submitted: 31 May 2010 File Category: SF2 Series Add On Aircraft Spitfire MkXVIe, RAF 1944-45 These will add an RAF-specific MkXVIe version of the Spitfire LF MkIXe included in the SF2 Israel Expansion Pack. Includes serial numbers for LF.XVIe aircraft, squadron and individual codes and correct RAF markings for the later part of WW2. The only difference between MkIX and MkXVI aircraft was that the MkXVI substituted a Packard-built Merlin for the original Rolls Royce. HF, F and LF variants were parallel. This will run only in SF2I or a merged install including SF2I and the SF2I Expansion Pack. Click here to download this file

Brilliant news! Plus Monty's models are very good!

Meanwhile, I'm off on MkIXc and XVIe aircraft... There's lots to do! Not to mention some of the weirder efforts, such as Rolfe Arne Berg's final a/c, complete with Norwegian markings!

How about working on TK to get an S-199? I can think of a few things that might happen to it! Meanwhile, dogfighting against other Spitfires is a useful training challenge!

Useful! Thanks.

File Name: Spitfire MkIXe RAF Middle East Forces File Submitter: ndicki File Submitted: 30 May 2010 File Category: SF2 Series Add On Aircraft Spitfire MkIXe RAF Desert Air Force mod. These will add an RAF-specific Desert Land Scheme version of the Spitfire LF MkIXe included in the SF2 Israel Expansion Pack. Includes serial numbers for late-build LF.IX aircraft, squadron and individual codes and correct RAF markings for the later part of WW2. This will run only in SF2I or a merged install including SF2I and the SF2I Expansion Pack. Click here to download this file

File Name: Spitfire MkIXe RAF North West Europe File Submitter: ndicki File Submitted: 30 May 2010 File Category: SF2 Series Add On Aircraft Spitfire MkIXe RAF North West Europe mod. These will add an RAF-specific Day Fighter Scheme version of the Spitfire LF MkIXe included in the SF2 Israel Expansion Pack. Includes serial numbers for late-build LF.IX aircraft, squadron and individual codes and correct RAF markings for the later part of WW2. This will run only in SF2I or a merged install including SF2I and the SF2I Expansion Pack. Click here to download this file

LoL! Tell me about it! I'm doing the Mustang MkIV as well - that's even worse. Most sources give three blocks of s/ns, which is correct, but neglect to tell you that the final block (KM744 - KM799) was not fulfilled... All the Spits I've done so far correspond to late-build LF.MkIX aircraft, though as the armament fit wasn't recorded - Universal wings, by that point - I can't guarantee whether they were fitted with C-type or E-type armament. And I haven't checked which squadrons they served with! Sometimes you have to draw the line somewhere, and SF isn't the same as modelling individual aircraft. Uploading just as soon as I can make it comprehensible!

Just off the top of my head, Y2 is No. 442 Sqn RCAF. Later converted to Mustang IVs. Have you jumbled the s/ns and individual letters? One of the most unrealistic and annoying things the SF series does in attribute individual letters, serials, etc, in strict order - 000=A, 001=B, 002=C and so on. So you end up with Red Flight in A, B, C and D, Blue Flight in E, F, G and H, and so forth. Totally unrealistic. But if you start with 000=D, 001=K, 002=B, etc, then it looks better... My two penny's worth, in any case!