COBI Building Set WW2 Supermarine Spitfire MK.VB (COBI-5725)

Product detailed description

Building set of the British single-seat fighter aircraft Supermarine Spitfire MK.VB in green-gray camouflage. The assembled aircraft features movable flaps, a rotating propeller, retractable landing gear, and a removable cockpit cover for comfortable seating of the Polish commander of the 303rd RAF squadron, Jan Zumbach. The aircraft can stand on its own landing gear or on a stand included in the package.

Number of figures: 1 pc
Box dimensions (packaging): 34.5 x 24 x 5.5 cm
Number of bricks: 342 pcs
Dimensions when assembled: 35.5 x 28 x 12 cm
Package weight: 575 g
Recommended age: 8+
Bricks can be combined with another well-known brand: Yes
Contains glowing bricks: No
Material: Plastic
Collection: World War II

Interesting facts:
» Designer Reginald J. Mitchell started working on a new fighter according to RAF specifications as early as 1931.
» Eventually, after many modifications, perhaps the most famous fighter of World War II was created, but the most numerous machine in the RAF's arsenal was still the Hawker Hurricane.
» The first Spitfire was commissioned on August 4, 1938, in the 19th RAF fighter squadron.
» Additional aircraft were delivered to squadrons at a rate of 1 per week.
» During the first operational flight with the 19th squadron, the pilot had to vow not to forget to lower the landing gear when landing, which pilots of older machines were not accustomed to.
» Spitfire aircraft were the first to use flush rivets to maintain a low wing profile, among many other contemporary technologies.
» German aircraft were also very good, but they lacked one essential thing, the extraordinarily reliable and powerful legendary Rolls-Royce engine.
» A total of 3,923 units of the Mk.VB version were produced.
» Currently, there are still 60 aircraft in the world capable of flight.
» Jan Zumbach, whose figure we present, was a true flying ace with 13 hits, but also a restless soul. After the war, he founded an airline that, instead of transporting tourists, smuggled Swiss watches into the United Kingdom and American Pennyroyal watches into Czechoslovakia. When everything collapsed, he lost all his assets and began to make a living by participating in numerous coups on the African continent. Well, he wasn't exactly a model hero.

Technical parameters of the original:
Dimensions: wingspan 11.22 m, length 9.12 m, height 3.48 m
Empty weight: 2297 kg
Maximum takeoff weight: 3290 kg
Power unit: liquid-cooled twelve-cylinder Rolls-Royce Merlin 46 engine with 1055 kW power
Three-blade propeller: with a diameter of 3.29 m
Maximum speed: 592 km/h
Climb rate: 14.1 m/s
Fuel tank capacity: 386 l
Service ceiling: 12009 m
Range: 764 km, maximum 1842 km
Armament: 2x 20 mm Hispano Mk.I cannon +4x 7.7 mm Browning Mk.II machine gun