1:48 scale diecast aircraft by Hobby Master. 60 Squadron, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.

Length 8.25 inches
Wingspan 9.5 inches

Product Features:
Preassembled and Painted, Ready for Display
Die-cast Metal Construction
Cockpit Slides and Side Door Opens
Removable Pilot
Display Stand
Retractable Gear
Removable Wing Ammo Bay Covers
Metal Propeller

Externally the Spitfire Mk. XVIII the so called "Super Spitfire" was almost identical to the Mk. XIV except for the strengthened �E� wing with full span tips and stronger undercarriage. They were powered by either a Griffon 65 or the later models by a 67 that developed 2,375 hp. The FR XVIII had provisions for three cameras that required the removal of the rear fuel tank. The Mk XVIII was quite versatile and could carry up to 1,000 pounds of bombs on the center line and wing racks.

June 1948 in Malaya, a British Colony at that time, three British estate managers were murdered by guerrillas and this forced the government to declare what would become the �Malayan Emergency�. The RAF was called upon to fly reconnaissance and bombing attacks on the guerilla camps. One of the squadrons assigned to this task was 60 Squadron that carried out the first attack of the campaign. Using rockets and fragmentation bombs the Spitfires flew sortie after sortie mostly in support missions for ground troops. One of these aircraft was the Mk. FR XVIII of CO, Sqn. Ldr. W G Duncan Smith DSO, DFC. In November 1950 Sqn. Ldr. W G Duncan Smith arrived with 60 Squadron�s first jet, the Meteor. This aircraft would replace the Spitfire and on January 1, 1951 the last ever RAF Spitfire offensive sortie was carried out by FR XVIIIs from 60 Squadron.