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Spitfire PR Mk XIX in detail
Wing and udercarriage
This is what the port navigation light looks
like and, slightly blurred, the airspeed pitot intake. |
From this angle, the rounded fillet fairing
the radiator housing into the wing is clearly visible. Also noteworthy are the landing
gear retaining eyelet and the fuel booster pump cover bulge, which extends to the gear
cover. |
The vertical intake lip of the radiator housing is at right angles to the underwing surface. The radiator itself is recessed at an angle with the aft end deeper in the wing; hence the radiator face is not parallel to the intake. The bulge is the underwing fuel booster pump fairing. Note also the white anti-slip marks painted over
the tyre and rim. |
The flashlight reveals the internal structure of the engine supercharger air intake. The gull wing shape of the wing root is evident from this angle, as is the gear cover extension of the booster pump bulge. Two drop tank retaining hooks can bee seen in the
rear. |
The starboard radiator from an unusual angle. Of interest is also the mainwheel brake line and
the tyre pattern, obviously difficult to reproduce on a scale model. |
Closeup of the starboard hook where the
trailing edge of the auxiliary fuel tank rested. The hooks ensured clean separation when
the tank was dropped. |
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