EXCLUSIVE BUILD
Chris Jones gives Airfix’s brand-new 1/48 de Havilland Chipmunk a thorough examination.
Although production began in Canada, the ‘Chippie’ also turned the heads of the RAF, and licensed production began in the United Kingdom. Stable but fully aerobatic, the type became an essential part of RAF flying training and was used to teach generations of up-and-coming pilots. Beyond this, the Chipmunk allowed vast numbers of people to experience the wonder of flying for the first time through service with University Air Squadrons and Air Cadet Air Experience Flights.
It’s impossible to forget your first flying experience, something that Leonardo da Vinci himself foresaw with those immortal words: “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” Having provided that first taste of being airborne, de Havilland’s Chipmunk is justifiably held in deep affection by countless people.
MODEL SPEC
"Overall fit of the wings was good"
Airfix to the rescue
Despite being such a popular type, there has never been a mainstream injection-moulded 1/48 Chipmunk, although there have been various limited-…
