Flying enthusiast with $ 263,000 to part with can now build their own Spitfire aircraft from a pack . The Supermarine Aircraft Mark 26 outfit , a 90 per cent scale model of the iconic WWII fighter plane , costs
100,000 ( $ 203,000 ) , but you will require an additional
30,000 ( $ 60,000 ) to finish it off – not to mention 1,200 time of day of mental synthesis time .
The flatpack hero is shipped to you from Australia with 700 hours ’ worth of construction already on the clock , but the quietus is up to you .
The importer of the mob , Kieran Padden , say that business is booming – and for many reasons . “ It is so easy to vanish , ” he claims of the planer that be a one-tenth of the archetype to buy . “ Even old Spitfire pilots I have talk to say it pilot just like the pilot . It ’s short but has the same public presentation , so it ’s much more quick . ”
The V6 engine means that the complete plane will travel at 222 mph and can fly up to 18,000 pes . “ The manufacturers have even revive the phone , ” says Mr Padden . “ Every prison term I listen it , the haircloth on the back of my neck stand up . ” [ Daily Mail ]
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