VH-NKM/’FU-N’ Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26B (MSN 066) owned by Russell Aviation Pty Ltd, at the Sport Aircraft Builders Club (SABC) Annual Fly-In, Serpentine Airfield – 17 October 2021. The kits for these scale replicas of the original Supermarine Spitfire are manufactured by Supermarine Aircraft (no relation to the original company), in Queensland. The kits require at least 1200 hours to construct. The Mk.25 single seater was a 75% scale replica which is no longer produced, based on the original Spitfire Mk.V, but has a fin and rudder shaped like later versions of the original Spitfire. Production of the replicas then switched to the Mk.26 two-seater, which uses the Mk.25 wings with the fuselage increased to 80% scale, to provide room for a passenger seat in tandem behind the pilot. The Mk.26B (as seen here) has a 90% scale fuselage. The Spitfire kit has the same power-to-weight ratio as the original Spitfire. This one was built in 2007 as 19-4954 and re-registered VH-NKM in 2010. Photo © David Eyre.