The Supermarine Seafire IIIc was the first Seafire variant produced with folding wings. Broadly equivalent to the Spitfire Vc, its intoduction in 1943 gave the Fleet Air Arm a much needed compact single seat fighter. In 1947, 12 were stripped of their naval equipment and supplied to the Irish Air Corps. These were fitted with the short barrel Hispano Mk. V cannon. Most were retired by 1949 but one, 55, was not withdrawn until June 1954.

This High Planes decal set includes two aircraft in unusual RAF day fighter schemes, plus one from the Irish Air Corps.

• LR838. H5-S, 887 NAS, HMS Implacable Oct1944 or HMS Ravager, May 1945
• 146. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, Aer Chor nah-Eirann/Irish Air Corps, Gormanston, 1948
• NF547. 2D, 885 NAS, Air Spotting Pool, Lee on Solent, June 1944

Suggested kit: Airfix Seafire IIIc

Scale: 1:48

Decals: FAA x 2, Irish Air Corps x 1

Materials: Silk screen decals