Model plane fan builds working replica Spitfire in his GARAGE for £18,000 | Daily Mail Online
you have to admire someone like that.
The flatpack fighter: Model plane fan builds a fully working replica Spitfire in his GARAGE for £18,000 after buying an engine from the Netherlands, seatbelts from America and wheels off eBay
Alan James, 63, found it cost £5,000 to do a two-day course that gave 40 minutes of flying in a Spitfire
So the driving instructor from Reading, Berkshire, decided to build his own in his garage for £18,000
He paid £150 for plans and gave up his business to focus full-time on his project which took three years
Isaacs Spitfire, 6/10th model of Supermarine Spitfire, designed as single-seat replica to be home-built
Alan James, 63, found it cost £5,000 to do a two-day course that gave 40 minutes of flying in a Spitfire
So the driving instructor from Reading, Berkshire, decided to build his own in his garage for £18,000
He paid £150 for plans and gave up his business to focus full-time on his project which took three years
Isaacs Spitfire, 6/10th model of Supermarine Spitfire, designed as single-seat replica to be home-built
you have to admire someone like that.
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