PREVIOUS PROJECTS
Over the past 20 years, our team has delivered multiple projects focused on building full-scale, Spitfire replicas.
Historically accurate and craftsman built, we have delivered gate guardians; Spitfires for film sets, educational tools, museum exhibits, and showpieces. Each project reflects our dedication to preserving the legacy of this iconic aircraft, combining meticulous attention to detail with expert engineering.
Lesotho, Africa:
Full-scale commemorative replica
The team identified a new opportunity to strengthen international relations by commemorating Lesotho’s remarkable contribution to Britain’s war effort in 1940. Despite being the poorest country in the Commonwealth at the time, Lesotho funded an entire squadron of 24 Spitfires.
Working at a diplomatic level with the Foreign Office the High Commissioners of Lesotho and South Africa, and HRH Prince Seeiso, the team built and presented a full-scale replica Spitfire which was formally received by H.M. King Letsie III as part of Lesotho’s 50th Anniversary celebrations of independence from Britain. The initiative attracted widespread media coverage across the Commonwealth—particularly in Africa—with numerous television and radio interviews given by the team on South African networks, the BBC, and ITV.
Links:
BBC | ITV | Lesotho Government
Underwater Realm:
Film prop
In 2014, a film company wanted a Spitfire with a highly detailed cockpit for an underwater escape sequence depicting an unhappy encounter with a Messerschmitt. In the scene, the “pilot” struggles to eject a jammed canopy as the cockpit fills with water, ultimately managing to break it with a shot from his revolver. Achieving authenticity and technical accuracy underwater presented exceptional challenges. Our “pilot” survived the filming… but his Irvin jacket was ruined.
Spitfire Society:
Full-scale display model
As members of the Spitfire Society, we acquired and took on the restoration of a deteriorating GRP model Mk V Spitfire, originally donated to the RAF Museum at Tangmere by the family of Danish Pilot Officer Aksel Svendsen (RAF VR) in his memory.
Affectionately named “Axel,” the aircraft has been sensitively restored and structurally reinforced. We re-engineered it with lightweight, detachable wings to make it suitable as a mobile exhibit to take Axel on tour to educate, engage, and inspire audiences at exhibitions, commemorative events, and schools, where it can spark the imaginations of future generations.