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We’re continuing to improve our current vehicle models. Today we’ll tell you about some upgrades to the legendary Spitfire F Mk.IX.
The War Thunder studio doesn’t just work on new vehicle models, but also constantly improves already existing vehicles. Today we’ll tell you about an upgrade to the iconic early editions of the Spitfire F Mk.IX fighter. We have brought the fighter into line with real-life samples, and also fully reworked its 3D model – it now has 3.5 times more polygons! But first things first.
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The legendary Spitfire F Mk.IX is a long-time resident in War Thunder. But time marches on and our requirements for models become more demanding. We regularly inform you about our work on improving the visuals of our vehicles; this is a significant part of the work of our large team of modelers and artists working on War Thunder. Today we present to you the updated Spitfire F Mk.IX!
This is an entirely new model, or more precisely two models (more about this below). The Spitfire, a favourite amongst players, has noticeably improved – the updated version has almost 3.5 times more polygons than before: more than 68,000 versus the old 19,500. Apart from the increased number of polygons, we’ve also fine-tuned several parts of the aircraft, for example the design of its bomb racks.
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There should always be more of a good plane to love, so we decided to add the rarer Spitfire F Mk.IX(b) model to the already existing Spitfire F Mk.IX with its C-type wing. The only difference between them is that the B-type wing has guns that use a drum ammunition feed, providing the guns with 60 shells per barrel rather than the 120 provided by the C-type wing (visually, this difference will be shown in the additional fairings of the drums and the altered fume extractors of the guns. The location of the machine guns on the wing will also change).
On the other hand, the Spitfire F Mk.IX(b) will be equipped with the slightly more powerful Rolls-Royce Merlin 63 engine. This will most likely be either a premium or event vehicle. The machine gun armament will remain identical for both models of the Spitfire F Mk.IX – four Browning rifle-calibre machine guns. The Spitfire F Mk.IX(c) and Spitfire F Mk.IX(b) will be introduced in the next large update to come to War Thunder.
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In a soon-to-come Developer Diary, we’ll tell you about our work on another version of the Mk.IX – the Spitfire LF Mk.IX.
Keep an eye on our news! See you soon!
Comments (97)
Finally ! An update she deserved Also alot more opportunists for skinning :P
yep, it is now what it should be.
Keep up the good work :) Thanks!!!!
I believe that one of the most heavily discussed topics when the F mkIX was that there was no such thing as an F Mk IX(b) (since all spitfires Mk IX had the c wing) but it was rather an F Mk IX B, which was the unofficial name given to the LF mkIX (that we have in game). I am looking forward to have a new plane but this seems a bit unhistorical and counter intuitive (more powerful engine and older, less capable wing. Cheers.
I don't know what kind of sources have they. The bug reports have been made and the mystical mk IX(b) is still here.
And the camera ports are still missing...: https://spitfiresite.com/uploaded_images/spitfi1xcv.jpg
The rework for the Spitfire F.Mk.IX with Merlin 61 is great. The Merlin 63 b wing one seems to be at best a prototype configuration, but okay. What you should really consider would be adding a LF.Mk.IX Merlin 66 rated at +18 psi with c-wing. This configuration was by far the most common Spitfire from early 1943 well to the end of 1944 and one of if not the most built type. In game it is missing.
Totally agree.
Most appreciated. The IX model looked quite dated when compared to the Griffon models and the Fleet Arm aircraft. And the LF is one of my favourite planes... Any chance that the Ju 88 A-4 will get an updated model, too?
They already said that they will need to rework them aswell, they just don't know when they will have time for it.
The models are being updated constantly. Over time all the older models will be updated. :)
The only problem I have here is that there was Zero, Nada, 0, No "B-type" F IX ever in existence. All F IX's were made with C or E type wings. The very first model of the F IX already had a C type wing, as it was converted from the Mk Vc... Merlin 63? lol. Where you get your information is beyond me. Rare vehicle? It never even existed. You just invent things on the spot. I don't know who is your historical adviser, but I would suggest you look for someone with better sources... :(
Im afraid this is incorrect. A number of transitional prototype (pre-production) Mk IXs were converted from Vb airframes and fitted with a Merlin 63 engine. This is a much rarer version of the IX which is why it was mentioned as a possible premium / event aircraft. The standard F Mk IXc will take the place of the existing F Mk IX.
Smin1080p, I am not able to find any such prototype in the production logs. Is there a source around? I find only a couple of prototypes which developed into the eventual Spitfire F IX, which are the Spitfire MKIII with a Merlin 61 engine and the Spitfire Vc which was fitted with a Merlin 61 engine as an intermediate solution. The Vc proved so successful it was taken into production at the Castle Bromwich factory starting from May 1942, it had a C type wing.
OK I think I have found the problem. It stems from here: https://www.spitfireperformance.com/spitfire-IX.html. Poor formatting has separated the 'B' from the serial number of the aircraft (BF274). There is no Spifire Mk. IXb. Poor research chaps.
The aircraft you linked is the Spitfire LF IX (Also known as the Spitfire IXB, note the capitalization). This new Spitfire F Mk IX(b) (lower case is important as it denotes wing type not configuration) is a pre-production transitional series between the Spitfire Vb and IX. A number of Vb airframes were converted and fitted with a Merlin 63 engine, however the type is very rare. Hence why it was mentioned as a possible premium/event aircraft.
Will we see a remodel of the He-111 variants? They are very inaccurate at the moment!
I am pretty sure that in the future we will see more updated aircraft, not only this Spitfire ;)
just here for the premium/event plane rage. on that topic, when is the fw-189 event?
Oh Yessssssssssss!!!!!!! *SquireTone* Another Spitfire Thanks Gaijin :D