A couple of cool webpages I've found for either building your own Spitfire or buying a reduced size replica...

A little out of my price range!

http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/About.htm

http://www.supermarineaircraft.com/

i'm guessing its going well or else you would prob have dissapeard from the forums by now:)

glad to hear your progress is well,, going.
although you can keep your spitfire as i am still looking at saving for my DC10 in the next 10 years, fully 1st class furnished, currently looking in the $400,000-$600,000 range. i see it being rented out privately maybe sports teams college teams who want to decent travel. free travel for friends. Again though it depends on how sucessful an airline career i have. Not as rewarding as building your own but hey:)

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Will he end up having to make a hole in the apartment to get it out (no joke - it's happened before to an overenthisiastic builder)

Now I gotta ask.  Just where are you planning on getting landing gear for this thing at?  Or an engine?

Why not get a complete Yak-9U, 1:1 scale and built according to the original drawings

So here's what you do...

Give her one as a Christmas present, and then complain about how you went so FAR out of your way to involve her in your interests, and make you relationship a more loving and nurturing one.  The let the Yak sit until the Spitfire is done and complain that SHE never does anything with her plane and if SHE refuses to finish the thing, you'll have to take it on yourself or waste all the money you spent on HER Christmas persent.  It's great because she feels like shit for MAKING you build a plane!

For those of you interested in Spit projects, check out http://homepage.mac.com/jgohm/iMovieTheater16.html this is the second test flight of Bob DeFords MJ100 (same thing I'm doing), powered by an Allison  V-1710-63, producing 1325hp! The music is cheesey, but the plane, well she speaks for herself 8)