I gather you've not stood near an actual, full size Spitfire XIV, in real life.
'Dinky' ?
I despair.
FYI, combat radius of a Spit XIV was 300 miles, if it didn't get into combat.
Deduct 75 miles from that, if it did.
You could not have gathered wronger in your life sir!
Lovely airplane and the best fighter of Big Mistake Number 2 at actually fighting another Fighter particulalrly at the rarefied heights at which it hunted and was bred for.
And parked next to a Tiffi or a P47 it's definitely dinky - it's like a cup hilt rapier next to a pair of claymores, like cut crystal glass next to a pair of pint glass's, like a pair of fine fitted dancing shoes, next to a pair of combat boots......
Most of the documentation I have found puts the Spit XIV at 400 odd miles combat radius with a kick up at the end if the 33 Gallon rear tank is used* and the 90 gallon slipper tank* is carried too
*Notes suggest that it was not nice to fly until the rear tank was drained (which would be on initial warm up, taxi and climb to altitude) and that only 'straight flying' should be used while the 90 Gallon tank is fitted - which would be jettisoned before combat.
Still not going to go as far as a Mustang III / D but then flying halfway across Europe wasn't the job it was designed for so I'm okay with it.