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I have decided to declare this one finished and am fairly happy with how it came out. I have been planning to build a Sherpa since I built one back in the eighties (which was so poor I have almost forgotten how bad it was ) If I had been able to find an Aeroclub one I would have built that instead... Funny old world innit All the Aeroclub ones I tracked down had been stored in Fort Knox style vaults and the owners wanted the rent back before parting with them So I tracked down the Aviation News plans, bought copious numbers of various thickness plasticard. Several assorted types of glue and a weeks production of Swann Morton products And got it on with help from Bombardier Shorts in Belfast via email The Protracted build has been lurking in WIP for many aeons but at last here is something like a Sherpa If I do anything else to it I expect I'll break it During the planning I found that Shorts "take" on USAF European 1 camouflage scheme used different greens to the American based producers. They still used the ubiquitous Gunship Grey 36118 but the darker of the greens which should have been 34092 seems closer in hue to 34052 Marine Corps Green. I had hundreds of photos confirming the colour changes and a which showed that the USAF were not worried about using the "proper" green as in service touch in colouring See various places on the above picture I used good old MIcrosoft Word to produce the lettering after adding Amarrillo to the font bank on my computer and using word too I was able to introduce the stencilling for doors and emergency escape hatches. I made large enough to play with images in Paint Shop Pro then reduced them to size in Word, simples. I just showed the rear end. 'cos I like it The weathering has been applied with a light dusting of artists pastels, which I may yet reduce, I am not a fan of over weathered aeroplanes. In service they stay fairly clean except for "foot wear" areas like, on Sherpa, the cabin roof where the fuel tanks are filled etcetera. Tell me please, shall I take some of it away for reality? Tie downs and RBF flags have been added where they show on my photographs, al better view perhaps This view into the cargo hold shows the soundproofing quilting, the loading winch and on the door the Elsan and one of the many dinghy packs that USAF Sherpas carried because they were often enough popping across the North Sea to UK US bases. Also visible, spare crew seating and the back of the flight engineer's seat (just) I hope you like it, it's been fun at times, also been a drag other times but that isnt the Sherpa's fault more mine for biting off more than... Last one, sorry if this is disjointed. Probably wont be scratch-ing any more now The itch is satisfied err that's all folks.. bill