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Hail to the good folks of Britmodeller Land, thought I'd post this johnny here for your perusal, it's the test shot of the Airfix Whitley V in its BOAC civvy hauler guise as worn by 15 former Mk V bombers leased to the airline in 1942, and was built for last months issue of Airfix Model World magazine. Twelve were converted using streamlined fairings in place of the FN16 nose and FN4A rear turrets, additional fuel tanks in the bomb bays to extend the range and the interior modified to take freight, (two still had their turrets fitted). Some of these aircraft flew a particularly hazardous route between Leuchers and Stockholm but due to the heavy fuel consumption relative to it's payload the type was replaced quite quickly by the far more able Hudson. In 1943 12 of these aircraft were returned to Bomber Command plus the two armed machines and one was written off in Gibraltar. The Airfix kit is a delight to build, (I have two more on the go) and looks rather natty in the BOAC scheme. The other option in the box is of course the MkVII of Coastal Command which I'll be building once the Mk III is done. One thing to watch for with the decals...... the huge BOAC letters are printed in one piece with a correspondingly large carrier film which could prove very awkward to apply without a certain amount of the dreaded silvering to deal with. I opted to cut the individual letters out with micro-scissors and apply them using Micro set and sol and a moist cotton bud., (same went for the fuselage codes). Well Darling, kindly clear the runway for the next one... Thanks for looking, Melchie
