jasman71 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Well it took me over 8 weeks to do it, but here is the Airfix 1/48 Canberra B.2 done up to represent WH734 in her well known raspberry ripple target tug colours. I used the Eduard Big Ed set, Aires undercarriage bays, Airdecal and Xtradecal decals and SAC metal legs, plus a whole load of scratch building in the cockpit. I had some invaluable assistance from Mr Canberra, John Sheehan, and the wonderful archives of ipms Canberra uk SIG, without whom I wouldn't have gone mad with the details Build thread linky Hope this works and you can see it This shows you the kit canopy which I had to remove the two oval (!) clear view portholes from, then polish up again and dip into Klear, but I wasn't overly happy with the clarity. Hey ho. I added the rear view mirror coaming by shaping a piece of resin. 734 has a small fairing on the nose, like a pork pie hat, which I added from a piece of kebab skewer, mounted on scrap etched brass with rivet detailing The black walkway lines I made from Xtradecal striping, plus the rear cockpit lining. Actually quite a quick job. I believe the brown-coloured tapes on the wing ends cover something, what for I'm not sure, unless it's to deter some erk from opening something they shouldn't? The two aerials on the fin I lost, so the two there now I happened to find on a sprue on the spares box, no idea what they are off but they saved me having to scratch them The etched flaps were quite straight forward, but you get no actuators or oil tanks with them, so I added them myself. The exhaust covers were made from tissue paper and strip plastic Here you can see what I added in the nose, the dipoles made from copper wire and boys from plastic, plus external aerials, pitot etc, with rbf's added Not really happy with some of the red markings as they fade too much into the blue With Bruce, my Lightning jock Maybe this looks better? And with the lineup Thank you for looking! 54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Very impressive skills we are seeing on the Canberra, my friend. I particularly like the subtle and effective weathering. Thanks for sharing with us. Happy New Year to All. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Excellent looking Canberra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McYellowbelly Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Lovely work, my favourite Canberra scheme. Hoping to make this in 1/144 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Superb work on your Canberra , I like the weathering not to overdone and great paint work, John is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Canberras and the SIG is a great reference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Beautiful rendition of the Airfix Canberra,and a superb scheme she's wearing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 A really great Canberra !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Great work and wearing my favourite colour scheme. I hope you are justifiably proud of your build. Thanks for sharing it with us all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Very nicely done. I need to do some RAE/ETPS Canberras but in 1/72. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis9444 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 That looks fantastic.. very well done.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 That's a lovely build and a really attractive addition to any collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Very nice! You've done a great job. And what an excellent collection, seems we have similar tastes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Excellent Canberra, great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasman71 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Thank you chaps, much appreciated. I actually discovered I started it on the 20th September, so it ended up taking me over 3 months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Great to see this beauty here as well, nice flight line by the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 (edited) Very colorful Nice build, and great model Regards Edited January 4, 2017 by djos mistake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 That is absolutely gorgeous work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocky05d Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Very nice ,as for the Pilot all i can say is ,smoke me a kipper i'll be back for breakfast . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Very nice build and a good job on the paint finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Nice work, I can't help loving the combination of type and scheme. Sat in the nose section of one such subject in the Boscombe down museum the other day. Bumped my head against the door obviously. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinK Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 It's always good to see a Canberra, raspberry ripple, or a well-made RAE type. All three together is superb. Well done. Kevin (ex-RAE Farnborough) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasman71 Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) Thanks guys. Just a couple more pics from the WIP bit : apart from the kit stuff and some Eduard panels, I added all the rest myself from all sorts. I initially put all 3 seats in til John mentioned it was a 2-seater! And now, of course, you can't see most of it, but I know it's there (Monogram 1/48 kits anyone??) Edited January 5, 2017 by jasman71 Original links not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Very, very nice. Excellent weathering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Very nice build - love it. The paint scheme is really nice and you nailed it. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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