cathasatail Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) EE Canberra Pr.9 1:48 Good evening! Finally, at long last I'm calling this one done. It's a 1:48 Airfix Canberra Pr.9 that I picked up at Cosford this year. Overall the kit is quite a good one- only problems are the thickness of the plastic, lack of a proper Pr.9 cockpit or Navigator's nose compartment and lack of a bomb bay. Thankfully the latter was amended with the help of @canberra kid who very kindly offered me one to use in this build! WIP: Kit: Airfix Canberra Pr.9 1:48 Paints: Vallejo, with Alclad for the exhausts Weathering: Thinned down Vallejo paint, Flory wash, as well as some AK Interactive washes Scratchbuilt: Almost the entirety of the Cockpit and Navigator's compartment, upper fuselage aerial, rear fuselage camera and bomb bay. And a few in-progress images of the cockpit: Thank you very much for having a look! Kind regards, Sam Edited June 22, 2017 by cathasatail 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael51 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Sam, A magnificent presentation. How you chaps turn out such detail is beyond me. Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29Triplex Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Magnificent build. which brought back memories from Marham for me! Thanks for sharing this beauty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Sam as always lovley build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Wow, what a corker, love the attention to detail and weathering, really effective 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Yep, looking brilliant! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 This looks amazing, from a technical point of view, however, Canberra PR.9s were keep very clean, so, from a personal point of view, I feel the weathering is rather inaccurate. Sorry, I'm not trying to "dis" your fantastic build (I wish I could produce something this detailed), but if it were me, I'd appreciate being told. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I like the look of that finish. Great job indeed. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Very nice Canberra , lovely finish . Still have to get mine started at some point. Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis9444 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 That looks fantastic.. Very very well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Brilliant job, you've really brought a quite basic kit, in regards to detailing, to life... your hard work has certainly paid off. gazza l 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango 1 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Beautiful work! Very well done indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Amazing Canberra there, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Very nice canberra i like what you've done in the cockpit and navigation position Glynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Really nice workmanship here. Having built the Airfix 1:72 kit, and knowing its similarities with the 1:48 version, I know how difficult it is to pull off such a great build using this kit. Superb bomb bay and cameras - John @canberra kid was a huge help on my build as well, he is such a valuable resource. It was great of him to send you some parts for the bomb bay. The scratchbuilt navigator's station is very nicely done - I can't imagine spending more than about five minutes in there with the nose shut. I guess that's why the day/night indicators were installed. Cheers, Bill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Beautiful work. Nice scratchbuilding in the cockpit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomerJ_757 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Smashing job, one thing that hurt my eyes were the bleed valve outlets on the stbd engine cowl which should be outboard, bloomin' Airfix! I had the pleasure of working on the grown-up version! And thank you for getting the grey matter working! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 There's a lot to like there! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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