1/72nd Hasegawa Marauder Mk.III, B-Bliksem, 21 Sqn. SAAF, Italy 1944-45

[72modeler]

ToT,

 

Another superb build! She's a LOT bigger twin than your Hampden, right mate? Keep 'em coming! You are a master with the hairy stick, as you UK types are fond of saying.

Mike

[kapam]

Excellent work!

The Hasegawa kit waits patiently in my stash and your build is very inspiring!

If mine were to get anywhere close to yours (brush-painted no less!!) I'd be a happy man.

Well done!

[Josip]

Its very rare to se a SAF bird.

The model itself is pretty good, but there are a couple of visible flaws that need rectifying.

- a very noticable canopy seam 

- misaligned tail guns

 

Josip

[Meatbox8]

Another superb job, Tony.  I've been minded to build an RAF or SAAF Marauder for some time.  Great inspiration. 

[MACALAIN]

On 07/12/2017 at 19:43, tonyot said:

Hiya Folks,

              Having been stuck on the shelf of doom since my hospital visits last year I finally got this one finished, it is the Hasegawa 1/72nd scale B-26G kit with decals that I researched for Xtradelcal on sheet X72107 Mediterranean Twins part 2, although I`m not sure whether it would have converted to C Type SAAF roundels above the wings by 1945,.... I stuck with the original B Type just in case. Although the RAF did not fit the cheek pack guns to its Marauder`s (14 Sqn- Mk.I & 39 Sqn-Mk.III,...plus training units) the SAAF did fit the lower guns on each side of the fuselage, only deleting the upper pair. 

 

The model was brush painted using Humbrol 155 Olive Drab and Aeromaster Neutral Grey acrylics with Medium Green blotches and as the airfields in Italy were notably muddy I have weathered up the wheels using MiG pigment powders .

 

The model represents B-Bliksem (Bliksem being an Aafrikaan`s word for `Lightning') which flew with 21 Sqn. SAAF  from Italy in 1944/45;   

 

 

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Here are the Xtradecal decal instructions;

 

Cheers

         Tony

I like it very much.

 

Alain

[Remus389]

Extremely realistic! 😎👍

[tonyot]

6 hours ago, MACALAIN said:

I like it very much.

 

Alain

Thanks Alain.

 

6 hours ago, Remus389 said:

Extremely realistic! 😎👍

Cheers Remus.