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Finally finished and photographed my Revell Dambuster as "G" flown by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, DSO & DFC.

This has been on and off for months, but no idea why it has taken so long but mostly an enjoyable build. Only issue was silvering of the wing decals, but I trimmed them down once they had set.

Built out of the box and painted using a mix of Revell, humbrol and Tamiya paints. I wish I could have kept the matt black finish for the lower half, but I don't think the decals would have stuck.  Ive been waiting for a nice day to photograph it, but when getting it off the shelf I dropped it snapping the rear wheel, hence why its a bit wonky!:poop:

Thanks for looking.

 

28296147069_73ca80bfb5_c.jpglanc model-2 by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

25204081897_a118422e58_c.jpglanc model by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

40076256891_c0c7602152_c.jpglanc model-3 by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

40076254701_9005f1ef73_c.jpglanc model-4 by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

40076251801_a0ff201d79_c.jpglanc model-5 by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

40076248501_86df4c91c9_c.jpglanc model-6 by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

26202408528_1eac6f120a_c.jpglanc model-7 by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

40043007452_36121396db_c.jpglanc model-8 by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

26202402318_b11bc32582_c.jpglanc model-9 by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

26202398598_5cbb38c340_c.jpglanc model-10 by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

26202394898_783c7ffaaf_c.jpglanc model-11 by matt wellington, on Flickr

 

26202392578_4828facb09_c.jpglanc model-12 by matt wellington, on Flickr

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2 minutes ago, Roger Newsome said:

I do like that, it's very nice.

I would be interested to learn how you attach the rigging, 

Simply stretched sprue, a dab of superglue and a lot of patience!

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Nice work Mattt, lovely smooth finish and the transparencies appear to have gone on well.

Oh teeny-wheeny issue would be that the outer exhausts on the outboard engines exited UNDER and not over the wings so that there was hardly ever any staining on the upper wings there. Examination of  photos will show the occasional light stain but nothing like that from the other six exhausts. Just something to keep in mind for your next dozen Lancs, heh heh!

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Thanks all!

It mostly goes together ok, some bits need a bit of sanding & filing such as the bomb bay cover for the bouncing bomb. The decals have a lot of clear space, especially for the walk lines on the wings and the lettering. For the walk lines cut them into two parts before applying as they silver terribly. Luckily I had a nice sharp knife to trim it all once it had been stuck down, but no amount of decal fix/gloss seemed to help.

Horatio, one of these is enough. I never seemed to "get into" building it until paint time. Plus I need the shelf space for when the new 1/72 C17 is released!

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