Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

[Alpha Delta 210]

Hi

I bought the Airfix BBMF Fighter Collection Gift Set which normally retails at £34.99 for £15 from Tesco and enjoyed making the kits (except the Spitfire MkLIXe which has a very poor fit and is of dubious parentage!) The MkIIa is a MkI from an Airfix BBMF set with the Lanc and the Hurri. One of the Hurricanes is the old moulding from the same set and the other is the new moulding with the cannons removed, using the decals from another BBMF set.

Once I had completed the fighters, I decided that I should build PA474, a Chipmunk (sourced from eBay for £4, with a 17p Woolworths price tag still attached!) and the Dakota. I found an Esci Dak on eBay for £5 and bought the Xtradecal sheet "History of ZA947" to complete it.

The Chipmunk is not competely accurate, as it is devoid of the BBMF crests and the white edges to the roundels, but it was still a fun, quick build.

The Dak was more of a handful, as the fuselage had warped over time and I was unhappy with the over-scale panel lines, which I reduced with Halfords Filler/Primer.

I still need to make PA474 and need to decide whether to use the Airfix kit and decals or one of the Revell M&S Lancs picked up for silly money last Christmas and the Xtradecal RAF Ton Up Lancasters sheet, which includes the BBMF Phantom of the Ruhr/550 Squadron markings.

I hope you like them.

Feedback welcome.

[shelfspace]

Nice build - and a bargain to boot! Really nice selection of Spits, and great to see the Dakota in camo, a combination I've always liked. I've just done 10 rounds with an old Airfix Hurri as well. Think it won by a TKO.

[daz greenwood]

A man after my own heart.

Here is my BBMF collection so far:

Still have to do the Mk IX Spitfire, and LF363, and the other Spit XIX, Lanc and Dak.

Edited December 19, 2010 by daz greenwood

[Alpha Delta 210]

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm not sure if I'm ready for the "Phantom" yet! The PR19s go together well, don't they Daz?

Edited December 19, 2010 by Alpha Delta 210

[AnonymousDFB1]

Nice line up

[daz greenwood]

They go together like a dream.

I still have one Mk XIX to build.

[Alpha Delta 210]

They go together like a dream.

I still have one Mk XIX to build.

Have you tried the Spitfire MkLIXe yet? I don't know where it comes from, but it sure doesn't look like an Airfix kit!

[daz greenwood]

It's not an Airfix kit, it's originally a KP kit from Czechoslovakia.

[Alpha Delta 210]

It's not an Airfix kit, it's originally a KP kit from Czechoslovakia.

Ah, that would explain it - it's terrible!

[F-32]

Great work guys

[Kev1n]

nice collections

[Alpha Delta 210]

Thanks for the kind words chaps.