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    1/72 Italeri Wessex [finished]

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Andwil said:

    Ha ha, I was hoping to learn from your build😁. I’m not as knowledgeable about the type or as skilled a modeller as some on here so mine will certainly not be a Hendie like masterpiece.

     

    AW

    That is unlikely! I'm trying to up my game a little bit but my output will be pretty middle of the road compared to some of the stuff round here. That said, I felt a took a trip into "proper modeller" territory last night when I spent 40 minutes opening up that tiny slot... 

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    RAN Wessex HAS.31b

    in Helicopter / Autogyro / STOVL GB

    Posted

    I didn't bother with the ejector pins on mine but I did fill the holes! Out of sight and all that... I'll be following your progress with interest, hopefully might pick up a tip or two.

     

    (I think I have that version of the Wessex in my stash, blue/yellow scheme on the box, might be a Revell come to think of it.)

     

     

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    1/72 Italeri Wessex [finished]

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    Thanks, @hendie, this is all good stuff. i had a read of @HL-10's build last nigth, and will have a look at your mighty effort later.

     

    Is the flag on the nose of yours a monster descal or (somehow) painted, @viper-30?

     

    Bit of minor surgery going on with my little effort. There are recesses to accommodate what I presume are steps up to the cockpit. There’s a pair on each side but they’re too shallow and too small (especially the upper ones which should be twice the width). Also the lower ones are too far aft, they should be in a vertical line. Done one of the upper ones, but the lower ones will be interesting as I’ve been hasty in gluing the legs on. Fun and games. (Really both should be a bit further forward, but I'll live with it.)

     

    I don’t know when I started caring about this stuff. It creeps up on you.

     

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    Special Hobby Meteor NF12

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

    Posted

    1 hour ago, binbrook87 said:

    Thanks very much. Yeh I've got that one on my radar too especially in the black and orange! I've the Xtrakit T7 in the stash to do first though, not sure if it's the same kit or not?

    I'm no expert on this but my next build is going to be the Xtrakit Hunter T7, and it says on the box that it was made by MPM so there's every chance.

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    Shackletons... airfix and revell

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    1 hour ago, 71chally said:

    Just edited my post Tony, the second picture is the one nearest in colour, the first one is very blue tinted, notice on the silver Canberra.

    I saw WG557 described in a publication as blue and Sky at one time!

     

    The Airfix kit comes with the turret, or non turret as an option.

     

    Yeah I noticed the Canberra too. It's all too blue to be true. thanks for the info on the turret.

    Shackletons... airfix and revell

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, 71chally said:

    It would have been dark sea grey.

    It started out in the standard medium sea grey over white scheme (as seen in the St Eval build), then the standard all over dark sea grey scheme with the red serials.  The RAE then applied the non standard white undersides.  The first picture is the nearest for correct colour.

    Also to make this one you are better off starting out with the Airfix kit as I don't think anyone did the full length MR.2 door for the Revell kit, and it would entail some work to correct them.

     

    Yeah the blue is appealing but doesn't make much sense. I'd have to work out how to get rid of that dorsal turret. Can't be that hard?

    Shackletons... airfix and revell

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    39 minutes ago, PhoenixII said:

    Here ya go @TonyOD, have a look here:-

    and have a look at this profile (for what it's worth):- https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jLLNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2069&lpg=PA2069&dq=Shackleton+WG557&source=bl&ots=kKG8H9V0Nt&sig=ACfU3U0hVNBU3NhMe6biMUzrWnQuiJ52sA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfvum2-abqAhWRURUIHdliDqIQ6AEwBHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Shackleton WG557&f=false

     

     

    Hard to tell whether the ETPS Shack was painted blue, as one photograph and the profile you mention suggest, or sea grey, with the "blue" photograph being an inaccurate representation, colour-wise. there does seem to be a lot of blueness to that pic...

    Shackletons... airfix and revell

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, 71chally said:

    They are the same as a standard Shackleton except that they don't have the white edging because they are on a white background, I would use the Aeroclub decal set which I think covers every Shackleton serial option.  The T I would cut out from decal.

    Also there is this set which features WG557,

    https://sgsmodelstore.com/products/xtradecal-x72237-1-72-avro-shackleton-mr-2-pt-2-model-decals

     

    How about that! perfect! Thanks so much for your help.

    Shackletons... airfix and revell

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    Thank you! And what a paint scheme! I wonder how I'd go about getting decals to do that? I assume the roundels would have been standard size, but the fuselage and underwing serials were red, apparently, and there's that red "T" on the tail, in one of the available photos at least.

    1/72 Italeri Wessex [finished]

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, stever219 said:

    That’s the problem with “box opening” reviews, you get a look at the parts but never see how well, or not, the parts actually fit together or how accurate or not a representation of the real thing they are.

    That's a fair point. Actually I messaged the guy to ask if he ever built it but he didn't reply. 😄

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