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The New Revell Avro Shackleton is Now In Stock Revell 1:72 Avro Shackleton Mk.2 AEW Model construction kit of the Avro Shackleton, one of the most famous long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. Developed in 1971 the AEW.2 version received a large radome and was used in service by the RAF. Product Information Finely engraved surfaces Detailed cockpit Rear observation station Weapon bay with separate doors Side door optionally open or closed Nose section with MG s Tailplane with separate rudders Nose radome Separate ailerons Separate flaps Detailed engine nacelles Detailed main undercarriage Rotatable propeller Antennas Decal set for 2 RAF versions Product Details Length: 370 mm Wingspan: 506 mm number of parts: 193 Paints Required Acrylics RV36378, RV36302, RV36109, RV36381, RV36371, RV36363, RV36301, RV36190, RV36199, RV36314, RV36330, RV36731, RV36101, RV36148, RV36330 Enamels RV32378, RV32302,RV32109, RV32381, RV32371, RV32363, RV32301, RV32190, RV32199, RV32314, RV32330, RV32731, RV32101, RV32148, RV32330. SRP £36.99 with Free UK Mainland Royal Mail 1st Class Postage Click on the link to order yours http://www.creativemodels.co.uk/revell_172_avro_shackleton_aew2_-p-39547.html Follow all our latest news on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CreativeModelsLtd/

HI everyone Well she's finally finished (well I say finished she still needs the fin flash on the port rudder swapping over). My 1/72 Airfix Avro Shackleton MR2 WR966. I encountered most of the problems associated the kit and not others. I had real problems joining the fuselage together and a mis mould in the front fuselage which caused the area above the bomb aimers glass to splay out plus I had several broken parts that were replaced by Airfix, however the engine nacelles and wings were a breeze. I chose WR966 as my scheme and the decals from Airfix were beautiful I did however elect not to attempt to add the 146800cc (I cut that portion off) because I feared that with all the softener in the world the decal wouldn't conform cleanly and look rubbish. I chose to paint the propeller tips rather that use the decals as I felt that the finish would be better. The kit was built OOB apart from some seat belts that I added with blue masking tape and I used the Eduard masking set for the glass work. She was weathered in my usual way with Tamiya smoke for the exhaust stains and oils and pastels for everything else and the antenna wire was added using EZ line and with a spot of super glue to initially hold it followed by Gator grip to add more strength. Anyway here she is.......My Growler And now shes finished I can carry on with my Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire Mk XVIe.. Thanks to everyone that showed an interest and gave real encouragement to get her finished. Have a good one Iain.

We've got 2 great Avro Shackleton Model Kits from Airfix and Revell for you! the Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR2 Kit is available now with the with the Revell 1/72 Avro Shackleton AEW2 RAF Kit is available for pre-order now and arrives in store on Monday 29th February! For full details, please see our newsletter.

The 1/72 Avro Shackleton AEW2 RAF Model Kit from Revell is available for pre-order and should be arriving very very soon! Get your preorders in as soon as possible to get your hands on some of our first batch! Don't forget to check out the rest of our Revell New for 2016 range too. Watch out for more great release from Wonderland Models!

Hi everyone I wont be starting the Shackleton until the weekend (I'm gonna hanger my Hurricane build). If anyone would like any sprue shots just say the word and I'll get some up tomorrow. Cheers Iain

I had a little money given me for my birthday a just before Christmas, so I indulged myself with the new Airfix Shackleton. I was off work for a month over Christmas, so this was my holiday build this year. Completed out of the box as an aircraft from 204 Squadron because (a) not I am not good at painting white and ( i am a bit of a white knuckle flyer myself!. Brush painted with Tamiya acrylics, except for the white which was from a Tamiya rattle can. Build thread can be found here. ​A thoroughly enjoyable build, except for maybe the white parts and the myriad of stencil decals. Thanks for looking. ​Inside before being buttoned up: Completed article: And compared with the Dambuster Lancaster I built last year:

I had a little money given me for my birthday a few weeks ago, so I indulged myself with the new Airfix Shackleton. I am off work for a month over Christmas, so this will be my holiday build this year. Box top shot: Washing the sprues, that's a lot of plastic! Just a few items had come lose. Fairly thick instruction booklet: Surprisingly small, but very busy decal sheet: All those stencils, gulp! I am going to do this as a straight out of the box build of the second marking option;

I am just starting Airfix's new 1:72 Shackleton MR.2; I'd like to build it with the bomb bay open, but the weapons supplied with the kit are a bit on the sparse side, comprising 2 x Mk.30 torpedoes and 2 x Mk.44 torpedoes. However I do have quite a few weapons left over from the Airfix 1:72 Nimrod, principally items 24 and 26; I am assuming that items 24 are sonar buoys and item 26 is a depth charge? Can I use either or both of these to supplement the ordnance in the kit? Did the Shackleton use these in practice, and if so, what would be a typical load? I have done a quick search online but haven't been able to come up with much useful information. TIA Martin

Morning all, WR963 was finished at 1.30AM on Saturday 7th November, with just a few hours to spare before the Telford show. I awoke at half six in the morning to scratch build some new bomb bay jacks and create a packing case ready for the show. Horrible weather in traffic ensued, but we made it with the Shackleton safe and sound to display her on the Coastal command table, with thanks to Tom W. My apologies for the RFI being a week late, but it's taken a week to get decent enough light for the final photos. Thanks for looking, I hope some of you got the chance to see her at Telford. I may have her at Cosford and hopefully Telford alongside an RAF B-24 next year. With thanks to the guys and gals who look after the real WR963 for providing the info on where to cut the bomb doors, without out further ado; Cheers, WV908

Evening all, The Avro Shackleton has long been one of my favourite airframes; WR960 being the first four engined British 'heavy' to stare down on me. At that time, I knew of Lancasters, but had never seen one. This was before I grasped hold of the internet, so had no idea where to see one either. My parents didn't know anything about the Shackleton when we saw it in Manchester all those years ago, and I was intrigued. Is this a Lancaster? I asked the man who was polishing her. From that resulting answer came my love of all things Shackleton, and a little bit of a deviation of interest from the amazing Lancaster. Afterall, '960 is credited with a depth charge hit on a submarine. I did the rounds of seeing three Shackletons and a Halifax before I would see the BBMF's pre-internet elusive Lancaster, flying over my hometown. It wouldn't be until 2013 that I revisited the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, now with a significant amount of Lancaster knowledge under my belt and having almost forgotten about old '960. It was only on the off chance that me and my friend were cheeky enough to ask to have a look inside that we found ourselves sat in the fully lit cockpit, grinning and both filling our camera cards with the internals of this cold war beast. By this point, I had learned of WR963, having visited the cockpit of VP293 which had been at that year's Cosford air show. In the time during which I've followed the progress on WR963, she has changed dramatically. Why the want to build this Shackleton as WR963 and not WR960? Two reasons really. Although I have the full aeroclub AEW.2 set in my stash, my late grandfather was in the Merchant Navy through the years the Shackletons were in service. On the occasions that we visited Newark Air Museum, he'd always mention about how he used to see Shackletons on a daily basis and was fond of the type (before wandering off to try and get into Vulcan B.2A XM594, which he eventually did). I wish we'd asked him, but we have no idea where he went during his time in the MN, but then again, we never knew where he was on his work trips with various railway companies abroad. It is because of this that, thanks to the bomb bay names scheme, when WR963 becomes airworthy, she will carry his name wherever she goes. The other is that Airfix is clearly planning to to release the AEW.2 in the near future and that I have already received some assistance with this model from the brilliant guys at Coventry, so it's only right that I build it as 'their' aircraft. Now then, down to business. This build will be as quick as I can make it as i'd like to get it polished off before the AEW.2 arrives as i'm itching to build WR960 (rubber mats included). This is the starting point; Airfix kit, my own AEW.2 interior photos and the sought-after Aeroclub goodies (and the kitchen worktop because this kit is huge... and my workench is full of class 47 parts - the joy of running two hobbies!). WR963, being presently an MR.2 with a number of AEW.2 parts still fitted, makes this model interesting, in that the bomb bay doors supplied in the kit are for an MR.2, and Airfix would have you build it that way. Lovely. Using photo references and info from the guys at Coventry, I've figured out where the cuts need to be made, and if I decide to do it, where that lovely Aeroclub radome sits. Playing around with the aeroclub canopy, which still makes the grade even now; Progress so far is just seats and the deck really, as i've been doing more research. The kit is a bit iffy for flash and there's some serious mould depressions on top of the starboard fuselage half, but at least nothing on mine is short shot... so far. The question for me though, is what condition? I hate painting anything white. White paint just does not like me, hence why my Concorde has been lingering for nigh on a decade *cough*. I'd like to do her current condition, but i'm erring to her post AEW.2 conditon, just to be different from the kit scheme. What do you guys and girls think? Cheers, WV908

The new Avro Shackleton in 1/72 scale from Airfix is back in stock at Wonderland Models! If you missed out the first time round, now is your chance to grab this fantastic and popular model kit.

Good news for those waiting for the greatly anticipated release of Airfix's 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2! Airfix have decided to release the model earlier than planned and it should now be available from Mid-October, rather than December 2015 and is open to pre-order now from Wonderland Models! For more info check out our newsletter here.

Hi, and happy new year 2014 to all Britmodellers. I've decided to bin everything I previously did on my Sanger Shackleton and start again more seriously (and I hope more successfully). I chose the same path as Tom did on his superb build, and started with the engine nacelles, with quite an ambition: I intend to make a master and cast four "power eggs" in resin. I can't back out, as I already spoke of that point to two gentlemen who told me they were interested in two sets each. Well, now I have to deliver. So here's what I've done so far. John Aero told me the front end of the engine nacelle basically was a Spitfire Griffon nose with an annular radiator (I oversimplify, but that's the idea), so I took a Daco Spitfire XIV nose, removed the rocker covers and glued it to the front part Sanger provides: Then I figured the radiator usind .01 solder wire: The center grid is done using fine mesh a French friend provided (he's interested in a set too, so...), The walls of the nacelle were thickened at the opening using bits of plastic cards glued then puttied. The front part is almost done. The picture is merciless: looking at it, I saw the problem with the two "wings" on each side of the resin part. I'll correct it this evening. Now with the nacelle parts: Have you seen errors I overlooked? Please tell me, I want to correct any mistake I've made before closing the nacelle. TIA, Sebastien

Hi all, I won a Shackleton in its Revell incarnation, but upon receiving the kit I found out that the surface detail is spoiled by what appears to be damage to the mould surface, possibly rust. Also the plastic 'feels' different than the usual Revell standard. I can post pictures if you wonder what I'm talking about. Those of you in possession of the Revell kit can tell me whether they have the same problem? I wonder whether I have been suckered into bidding for Gomix plastic with the Revell box and decals...

I have a question; is this kit different from the Sanger kit? Is it better? Amongst the metal parts it includes the landing gear, which with the turret and the nose and tail are what I'm really after. I have one I'm watching on eBay that I intend to kitbash with a Frog mould Shackleton MR.3. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Best Regards, Jason