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It's always nice to see something with a bit of colour these days and this Gazelle has been on my wish list for a while, but like most things 'Aviation' I thought my chances of seeing it were very slim. Fortunately I've seen it twice in the last couple of months, firstly at the RAF Northolt Nightshoot in October and again 3 weeks later at Newquay Airport. I wasn't sure what to expect at Newquay, access recently has been hit or miss with Spaceport security turning people away but on this occasion I wasn't bothered by anyone. When I parked up I was intrigued to see the RAF St Mawgan Station Commander and Station photographer waiting the other side of the fence. My curiosity was explained after the Gazelle landed when the Chief of Air Staff jumped out of passenger seat. Needless to say the following day my dog walk took me past Fantasy Printshop where I popped in and bought the Air Graphics AAC update set.
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I finished this on Saturday having taken me 4 months. It’s a commission build for somebody leaving and it’s been made from the Italeri 1/48 212 kit. I work at MW so have popped into Hangar 3 when I needed to for reference. The colours are the Hataka range and are a very good match. The orange is the old orange as they changed spray painters and the current is very err orange, but this is what the guys wanted. It gets delivered tomorrow so I thought I’d get a couple of shots. The worst part of the kit is the front windscreen absolutely shocking fit. After all the effort I thought this would detract from the finished article, but perseverance paid off. A2CD482B-61DB-4430-AEDB-61196F61B3CE by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr FFBD5189-DB02-41F9-A7D1-29E6178FE649 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 5FE5B1D6-986F-48EE-A48A-54A7A8066B2C by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 1EDEC436-B08D-445E-9EC9-ED52011FEE1F by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr D2D6369D-79B7-4916-A581-606DD3D0AA03 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr Steve.
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