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My First of two builds is kit #190 the Bristol Blenheim Mk.I. I will be doing it in the markings of 771 Sq. RNAS Hatston Orkney Scotland 1942. This is the kit I have. This is a profile of the scheme. From Boxart Den a photo. https://i.imgur.com/YVMHXg2.jpg I will also have a possible second build pending determination from the Mods. Dennis
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I’ve been kept away from the modelling bench for one reason or another for the last two months. With my mid-winter leave I thought I would be able to get some progress on some stalled builds, but I just couldn’t resist starting this one. I’ve been working on it this last week, and here is where I am at so far. First the cockpit - which was a delight. Just added some tape seat belts and a dirty wash of black acrylic with a 50:50 mixture of floor polish and water. First time I have tried this (saw it suggested on another build of a Blenheim, from http://barracudacals.blogspot.com/?m=1),I like it - very forgiving. It worked well on the engines as well. And on the wings (I’m going with flaps down) Work in progress. After some dry fitting I found it best to glue the mid section with the wing spars to the port fuselage half. Here is the cockpit in place, pretty tight fit. Rather glossy from the dirty wash, so I will need to apply a matt coat later. A test of the canopy. Looks like it should be ok, if I am careful. Finally for this first post, the completed engines. A couple of queries for the Blenheim experts here. I am building the box top aircraft. (1) the clear panel on the underside for the camera, I assume I should paint over this as this is not a recce aircraft? (2) Wing walkways. All other images I have seen of wartime Blenheims show a single walkway, in a grey (not) black colour - would that be correct for a wartime aircraft? thanks!
