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Canberra PR9 XH168 was delivered to the RAF in May 1960, and served at Wyton with 13 and 39 squadrons during its career as well as 1 PRU. The aircraft moved to Marham with 39 (1 PRU) Sqn in December 1992, by then in a hemp colour scheme, serving until bursting both mainwheel tyres on landing in September 2003. Fortunately the crew walked away, although with the impending withdrawal of the type from service the aircraft wasn't repaired and instead used for spares to keep the remaining ones flying. This model shows XH168 as it appears in the mid 1980s while based at Wyton with 1 PRU before the unit was renumbered 39 sqn. The kit is OOB except for my scratch built cameras, and some extra decals very kindly supplied by @Mikey-1980 and @canberra kid. The wire aerial will be fitted shortly, I haven't forgotten! This is a really nice kit from Airfix, I was impressed with the fit and overall quality - tempted to get another to do hemp. The fairing on top of the fuselage around the cockpit area needs a lot of sanding but other than it fits well. I had an issue with the Tamiya green bubbling on parts of the grey on the fuselage, but after sanding, buffing and respraying I managed to make it look more acceptable. I used a bit of dark dirt wash underneath.
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Hello folks, Here it is the one you have undoubtedly been waiting for. In the making for over 3 years, having survived moves from Cambridge to Oxford, back to Cambridge, and finally completed here in Hong Kong. This has been a very lengthy build, some of it due to moving about, and probably most due to my own procrastination and silly mistakes. Overall it was an enjoyable build, but sometimes I lost interest when I seemed to do lots of work and no progress was being made. The work in progress is here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234919457-airfix-148-canberra-raf-pr9/ however progress was so glacial that almost everyone lost interest! Anyway, the build; it’s a 1/48 scale Airfix Canberra PR9 of 1PRU RAF Wyton circa mid 80’s. What I wanted to create was something like this: http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/English-Electric-Canberra/1600302/L/&sid=e1f9a0e44ea2365c9f06358982cb3aec The kits flaws are well known, but I wanted to make it as accurate as I possibly could. This involved numerous changes and modifications plus aftermarket items to make it look right. The main effort was to remove the vast majority of the overly prominent panel lines, which you cannot see on the prototype (unless exceptionally close) due to the Canberra having a very aerodynamic fuselage. This was the most time consuming part: filling, sanding and priming and repeating until it all looked good. Canberra’s of this time look remarkably shiny and well looked after. Consequently weathering is very light indeed, mostly on the lower light grey surfaces. The kit misses several parts or models them incorrectly; consequently the other corrections and modifications are listed below: · Fill panel lines · Re-scribe underside and rudder · Fill strange lines on the rudder · Replace vortex generators on the fin · Add pairs of vortex generators on underside main wings · Add numerous pitot tubes, intakes etc. to fuselage · Add HF antenna · File down oversize upper wing surface vortex generators · Correct intakes on engine pod sides (Airfix have them on opposite sides) · Correct navigators windows · Scratch build cockpit · Re-profile base of fin · Add brake lines to main gear · Mask and spray roundels (mainly as it was impossible to get decals to conform over the VG’s) · Add fuselage strengthening plates · Add beacons · Add loads of nose weight (the total of the model is about 480g) · Strengthen main and nose-wheel axles with brass rod · Finished in Tamiya and Xtracrylic paints with Alclad varnish Aftermarket: Pavla ejection seat Masterclass PE flaps CMK (I think) wheel bays – these are superb, although I didn’t use the nose gear bay as the fuselage was together by the time I got them. Xtra Decal and Aviation Workshop transfers Well that’s about the lot, here are some pictures. I apologise for the quantity, but I have been experimenting with RAW images and a basic Canon photo editor. I hope you enjoy them. Next on the bench is the Kitty Hawk Jaguar. I’m setting a 6 month time limit on this build!!
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