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Trumpeter 1:48 Westland Wyvern S.4


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Looking nice! I just picked up the 72nd scale Trumpy Wyvern from Squadron at 50% off. Very nice kit and quite "un-Trumpy" like, which is probably due to having the tooling done by Monochrome in Japan. Is that the case with the 48th scale kit? Look for Trumpeter/Monochrome on the sprue tabs.

I didn't know the Wyvern had the distinction of the first underwater ejection (I shudder even thinking of that). Hopefully the poor chap survived!

Cheers,

Bill

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Some slightly better pics, this time with added prop and tail feathers. The prop can still be removed for when I gloss, decal and matt varnish the aircraft.

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Canopy just placed on to get an idea of what it'll look like on.

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Well we're nearly done. decals on, with some minor problems.

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Having got paint on the canopy from an airbrush blowback, I've managed to make it a bit more presentable with some very fine wet and dry and some canopy polish. It's not perfect, but at least the pilot can see out now.

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