thepureness Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Well, it has finally come, the Revell 1/72 Avro Shackleton AEW.2. Those of you that may have followed my previous builds of the Airfix Shackletons you will be aware of my family history around the aircraft and will get to see my 3rd Shack in progress and those that haven't seen my two previous builds & the history the links are below. http://goo.gl/tCiY7A and http://goo.gl/TPMBck I want to start talking about the Revell kit, I think it is obvious that a MR.3 is planned due to the breakdown of the fuselage and there are some areas that shouldn't be present on the AEW.2 but are on the MR.3, but I will not go into too much detail there. What I do wish to focus on is the quality of the kit, it is insanely good, the Shackleton/Growler was also know are 10000 loose rivets flying in close formation, and just look at those rivets on the kit. This is something that Airfix did not do as they went with the standard panel lines on their kit, Airfix kit also suffered with some occasional warping on the wings, which seemed to be luck based as some kits did have the issue while others didn't, there was also some sink marks on the upper fuselage which required filling. The Revell kit do not have any of these issues. Here are the sprue shots Clear parts look good Decals printed in Italy, look good and hope they are as good as Airfix's decals as their's were done by cartograph. Anyways, I'm going OOB with this one, I do plan on a 4th Shackleton to complete my set, that one I may good with aftermarket, but this one is OOB. Some lucky chaps have managed to get there test shot builds already finished, but I don't think we have a WIP yet, so here we go. Enjoy everyone 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I will stop by to watch your progress , looking forward to it. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Nice, looking forward to the build. Seems a better produced model than the Airfix offering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Mine arrived today so watching with interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 It's not a "real" Lancaster Tony! Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 It's not a "real" Lancaster Tony! Cees It is, if you squint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 It will be interesting to see how the two kits compare - I have to say first impressions are very good. Lead on Macduff! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Just been promised one for Father's Day so shall be watching your build with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 I've started some test fitting on the fuselage, I've glued a couple of cockpit parts together, just so I can use them for the test fit. Those that might be worried about the fit with the fuselage being split into nose and rear sections should not worry at all, the fit is good and the radome fits in nicely too. I'm just holding these in place at the moment, once glued it will look so much better 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I'll be following this one closely, hopefully you'll be able to give us your comparison views of the two kits. I'll be starting my Revell AEW Mk.2 when I've finished my FROG Mk.3 Phase 3 , must pull my finger out and get it finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKguyInUSA Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 A nice looking kit and a plane I've had my eye on for the future. I will watch with interest Cheers, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 I've decided to start trying to get a dark sea gray I'm happy with, with my own experience, I only use Tamiya acrylics as I simply can't get on with any other paints I've tried that I can easily get hold of. So I've got a spare fuselage half of the airfix shack and I've just experimenting with the colors. I've got 2 tons here, a lighter version on the nose, a darker shade in the centre and a split between the two on the rear I'm pushing more towards the shade are the rear of the fuselage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Hmm Shouldnt it be Extra Dark Sea Grey? A bluer shade for the AEW2 I used the old Humbrol Authentics EDSG for this old one back in 1982 I'd do a few things differently now but I was happy with this THEN I can whip this out if you like, it's just intended to give a shade to compare with b 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 The Revell kit looks superb, starting with the box and continuing with the sprues, which is really what matters. I'll be very interested in following your build. I'm tempted to build one of these with the scheme on the box top. Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Lewis Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I was just looking at this kit. Cracking detail and soooo tempting. I shall watch with interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 You are tempting me to get the Revell kit to go with the Airfix. The way it is broken down, it looks like they may have an MR3 in mind. Now that would be a definite purchase! Anyway, it will be interesting to see what you make of this one. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I thought EDSG was the choice of colour but Perdu's Shack looks pretty close to me, details don't look to bad I'm not worried about interior as it won't be seen so I might invest in one in these a bit later on in the year. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 It is extra dark sea gray, my typo there. Such a hard colour to get right without using humbrol and xtracolor but I just don't get on with them. I've settled with a slightly darkened mix of Tamiya XF-77 using a little XF -63 to darken it, we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I've just gone off Humbrol acrylics BIG TIME and think you'll be good with that Might be worth adding a smidgeon of blue though, just to re-cast the hue a tad blu-ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 The correct colour for Shackleton AEW.2s (and MR.2/3s in all over grey, and with the white roof scheme) is dark sea grey. Extra dark sea grey was the darker shade used by the Fleet Air Arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 The correct colour for Shackleton AEW.2s (and MR.2/3s in all over grey, and with the white roof scheme) is gloss dark sea grey BS381C/638. Extra dark sea grey was the darker shade used by the Fleet Air Arm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 High intensity memory fade milud, it was back in 82 or thereabouts and from looking at the pictures it seems I did get it right (ish) back then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 So peeps, on with the build here. I have been quiet here, but only because I've been doing little amounts in short stints at the workbench. This is where i am so far, and yes I know i'm not painting it 100% correct inside, but not much is going to be seen Pit and control panel with decal used as detail Some other painting and sub assembling Now I'm a little bit of a situation as I can't pick which of the 2 options in the box, so I had a little idea. This is the idea below Now, should I build them at the same time? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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