David Womby Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 This is Matchbox's Canberra PR9 original issue from c.1978. I built her to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Canberra's maiden flight on May 13, 1949. The only mods I made were to open up and glaze the front and rear camera ports, add a towel rail type antenna and make the strakes around the rear lower fuselage more obvious (probably too much so). I added the wing tanks that were spare from a previous Airfix build. The fit was good except for the engine nacelles which are moulded with separate front and rears and I needed to do a lot of filling to get the joints smooth there. Decals are the original Matchbox ones. I didn't weather her as a) I am not very good at it and b) I have a pic showing her looking nice and clean. The decals are from the kit and held up well after 40+ years. Here she is with my other built Canberras - the silver one on the ground is the Airfix B(I)6 with an uncorrected nose (c.1993), the camo one is Frog(spawn) B(I)8 (c.2008) and the MSG/Black on is the Airfix B(I)6 with a Frog nose grafted on (2018). David 23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Always nice to see a Canberra built David. Make it from a Matchbox kit, add some tanks on and slap on a smooth coat of Silver paint and you’ve got yourself a sharp looking PR.9. Thats a nice collection your mustering up there.. what versions next? Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 7 minutes ago, Rabbit Leader said: Always nice to see a Canberra built David. Make it from a Matchbox kit, add some tanks on and slap on a smooth coat of Silver paint and you’ve got yourself a sharp looking PR.9. Thats a nice collection your mustering up there.. what versions next? Cheers.. Dave Thanks, Dave. I'll probably build something else first but there's plenty more Canberras in my stash. All old moulds. Maybe I'll have to build one of the fugly nose jobs they saddled them with in later life - T22, T17, etc, etc David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Oh, that's very sweet! I love the in-flight pose, and your great collection of the type too! Bravo indeed! 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 You need to have a chat with John = Canberrakid on here. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Very nice looking model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Not at all bad for a very old kit. Nice collection of Cranberras you have there. gazza l 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Nicely done. Excellent collection you’ve got there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 A beautiful model of a beautiful aeroplane. The kit holds up well considering its age. The PR.9 always looks so sleek in the silver scheme. It's a pity that the Canberra display in the UK was so short lived. Wonder if we'll ever see another take to the skies. It always amazes me how much trouble a modeller has to go to in order to have a 1/72 B.2 in their collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Meatbox8 said: > It always amazes me how much trouble a modeller has to go to in order to have a 1/72 B.2 in their collection. Agreed. I did have the High Planes one in the stash but sold it and I am trying not to buy more kits so the S+M one is not an option. I do have an extensive collection of the Aeroclub nose replacements and vac fuselages and that's what I will use for my next one with the bomber nose. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Just now, David Womby said: Agreed. I did have the High Planes one in the stash but sold it and I am trying not to buy more kits so the S+M one is not an option. I do have an extensive collection of the Aeroclub nose replacements and vac fuselages and that's what I will use for my next one with the bomber nose. David Indeed. I built the High Planes T.4 but I can't say I enjoyed the experience. I have the Airfix one too, built as the B(I)6. The nose is just horrible though. Maybe that's why they converted the tooling to a B-57. Pity really as the rest of the kit is rather nice. I'd really like some of the S+M kits but they're a bit pricey, especially as I 'need' one in MSG/Black, one in MSG/DG/PRU Blue and one in HSS. That's about £150 straight off, without P&P! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) Nice Canberras, David Martin Edited May 26, 2019 by RidgeRunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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