CA-9 Wirraway, 4 Squadron, RAAF, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1942-43

[russ c]

Howdy Everyone,

 Finished this one last week, so thought I`d bother you with some pic`s 🙂

My attempt at Special Hobby`s 1/48 Wirraway kit

I`d recently been re-reading Mark Johnstones book ` Whispering Death ` which gave me the inspiration to add one to the collection......

.....although not entirely successful as a fighter or dive bomber, they excelled at artillery spotting, search and rescue and forward air control type missions

Built almost completely from the box contents with only:

Brake pipes, engine pushrods and ignition harness, trim tab actuators on the elevators and aerial wires added.

Managed to crack the canopy cutting the bit off the end and repaired with a piece of T-6 or Harvard canopy ( I think ) from the spares box

I was a bit apprehensive of the kit after building SH`s Boomerang but this is a far more civilised experience

Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ

 

[keith in the uk]

Oh Russ , that s a real corker mate , our friends in Oz are going to love this one.  

[ColinChipmunkfan]

Agreed, That is a very good looking model, the shading and painting is top notch!

[bigbadbadge]

Looks stunning, great work, the paint finish and weathering looks great as does your base and backdrop. 

Chris

[SAT69]

3 hours ago, bigbadbadge said:

Looks stunning, great work, the paint finish and weathering looks great as does your base and backdrop. 

Chris

Well said and I do definitely agree!

[Sky Keg]

Another masterpiece Russ.  You make it look it easy. 

 

Mike

[mahavelona]

That's fantastic. Can I ask what the base material is?

[tonyot]

As usual Russ it looks superb and I love the colours you have used,...... the dio and photography are just the icing on the cake,...... brilliant stuff mate.

 

Tony

[Calum]

Very nice, great photography as well. Love that backdrop

[Learstang]

Very nice indeed! It would look good next to a Boomerang (although it looks great all by itself!).

 

Regards,

 

Jason

[Vinnie]

Cracking build again, Russ. Not an aircraft I was familiar with so had to dive over to Wiki to find out more.

[russ c]

7 hours ago, mahavelona said:

That's fantastic. Can I ask what the base material is?

Thanks very much, the base is four sheets of injection moulded PSP by Eduard that I bought off Hannants. You just need to paint it.

Cheers Russ

[Dunny]

Lovely work Russ - congratulations! 

[stevehnz]

Beautiful work Russ, I'm liking that a lot. It really is a complete package.

Steve.

[Lord Riot]

Looking good! Superb paintwork and presentation. Fantastic.

[Bangor Lad]

Great build and superb finish! You've caught the faded look of an aircraft operated in a harsh environment perfectly, and without it looking that it might fall apart at any minute!

[swralph]

Beautiful model.

[PlaStix]

Hi Russ. One again it's a real pleasure to see one of your builds appear in this section. Very impressive modelling!   

Kind regards,

Stix

[Toryu]

Again very very good, Russ. I love your SEA collection so much - I'd like to see them all lined up on a table.

[Wulfman]

Excellent build and finish, great modelling !

 

Wulfman

[russ c]

4 hours ago, Toryu said:

Again very very good, Russ. I love your SEA collection so much - I'd like to see them all lined up on a table.

Thanks Toryu, Hmmmm, maybe when the weather gets better and I`ll need a proper camera. Oh and a bigger table 🙂

Glad you like it, them though

Cheers Russ 

[Mick Clarke]

A great job. It looks like it's well and truly used to Port Moresby!

[kapam]

A super job!

Beautifully done! 

 

[Greg Law]

Looks like I'm back just in time after my time in the BOB GB to seeing another brilliant build Russ. Looks excellent.  How was the kit to build?

[Viking]

As always, an interesting choice of subject, beautifully built. I always enjoy looking at your posts Russ.

 

Cheers

 

John