NavyWessex Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Afternoon all, Happy to present my latest offering, a kit I've owned for some time and bought at a bargain price of 21£ brand new from a discount store in Cornwall. I recently visited the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Museum at Newquay and was lucky enough to have been given permission to look around WR985, an Avro Shackleton MR.3 recently arrived in sections from Long Marston, where it had been decaying for years. The build itself was quite straight forward, with no major issues - the size of the fuselage meant the join seams between both sections along the top and bottom were a bit of a pain to fill. Also, despite filling the nose and engine area with significant amounts of weight, she was still a tail sitter. I managed to cram some more in the wings, which inevitably meant she was so heavy that the gear gave way. In the end, some blue tack and ball bearings at the front of the bomb bay solved this! Also, the canopy piece was partly fogged out the box, it took Revell several weeks to dispatch a replacement part, but in the meantime a friend donated his clear sprue to enable me to continue the build, so thanks for that. Although Revell included WR985 as a kit livery, I elected to model XF703 with this being an RAF St Mawgan based example. Photographed outside as the finished kit was just to big to capture nicely indoors. Next up maybe? Edited July 13, 2021 by NavyWessex 65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Magnificent! You should be proud of this one! Let's see- took two weeks to build and a month to mask and paint all the props! Seriously, that is some serious modeling! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t15dja Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 A beautiful rendition of the Shack....and very subtly weathered...well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Delicious! Just the right amount of weathering. Well done for completing the monster and thanks for sharing. Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alhenderson Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 She is absolutely beautiful! Of all the Shacks I think the MR.3 is the ugliest (well, ugly might be harsh, I'll go with 'least nice') but I might be re-considering.. Al. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Lovely, just lovely and the right amount of weathering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Lovely job, must get my hands on one of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael51 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 That is a most impressive result. As others have said, the weathered finish is fine work indeed, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Superb work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Looks fantastic,..... I`m very tempted to get one of these and built it as a SAAF one,....... you`ve done a great hob on yours! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Great build and finish, lovely job on the weathering ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Really well build and painted, the exhaust staining looks particularly good. Is this the old Frog kit or has there been any retooling?? Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Smashing build. It looks just right. Revell did, at one point, box the old FROG kit but they now have a very good new tooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Very nicely done mate 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Wow! - excellent job on your Shackleton Regards Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 "BEAUTIFUL " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 That’s absolutely gorgeous! Captures the look of a Shack perfectly, what a beautiful model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyWessex Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Thanks all for the nice comments 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Absolutely beautiful model of my favourite aircraft as you might be able to tell from my avatar. I noticed your based in Plymouth, are you part of one of the clubs there? Would love to see the model in the flesh if the 2022 model show goes ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Fantastic work, really good realistic weathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentbalzac Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Excellent Shackleton build, beautifully constructed and lovely weathering. Hate to ask but are the starboard fin flashes correct for this aircraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 That's a beautiful Shackleton! I've actually got a piece of WR985 in my garage, I must get around to sending it to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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