Westland Lysander MkIII, No 357 Squadron, Special Service Flight attached to 14th Army, South East Asia 1945

[russ c]

Howdy all, got some pic`s of my latest effort, so thought I`d subject you to a few........

My second go at Gavia`s 1/48 Lysander kit

As usual 99.9% from the box contents

Only additions being a scattering of antenna here and there

Finished SEAC markings, used for special operations in Burma towards end of WW2

Used the kit decals which worked fine

Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ

[GREG DESTEC]

Nice work Russ👍

 

A great looking Lizzy you have there.

 

Cheers Greg

[dogsbody]

Beauty!

 

 

 

Chris

[Wulfman]

Lovely looking Lizzy, great work !

 

Wulfman

[Andy Dyck]

Excellent work Russ!  Not often to see! As always very atmospheric! 
 

All the best

 

Andy 

[dnl42]

Excellent work and photos! 

 

What kit?

72?

[Roberto]

Interesting and very well done 👍

[Jeekay56]

23 minutes ago, dnl42 said:

Excellent work and photos! 

 

What kit?

72?

The information you seek is in the first post.  🙂

 

Nicely done Russ.  

 

Take care,

 

Graham

[ForestFan]

Beautiful, any issues with the build? I’m sure I read somewhere that the wing struts are too short?

[keefr22]

Another real stunner Russ, with your usual lovely paintwork! 

 

Top work again, lovely Lizzie! 👍

 

Keith

[russ c]

3 hours ago, dnl42 said:

Excellent work and photos! 

 

What kit?

72?

Thanks, it`s the Gavia 1/48 kit

Cheers Russ

[russ c]

2 hours ago, ForestFan said:

Beautiful, any issues with the build? I’m sure I read somewhere that the wing struts are too short?

Thanks, yeah they`re too short to reach the locating holes under the wing. What I did was set the wings level using steel rule and elastic bands, then when dry, but with the rule still attached butted the struts against the U/C fairings and marked and drilled new ones, Then filled the old ones.

The rest of the build was usual high end limited run fare, lots of sanding but I didn`t need to use any filler, except some PVA glue here and there on the transparencies.

Cheers Russ

[RidgeRunner]

That’s lovely, Russ  

[Tomcat101]

Great Lysander!  I really like the subtle weathering.  It really makes the airplane look authentic.

[HOUSTON]

BEAUTIFUL  Lysander.

 

[Marcel]

Perfect Lysander, great finish and weathering.

[gazza l]

Really nice work,  along with your usual excellent photography skills. Not a bad kit is it, I made one a couple of years ago ( Eduard boxing).

 

gazza l

[mahavelona]

Fantastic job on this and I love the SEAC scheme

[Col Walter E Kurtz]

Once again Russ i'm very impressed. The whole look is fantastic. The weathering you've done is so realistic. Top draw Build IMHO.

Regards, Andy

 

[billn53]

Beautifully done! I don't think I've even seen a Lysander done so well!

[simonj]

Great work - what is the Gavia kit like to work on ??

 

[Maginot]

A very nicely finished model. The diorama base is very effective.

[russ c]

3 hours ago, simonj said:

Great work - what is the Gavia kit like to work on ??

 

Thanks Simon, 

Apart from the main struts being a little too short to reach the locating holes under the wing. What I did was set the wings level using steel rule and elastic bands, then when dry, but with the rule still attached butted the struts against the U/C fairings and marked and drilled new ones, Then filled the old ones.

The rest of the build was usual high end limited run fare, lots of sanding but I didn`t need to use any filler, except some PVA glue here and there on the transparencies.

Cheers Russ

[keith in the uk]

Stunning.  

[Dunny]

Russ,

 

That's beautiful work. I completed the Eduard boxing in a very similar scheme about 18 months ago. Love your treatment of the exhaust collector and the overall weathered look - great job!

 

Cheers,

 

Roger