aerotechi Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Another month passes, and another model goes from bench to shelf. This one being the Revell 1:72 Shackleton AEW2 of 8 squadron Lossiemouth 1981. A few issue with this kit which is a shame considering the nice surface detail. 1 being mentioned in another thread on here being the MR3 layout fuselage with extra windows etc not present on the AEW2 or missing vents. 2- had a lot of manufacturing issues with this kit with the moulding just not complete or not fully formed eg landing gear missing one side of the fork, detail missing from bay antenna, hole in fuselage half and delaminated clear windows. Fortunately Revell parts uk sorted me out some replacement frames so big thank you to Revell. Now the pics. And with my Revell MR3 (1996 vintage)made about 20-25 years ago (glad my skills have progressed since then!) 55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptmvarsityfan Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Whats not to like about a well made Shack. Thats a beauty. Pete 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 nice work, well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 As far as I'm concerned, both look very nice, though I confess to favoring the AEW. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Very nice indeed, I like the look of that very much- very realistic. I have one of these but it arrived without decals- Revell said they will send me some so looking forward to that although with the world as it is I have no idea when they will arrive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerotechi Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 On 3/14/2022 at 3:00 PM, Ptmvarsityfan said: Very nice! 18 hours ago, Pete in a shed said: Whats not to like about a well made Shack. Thats a beauty. Pete 16 hours ago, cardiff guy said: nice work, well done 16 hours ago, SAT69 said: As far as I'm concerned, both look very nice, though I confess to favoring the AEW. Thank you all. The AEW being a newer kit is nicer then the MR3. 11 hours ago, ColinChipmunkfan said: Very nice indeed, I like the look of that very much- very realistic. I have one of these but it arrived without decals- Revell said they will send me some so looking forward to that although with the world as it is I have no idea when they will arrive. Thank you. Check your landing gear part closely as they where the parts I had most issue with moulding faults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 That's a lovely build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Lovely build! I never got to the bottom of which was the better Dougal- Airfix or Revell! TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Brilliant job on that Shack! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Oooooo lovely Shackleton, looks gorgeous, great work and both look great together. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Young Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Good to hear you got over the problems with the kit and also good that Revell were on the case and sorted things out. Lovely model - I imagine that 24 sets of prop tip stripes must have been challenging! Well done, Thanks for sharing, Cheers, Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerotechi Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 On 3/15/2022 at 3:48 PM, Stephen said: That's a lovely build. Thank you. On 3/15/2022 at 4:32 PM, TEXANTOMCAT said: Lovely build! I never got to the bottom of which was the better Dougal- Airfix or Revell! TT That’s a touch question. The airfix does have an interior, not that you can really see it. On 3/15/2022 at 5:58 PM, Maginot said: Superb! On 3/15/2022 at 6:01 PM, Learstang said: Brilliant job on that Shack! Regards, Jason 21 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Oooooo lovely Shackleton, looks gorgeous, great work and both look great together. Chris 9 hours ago, phildagreek said: Nice! 4 hours ago, Andy Young said: Good to hear you got over the problems with the kit and also good that Revell were on the case and sorted things out. Lovely model - I imagine that 24 sets of prop tip stripes must have been challenging! Well done, Thanks for sharing, Cheers, Andy Thank you. 24 blade tips done twice too! First time I wasn’t happy with my ration of white to red. 3 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said: Well done! Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shearwater Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 You’ve made a very good job of that one! 👍. Interesting to read the kit issues... I’ve just bought the exact same kit, so will definitely be looking out for those when I come to build it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128fiddler Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 A very nice looking Shackleton! I was following a WIP here on BM and because of that, I bought the kit "new" out of second hand. Allthough I didn't check it out in close detail. Lets have a look tomorrow if there are troubles with my box. Did you use the kit decals? As I had mixed to bad experience with Revell's decals, I must say yours look like they behaved nicely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerotechi Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 9 hours ago, The Shearwater said: You’ve made a very good job of that one! 👍. Interesting to read the kit issues... I’ve just bought the exact same kit, so will definitely be looking out for those when I come to build it. Thank you. Yes check it carefully especially the gear legs and attachments. 3 hours ago, 128fiddler said: A very nice looking Shackleton! I was following a WIP here on BM and because of that, I bought the kit "new" out of second hand. Allthough I didn't check it out in close detail. Lets have a look tomorrow if there are troubles with my box. Did you use the kit decals? As I had mixed to bad experience with Revell's decals, I must say yours look like they behaved nicely! Thanks. Yes mine is OOB. The only decal issues I had was the normal with the long yellow lines breaking. Not a huge issue to just realign the break. As I said above if you want to make a proper mk2 you will need to delete some windows and add some vents etc. There’s a nice mk2 adjustments thread on BM I used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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