aerotechi Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Fresh off the production line the 2nd aircraft build for a Miles Aircraft fan friend (has a couple of us making aircraft for him). This is the Eastern Express 1/72 Miles Master III. Kit goes together quite well, has 2 sets of decals 9(Irish and RAF) unfortunatly no placement instructions for either and the RAF serial number comes back to a Wellington Mk2 bomber shot down over Belgium. Rather interesting bit of info even if not for this aircraft. (Link for anybody interested W5586 history) So some research I decided on W8565 which was actually a Master III although no record I could find exists what happened to it. Other adjustments to the kit for my own OCD sanity included a rear cockpit bulkhead, Floor section, adjustment of the wheel to include a hub, Instrument panel. I thought about a cockpit partition but decided I probably couldnt make it look correct. Painted in the standard Humbrol enamels by brush. 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Robin Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Lovely work. Regards Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Nicely done on that, must dig my one out one day, nice to know it goes together well. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigglesof266 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Very nice. Brought back memories. Built this from a 1/72 FROG kit sometime back around 1967. Haven't seen it kitted in the years since since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerotechi Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 On 7/5/2022 at 11:19 PM, Bigglesof266 said: Very nice. Brought back memories. Built this from a 1/72 FROG kit sometime back around 1967. Haven't seen it kitted in the years since since. On 7/5/2022 at 9:49 PM, stevehnz said: Nicely done on that, must dig my one out one day, nice to know it goes together well. Steve. On 7/5/2022 at 6:53 PM, Pete Robin said: Lovely work. Regards Pete Thank you all. Its a kit id never seen till my friend asked me to build it for his Miles aircraft line up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Ah , good old Frog kits , with a little work they still scrub up well , nice job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerotechi Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/7/2022 at 5:41 PM, keith in the uk said: Ah , good old Frog kits , with a little work they still scrub up well , nice job Thanks Keith. Interesting dive into the world of Frog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I remember converting this kit to a Mk II back in the 1980s. Cut the nose off and replaced it with a Beaufighter engine faired in with milliput. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 3 hours ago, John_W said: replaced it with a Beaufighter engine Thar would have given it some go, or pulled the wings off. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Nice job. I love the aeroplane and the FROG(spawn) kit - a really nice, well-fitting kit! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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