CMK Beaufort Mk.I Bomb Bay (7509 for Airfix) 1:72

[Mike]

Beaufort Mk.I Bomb Bay (7509 for Airfix)

1:72 CMK by Special Hobby

 

 

Airfix’s new small-scale Beaufort kit has been around for over a year now, and here comes a new bomb bay set from CMK by Special Hobby to increase the detail in there, and add a set of bombs to populate it too.  As usual with CMK's resin sets, they arrive in the familiar clear vacformed box, with the resin parts safely inside, and the instructions sandwiched between the header card at the rear.

 

 

Inside the package are twenty-three resin parts on nine casting blocks, some of which are very fine, so care must be taken when removing them from their blocks.  Before you can start work, you need to sand back the details from inside the kit fuselage sides and roof, plus remove the central section of the bomb bay door part, C17.  With that out of the way, the bay can be skinned with new roof and side surfaces, adding a pair of C-shaped bulkheads with inserts, plus fine resin actuators front and rear. 

 

The roof is prepared by installing two bomb carriers with shackles front and rear, which accommodate one of the resin bombs each.  The bombs have separate noses and cylindrical fin surrounds added beforehand, and are inserted between the V-shaped parts of the anti-sway shackles.  The bi-folded bay doors are then glued to the sides of the bay to complete the job, with plenty of painting in between.

 

Highly recommended.

 

 

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