Special Hobby 1/48 Martin Maryland.

[Dave W]

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Thought I would build this next.Im going to paint it as one of the Aircraft flown by the Malta based reconnaissance pilot Adrian Warburton.Not sure which one yet,but probably the one on the box.Warburton was the only pilot ever to become an 'Ace' flying bomber type aircraft. Although a bomber,the Maryland was equipped with four guns mounted in the wings as well as a turret.After taking his photos of places like Taranto harbour and Sicily,Warburton would often have a go at enemy aircraft he ran into on the way back to Malta,shooting several down.Anyway,the kit is quit nice.Its a limited run type with no locating pins.But the parts seem very well moulded with fine engraved detail.Theres a PE fret and some resin parts.The engines are all resin with individual cylinders to attach.Ive made a start building up the interior which is very well detailed.Though a lot won't be visible on the finished model.Still some work to do ,but here are some in progress photos.

[eddiesolo]

I and aircraft models do not really mix, but I have always like the Maryland, nice start Dave, great interior work.

Si

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Dave

Have to confess that I know nothing of this aircraft. Looks an interesting kit though and it's amazing to think a pilot could become an 'Ace' in one of these aircraft.

I'll be following this Dave

All the best

P

[flyjoe180]

Looks a nice enough kit so far Dave. Good start, the interior looks good.

[monica]

nice start Dave, great interior work., and dose look interesting as well, keep an eye on this one

[Guest]

Looks complicated :-s x

[Guest]

Interesting subject. Nice start on this interior Dave.

[Guest]

Good start Dave not heard of this manufacturer before looks a good kit.

[Dave W]

Thanks for the interest people.should get some more done this evening after I've watched England 'playing for pride'!.

[papa 695]

Great start Dave and a very interesting Aircraft

[Guest]

You don't see one of those very often. Looking forward to seeing it progress Dave.

[Dave W]

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Done a bit more tonight.The kit comes with an instrument panel but no decal.It has raised detail,but I'm not very good at painting that sort of detail.So I've added some instruments from an 'Airscale' decal sheet.And I've added a few blobs of yellow and red paint with a cocktail stick.Its not meant to be an accurate Maryland panel,but looks better than a plain black panel.I've also added the two control columns.These proved to be a life saver as on one mission Warburton was intercepted by 3 Italian CR42's.A bullet came through the nose and instrument panel hitting him in the chest.The blow rendered him unconscious and the aircraft went into a dive.The navigator unstowed the spare column,assembled it and pulled the aircraft out of the dive.For his actions he received the DFM.Warburton regained consciousness and resumed control.

[Lee W]

Good start Dave, looking forward to the next installment, detail is very good

Lee

[flyjoe180]

Good work Dave, the instrument panel looks convincing.

[Dave W]

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Ive now assembled the wings.First I primed then sprayed the under carriage bays Aluminium.Then I glued the bay roofs into the lower wing halves.After allowing these assemblies to dry I then glued the wing halves together.A bit tricky without any locating pins and on one of them the landing light cut out doesn't quite line up.So I need to sort it with some plastic card.Next I trimmed a bit off the cabin bulk heads as the fuselage halves wouldn't quite meet.Thats the trick with these limited run type kits.You need to test fit everything before glueing.Ive now glued all bulkheads,floors,turret mount and instrument panel to the left fuselage half.And I've taped the two fuselage halves together without glue to check everything's lined up correctly.I will leave it to dry overnight and tomorrow will glue the fuselage halves together.