MPM 1/72 Blenheim Mk1/1F

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do you have anything else stashed away to keep you occupied?

Only about 40 Andy, but I'll want something I can finish quickly before getting stuck in to the under a fiver GB.
Pete

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Only about 40!

I guess that's not loads compared to some on here but I'd be spoilt for choice lol

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Peter,
Bummer about the paint but great recovery looking really good.

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Only about 40!

I guess that's not loads compared to some on here but I'd be spoilt for choice lol

Surprising how quickly I've built up a stash!

Peter,
Bummer about the paint but great recovery looking really good.

Thanks Paul.
Pete

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Always interesting to see these old kits...from my previous model building era.Why the German/Nazi decals ? Anyone know ? Where any Blenheims captured by the Germans ? Good start and some challenges already.

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They're Finnish decals Gary, they used the swastika symbol, but not standing on a corner like the Nazis. The Finns later built some Blenheims under licence from Bristol, but the first few they had were delivered from the Bristol factory in RAF colours. They were very quickly painted with the yellow underside wingtips and fuselage band so they didn't get shot down by friendly fire, but it took a while before they were repainted in the standard Finnish colours of green and black. I probably should have chosen the green/black colours so the decals are correct, but I wanted to use the RAF colours.
Pete

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Ah, I never knew that Peter. I just finished a FW190 and I mounted the swastika on the tail sqaure and not ona corner. Ah, well.

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As additional trivia: the reason the Finns now use a white/blue/white roundel as a national insignia (on aircraft as well as vehicles) is largely because of Soviet pressure after the war, who didn’t want to be reminded of the Nazi emblem on military equipment of a neighbouring country.

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Decals were going well, until this happened:
I made it even worse after that photo, so just took it off. This Finnish Blenheim will not have a serial number. :disappointed2:
These decals are really thin, and don't want to move once they're on a surface.
Pete

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Now finished - more photos here: https://www.scale-models.co.uk/forum...eroplanes.173/

Thanks for watching,
Pete