I'm new to the forum and thought I'd share a build.
I 'grew out' of modelling about the same time I discovered motorbikes and girls, but my son has now discovered the hobby, so to keep him company I bought an Italeri Bell Super Cobra for 4 quid from a local modellers meeting, and enjoyed putting it together. I even enjoyed painting it once I'd been introduced to acrylics! The bug has firmly bitten again, and before I knew what was happening I had somehow bought a Revell Lanc and a Tamiya Mossie with the intention of putting together a diorama representative of 8 Group Pathfinders. They are two of my favourite planes, and a little research had shown that 83 Squadron (Lancs) and 139 Squadron (Mosqitoes) had both operated from Wyton in 1943. A little more poking around the net even threw up the nose art, serials and codes for period correct examples of both types, so it seemed perfect to show them together.
The Revell Lanc has a few faults, and I'm hoping to address some of these in my builds, as well as add a little more detail.
Here's a few pics of progress so far.
Kit Merlin with a bit of artistic license.
Original kit radiator intakes.
Reshaped. Still a bit big, but better.
Detail added to pilots seat (trim wheel, closer to scale armour plate, seat arm in raised position), control panel smoothed as the relief doesn't match the decal. Compass added and extra instruments at the top of dash. Navigators seat moved to 'stowed' position, and both seats lowered to correct height, plus a couple of other odds and sods.
I 'grew out' of modelling about the same time I discovered motorbikes and girls, but my son has now discovered the hobby, so to keep him company I bought an Italeri Bell Super Cobra for 4 quid from a local modellers meeting, and enjoyed putting it together. I even enjoyed painting it once I'd been introduced to acrylics! The bug has firmly bitten again, and before I knew what was happening I had somehow bought a Revell Lanc and a Tamiya Mossie with the intention of putting together a diorama representative of 8 Group Pathfinders. They are two of my favourite planes, and a little research had shown that 83 Squadron (Lancs) and 139 Squadron (Mosqitoes) had both operated from Wyton in 1943. A little more poking around the net even threw up the nose art, serials and codes for period correct examples of both types, so it seemed perfect to show them together.
The Revell Lanc has a few faults, and I'm hoping to address some of these in my builds, as well as add a little more detail.
Here's a few pics of progress so far.
Kit Merlin with a bit of artistic license.
Original kit radiator intakes.
Reshaped. Still a bit big, but better.
Detail added to pilots seat (trim wheel, closer to scale armour plate, seat arm in raised position), control panel smoothed as the relief doesn't match the decal. Compass added and extra instruments at the top of dash. Navigators seat moved to 'stowed' position, and both seats lowered to correct height, plus a couple of other odds and sods.
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