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January 4, 2021
top gunner
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January 4, 2021
wing spars
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January 4, 2021
internal cabin area for radar techs radio navigator and air engineer behind co pilots seat
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January 4, 2021
captain throttle up
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January 4, 2021
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January 4, 2021
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January 4, 2021
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January 4, 2021
internal nav/radar area good detail but un seen once fuselage half's are joined
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January 4, 2021
R/L sections linked up trial fitted and ready to bond
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January 4, 2021
bonded good fit not perfect but manageable for a novice like me
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January 4, 2021
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January 4, 2021
forward machine gunner in place check hight of gunner against gun port glass
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January 4, 2021
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February 4, 2021
Fuselage gloss under side not in shot and matt on the port starboard walls
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February 4, 2021
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February 4, 2021
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February 4, 2021
Gloss white went on well wings and engines mounted really well small bit of putting but really good fit
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February 4, 2021
Underside of wing gloss white wheels stowed
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February 4, 2021
Engine is gloss white & rest of wing will be sea grey once i’m ready to mask and paint
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February 6, 2021
Fuselage masked up for the sea grey coat, hope the demarcation line is close????
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February 6, 2021
2 coats later looks ok
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February 6, 2021
Starboard side, Wings have been top coated to
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February 6, 2021
Port side
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February 6, 2021
Stripped and left to rest now for a day to harden up props and spinners to assemble
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February 7, 2021
Port side with tail plane fitted
Top sea grey, sides matt white under side gloss with same with wings gloss white underside
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February 7, 2021
Starboard side fitted not bonded yet
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February 7, 2021
Next bond all and cut back same as top rear quarter of fuselage then clear coat all
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February 21, 2021
Bomb bay doors and seal a bit of a pain to fit but ok once in place
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February 21, 2021
The ordnance clashes once in place but managed to squeeze it in
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February 21, 2021
All in all looks okay bit white
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February 21, 2021
Engines mounted no props as its a flying model
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February 21, 2021
Masks removed and worked out okay first time i have used a pre cut mask and to be fair they performed ok
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February 21, 2021
Front cannons, aerials & to gunner in place not sure if he should fase forwards or not seem like a lot of opportunities to do some damage in the wrong hangs
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February 21, 2021
Will leave it to settle cleat coat and fix decals
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May 2, 2021
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May 2, 2021
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May 2, 2021
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May 2, 2021
Decals and clear coated
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May 2, 2021
Bomb bay
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May 9, 2021
Undershot stand turned out ok and hold the air craft well needs a tweak or 2...
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May 9, 2021
Propellers really do look great a bit nippy to fit and centre on the spinners but look great on a flying kit
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May 9, 2021
Underestimated how big this plane was!!!
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May 9, 2021
Small bit of weathering and panel lining new to this and small steps the effect looks good but still weary of making a real mess
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May 9, 2021
Landing lol"........
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May 9, 2021
Need to find a display area for this big beast
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May 12, 2021
Just in the window but looked really good
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May 12, 2021
Same
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May 12, 2021
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Kommentare

23 4 January 2021, 19:42

Simontie
Wanted to paint main section before assembly and final coat or touch up as required but trial fits went well so fingers crossed not to much fettling

4 February 2021, 21:26

Bernd Korte
Following with great interest!

5 February 2021, 07:21

David Taylor
Missed this one.

2 May 2021, 18:55

Gary Kitchen
Yes sorry to have missed this too. Doesn't that stand put a lot of stress on the wing root? Is it reinforced somehow?

9 May 2021, 20:42

Simontie
The root is quite strong as a standard kit, i did wonder about using this entrapment technic but there is very little deflection along the wing so happy to use it for display purposes only & it allows the aircraft to be viewed more openly,I have another version in the pipe line that will sectetly support the underside of the wing ??It hold out till then!!!Simon

10 May 2021, 12:21

Gary Kitchen
👍

10 May 2021, 13:19

Łukasz Gliński
Very interesting stand and a nice build 👍 What are the props made of?

10 May 2021, 14:11

HSC1932
Were the guns part of the kit?

10 May 2021, 17:09

Simontie
Hi the props were from "valiant wings" photo shopped on to-clear acetate sheet scaled to suit your build, but its down to the buyer to cut and centre holes before fitting even with a great circle cutter it was challenging

Guns were part of the kit and luckly i had a spare set as i broke a barrel just before finishing it off i have no idea where its gone and i have looked everywhere??

10 May 2021, 18:36

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Very similar to my first build same basic kit, however with lessons learned i have assembled the cabin and cockpit this time i have left out most of the details and just hand painted the cabin area just in case you can see through the windows once fully assembled... added a pilot and co pilot, plus 2 gunners, crew came from the 2 airfix kits however now they have new arms donated by some redundant ground crew ops.
After trial assembly I discovered that the first cabin internal door way clashes with the top gun and so i had to remove this before bonding the 2 fuselage half's together these were again a good match and married up quite welll
now back at work so i imagine progress will slow that been said not sure how these new lock down rules will effect me or the rest of us..
will post more when i have more but in the meantime please stay safe
simon

Avro Shackleton MR.2

59 Bilder

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Fertiggestellt

Avro Shackleton MR.2

Royal Air Force (1918-now)
No. 224 Sqn. M | B | WR963
September 1967

FS17875 FS37875 BS381C:637

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