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Airfix Bristol bloodhound 1/ 72

May 6, 2013 · in Uncategorized · · 3 · 4.2K

I was inspired to attempt this ancient kit after seeing one on the tribute forum built by a much better modeller than me,This kit is VERY basic with no interior ,no glazing and only a couple of decals. In order to improve it I added glazing from some food packaging to the Landy and some mirrors which are slightly over scale from a toy car ,the whip airiel is a stray whisker from my gorgeous german shepard Kim (donated willingly I must add!), the missile launcher got some hoses and the whole set got some spurious stencils from the spares box.I loved this little set and intend to do a few more at some point, although the Sam 2 goes for silly money in the U.K. I may bite the bullet and get one to go next to it on the shelf.

Your comments please,N.

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  1. Reminds of the time (goin' in the "way-back machine", now), when I built models of the Hawk AA missles - actually, IIRC, thet WERE made by 'Hawk' and the Revell(?) Snark w/launcher [which you can still get] - I may be strainin' the few brain cells I have left, but weren't there also kits of the Nike?
    Nice job on such a small scale.

  2. Renwal issued the Nike Ajax and Hercules. Revell has repopped both at least once in the History makers Series. Adios, Larry.

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    said on May 7, 2013

    Nice rendition of the Bloodhound Neil. Have you tried Kingkit for the Airfix SAM 2? They have loads of old Airfix stuff.

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