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Alistair Gauld
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Airfix 1/72 Vickers Wellington GR Mk.VII

December 14, 2023 · in Aviation · · 38 · 385

What a sweet kit this was to build.
No issues regarding fit other than those I created myself.
When you consider how much goes into the internals it's a credit to that it goes together so well.

Primed with Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black.
Painted with,
Colourcoats Extra Dark Sea Grey, Dark Slate Grey, Night Bomber Black, FAA/RAF Yellow and Interior Grey Green.
Tamiya Rubber Black, Nato Black, Flat White with Buff mix, Flat Aluminium, Dark Green and Gun Metal,
Mr, Hobby Aqueous Salmon Pink.
Xtreme Metals Steel, Burnt Metal and Jet Exhaust

Flory Dark Dirt wash for the control surfaces.
The main fuselage and wings grubbied up with a dot filter and dry brush of Windsor & Newton Titanium White, Burnt Sienna, Ochre Yellow, Abteilung 502 Smoke and Starship Filth.

Final varnishes.
Windsor & Newton Galeria Gloss for the undersides.
Windsor & Newton Galeria Matt for the uppers.

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38 responses

  1. Nice looking Wimpy.

  2. A fantastic result, Alistair! Looks like Airfix did a great kit and you made the most of it!
    Congratulations!

  3. Well done sub hunter!

  4. Fine looking model. The camo scheme is very well done.

  5. That looks great! I have a couple of Wellingtons to build - love the coastal command scheme on this - one of mine will be similar.

  6. Excellent Wellington, Alistair! That is one of Airfix’s nicest kits.

  7. Love that Atlantic paint scheme. I'm doing my HUdson in the same scheme. You've done a fine job on this Alistair.

  8. Well done Alistair Gauld (@alistairfgauld). Very impressive build. I like it.

  9. Nicely done Alistair, looks good.

  10. Great work, Alistair (@alistairfgauld). What an interesting plane, with all of the masts and wire antennas sticking up from the top of the fuselage. I also really like the FAA camo, which is always striking. Well done.

  11. Use the word "festooned" in a sentence. Da model was festooned with antennas. Excellent job on this, great paint.

  12. 🙂 ... Greetings ... 🙂 :
    A very interesting model and a dominant camouflage scheme in any model collection, Alistair!

  13. A great looking Wellington. A plethora of antennas. @alistairfgauld

  14. Superb looking Wellington, Alistair @alistairfgauld
    Not the easiest Wellington variant with all those antennas.
    Well done.

  15. Oh, Alistair @alistairfgauld. This isn’t fair. I love this scheme and want this kit badly and here you come and have this beautiful build. It’s gorgeous!

  16. That's a great looking Wellington. These newer Airfix kits are really wonderful. You've done a beautiful job on this one Alistair.

  17. Lovely Wellington!

  18. Great work on this Airfix Wellington, Alistair, love the colour scheme.

  19. That's a brilliant result.

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