I finished my Victor and Whitley and got right to work on the new Airfix Wellington. Obviously, it won’t be finished for the reveal, but I thought you guys would like to see it take shape. These new Airfix kits have got me to delve back into 1/72 scale for the first time in over 25 years. They’re really fun to build.

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John, she’s looking great. A real monster of a build...oooh.

Thanks, David! That’s a great reference photo. The kit actually builds pretty fast considering all of the included detail.

Yes, David. It even has the Elsan. No kitchen sink included though!

John, legendary stuff - another absolute winner for the group. Not worried in the least about the reveal date, what 'gets there get there', you have done loads already! The good news is that the 'decades' sections will be open in perpetuity, and I reckon I can edit the final thing I am putting together to get later arrivals in anyway. The end point was really designed to be sure the group itself had a logical conclusion. People are even now entering 'year of the cat builds' - such was the success of that one! I have to say I'll probably get the SE5a there on schedule but build 5 (The Snipe) may not hit the designated day, either.

Anyway, back to The Wellington - it looks fantastic - I like that we build the details even though they don't all show - it is about learning and skills for those parts I guess!

Trust me, having done an MPM kit and looking at this new kit, you're really better off turning the former into door stops. Everything in the Airfix kit fits, unlike MPM, who still operates on the design theory "Fit? Fit! We don't need no steenking fit, steenking Yankee!" (with apologies to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)

I completed the interior and closed up the fuselage today. I used every one of the interior parts and encountered no real difficulties getting things lined up. I did cut the most forward fuselage frame into three pieces, only using the parts that are visible. Just take care when you install the flares and pay attention to where the right hand corner of the instrument panel meets the fuselage. If not installed correctly, the flares can interfere with a bulkhead join and the instrument panel can butt up against the detail panel on the right side of the cockpit. This kit’s another Airfix winner.

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John, really amazing detail in this kit as I had my eye on the Trumpy kit in this scale. But I may just go for the Airfix offering it is quite motivating seeing the progress on yours. The quality is excellent. The last few years seeing Airfix going back to updating their line of WWII RAF bombers is quite refreshing. At a good price point. Going to continue watch this as you progress, good stuff.