Trumpeter Vickers Wellington Mk.Ic 1/72

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 260 · 1 year ago
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    Eric Berg said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Moving along nicely, John @johnb

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @eb801, thanks Eric.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    The landing gear looks very realistic, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @fiveten, thanks a lot Spiros.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    very realistic!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @lis, thank you Lis

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    Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    I have the same experience with vinyl masks John - they are great on flat surfaces, and even reuseable to some extent, but I prefer paper masks whenever they can be found. Nice and dirty undercarriage!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @airbum, thanks a lot Erik. Till now she builds up quite well.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    With all the details molded on the inside of the bomb bay, it is a pity that you have no option to leave the doors open.
    Trumpeter only provided a single piece which closes up the entire bay.


    I decided to do some surgery to be able to build the Wellington with the bay doors open.
    The Wellington has five doors and the cutting was made easy by Trumpeter with clear demarcation lines of the doors.
    Cleaning up after the seperation still needs to be done.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Nice decision to perform some surgery, in order to display the bomb bay, my friend @johnb!
    Looking great so far!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @fiveten, thanks a lot Spiros.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    great work! I walked around the table for three weeks before deciding to open the door to the Halifax bomb bay.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    @lis, thanks Lis. It took me also quite some time before I started the cutting process.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Main landing gear ready to be mounted in the lower wing halves.
    Brake lines added as well, they are also part of the Eduard PE set.



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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    The MLG looks really nice, my friend @johnb! It is hard to believe that it is only 1/72, very realistic and superbly weahtered!