Here is my first (?) contribution to the BoB Group Build. The venerable Airfix 1/72/6 control tower. As you can see from the pics there is not much to the basic kit, which even lacks glazing for the numerous window frames provided. It is my intention to mount the finished build on a base, with supporting figures, and vehicles. I have also the Airfix 1/76 scale Bofors gun and tractor, which looks a nice little kit, and should compliment the control tower. Anyway heres all the bits ALL i have to do now is assemble them in a competent fashion. This is my second attempt at a dio and hopefully not my last...! Works will start shortly by priming all the plastic, progress pictures will follow in due course.

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Cheers Al, i've got white glue, and Humbrol Clearfix, so i'll given them a go - if not them clear plastic off food packaging it is!

This will be a good diorama, Gregor,with lots of opportunity to add those vital detail touches. I seem to recall that the RAF had a certain number of 'standard' designs for their control towers, I don't know which one the Airfix kit is supposed to be, but, I think, there is a website called something like RAFcontroltowers.co.uk, it's probably worth searching for.

Gregor, Issue 38 of Airfix magazine has a build review of this kit in a diorama setting. It was built with the dimensions & windows in the kit. Also shows some mods using a PE set.
I don't know if you can get to this article online or not.
Maybe there was more than one size tower. Don't let it stop you from building it.

Don't worry folks I'm still going ahead. Its just that the source on the net showed none with the narrow frontage. I was looking at the kit tonight and to extend it would mean a bit of a faff.

Don't sweat the small stuff, Gregor. I'm with Neil on this one and I am sure Airfix did their homework. There were many different types of control towers. I have an old 1/72 vacuform control tower made by a company called MODAKIT in my stash. The kit is very similar in style to the Airfix kit and even has the two window front. I am certain MODAKIT sourced their design from the real thing also. Like Neil said "Just build it as is mate".

The story so far...I've started building the bofors gun and tractor, which as you can see from the pictures they are almost ready for painting. I have been pondering the control tower and have only make tentative progress here. As you can see from the assembled back and side walls Airfix provide no internals for the main building or even a suggestion of what might be inside. I have found an Air Ministry plan for the ground floor (see images) but this is for the more common type of tower, its still interesting to see what was in there. I've found photos of the Airfix type featuring the narrower frontage but from what i've read it would appear these were found on lesser airfields or those of a more temporary nature ie with grass landing strips rather than runways. Any way thats me out of the blocks so to speak next stage is deciding what to put inside the building. I have done a bit of glazing but this will be slow and a bit tedious given the amount of windows there are!

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May well be Rob, I did a bit of digging on the net, and can't recall which one is which but the restored example, I think, was also a museum. Again these conform to the wider 3 window towers that seem to be more common place in more widely developed aerodromes from the time.