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Italeri (MPM) 1/72 Vickers Wellington Mk.X – RAF100 GB

Designed to a specification for a heavy bomber first issued in 1932, the first Wellington prototype flew in 1934. It was the second airplane to use the revolutionary geodetic construction system first created by Barnes Wallis for the R-100 [...]

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Trumpeters Wellington Mk III.

Hi friends! I guess some of you know that this build was my "FRYING PAN CHALLENGE". (link) Yesterday was spent planting grass on the base plate. As you can see, I made some low valleys and hills in the plate, to give it a bit [...]

THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE! Part 5. Model finished. Challenge met.

Is that correct English by the way? Do you "meet" a challenge? Anyway, here she is. Since the last post, I've worked with thin mists of various colors over the paintwork and with artists colored pencils on the decals, to bleach [...]

THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE! Part 4. The fun has begun.

Playing around with the airbrush over large surfaces is the best part of aircraft modeling in my opinion. Before I painted the black underside, I laid a foundation of reddish brown. That was followed by a thin layer of dark grey and then [...]

THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE! Part 3. Fuselage and wings.

A german high quality virus halted the build for almost a week and ruined three days of skiing vacation, but today I got going again. The clear parts didn't really fit as one would wish, so some putty and sanding was required. With [...]

THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE. Part 2. Cockpit and engines.

With the FRYING PAN hanging above my tender neck, like the sword of Damocles, I've been working away on the Wellington. The interior of the aircraft has been build and finished. Trumpeter has added quite a bit of interior to the kit. Much [...]

Are you ready for THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE!

Hi all modeling friends! Are you ready to pick up the gauntlet and accept THE FRYING PAN CHALLENGE? Here is how it's done: Pick a kit that has been lying in your stash for at least a year. Set a time and a date, no more than six [...]

Vickers WindsorHrubisko collection

Hi guys, My father has finished this not so common models in 1/72 scale. It is an interesting aircraft which increase our cellection. Here are the final photos My father also took some photos of others Vickers in order to see the [...]

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