Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk. VII

Glenn
Hey good luck on this one kelly, At least you have a good original Frog boxing and not a later rough re-release from somewhere inside the soviet region. Just one word of caution on the decals they might not survive a dip in the water! try one that your not going to use first, they sometimes break up into a million pieces! Might need a coat of varnish or maybe hair spray? (has anyone tried that?) over them to hold them together. Is the missing mainwheel from the sprue laying around?

Kelly Wellington
The unseen mainwheel half is present and accounted for. Thanks for the tip on the decals...I do already have a sheet of 1:72 Coastal Command decals to fall back on.

Kelly Wellington
So...I had hoped that a model once targeted at a novice audience like myself might be a more rewarding kit building experience. Yes and no. It was indeed refreshing to have guidepegs, but there were 'oversights' both mine and the company's. I had problems with both nose and ass....uh, aft. Turrets, particularly. I did not like their aft gun design and I goobered it. Despite a seemingly decent fit, it is actually a smidge oversize....filled. The nose had a bit which must have broken off in the separation from the sprue. It is in the putty mold and carve routine presently. The engine nacelles needed lots of putty and sanding to cover joints, and I'm still not real sure how visible the joints to the landing gear boxes should be. Lots of flash, I'm guessing off of old molds.

Any way, building draws near the end. I'm fussing at this point and it will soon go in to the Future and get decals. It's been interesting because it is not a subject that appears in many US collections, and this kit came with the subhunter gear I so covet on my RAF rigs.

Łukasz Gliński
Nice build, I like that Coastal Cmd camo planes
btw. why are those "bats" hanging over the window?😉

Kelly Wellington
Because the shelf space was getting choked. 😄 I had to clear some flat space for more of the 'Atlantic Collection'. Sunderland, Heinkel H-111, B-17, Beaufort, Hampden, Do-17, and the US Navy trio of Wildcat, Avenger, and Dauntless, all stand in the wings, unbuilt. I'm a big fan of the 1943 until end of war Coastal Command camo (the 'fish belly white') and I was surprised and pleased to find that the US Navy carrier craft assigned to the Atlantic had a similar pattern, the Dark Gull Grey / Insignia White.

Kelly Wellington
And...I always toy with picking up a Revell 1:72 U-Boat kit. I'd prefer the VIIC, but the IX seems to be more available. Hey...it will be years.

Kelly Wellington
I got the decals on with only a minor folding mishap on a tail flash. Nothing fell apart on me. But....the fuselage letters have a lot of background film which had yellowed over the years. It shows as a yellowing against the white background. Warranted, the white is way too white and the yellowed background is probably truer, but hey...if I need to brush a bit of white paint, it'll be the small amount of yellowed background film. First, the Dulcoat, though, to see if that blurs things.

Kelly Wellington
Subhunters.