RAF Refuelling Set (Matador)
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Chassis and cab assembled and chassis painted (mostly).
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Plumbing done
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I'm going BLUE!! I did the traditional / kit instructions brown in the 1980s, I'm ringing the changes this time. Saw some examples of it in blue livery online and thought it looked good.
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The dog has come to inspect... everyone's a critic!
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Bit more progress: cab fitted (after some filing down of the radiator thickness to get it in the gap behind that tow-hitch leaf spring), rear mud guards on, bit of rust weathering on springs...
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Bowser assembled, ribs ready to go: end is definitely in sight.
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Ribs are fitted
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... as is the ladder and those long strip bits on the top. No idea what they do - is that where the refuelling lines were stored or something?
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Decals make all the difference, and are probably my favourite bit.
(And, because it's an ancient kit from the days before they could do 3 colours on a single decal, it's my old favourite, the assemble-it-yourself RAF roundels - I've managed to get the red dots on pretty centrally without them looking like googly-eyes...)
(And, because it's an ancient kit from the days before they could do 3 colours on a single decal, it's my old favourite, the assemble-it-yourself RAF roundels - I've managed to get the red dots on pretty centrally without them looking like googly-eyes...)
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Loving how well this one has come together.
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Weathered/grimed the outside a bit
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Weathered/grimed the outside a bit
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Weathered/grimed the outside a bit
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Weathered/grimed the outside a bit
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"Oil"-ed up the plumbing
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All done, on display, currently ready to start refuelling a Fairey Battle.
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9 14 November 2022, 10:26
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Feeling a bit "Groundhog Day" having built the Bedford QL recently (in fact, doubly so -- I first built this kit in the early 1980s), but this time around going together much nicer.