Airfix 1/48 English Electric Canberra PR.9

[Lee]

OOB Airfix 1/48 English Electric Canberra PR.9

This is one of my very first builds. There's a bit of a story to this one....

I found out that my Dad used to work on these a lot when he was in the RAF at several different air bases. This was a present for my Fathers 80th birthday for him so, this has been a labour of love for me. I wasn't sure if he'd appreciate this more than the usual bottle of single malt that he always wants, but I hope so (and he did).

This was the 2nd model that I'd actually finished (the other a Saturn V), I made so many mistakes, which I'm sure you can see such as wrong roundels (cocked the first ones up!), gloss and not matt coat, a lot of silvering even though I used two coats of Klear, to name a few...lol

I did make the base up and used one of the cardboard runway strips you can buy from Hannants which I thought would make it presentable, I think it works quite well

Piccies anyway.....
















Thanks for looking

[schweinhund227]

Pure Awesomness !

That beast must be huge!

[coladito1]

[Gav0909]

That looks pretty damn good to me mate.

[Lee]

Cheers guys....

Pure Awesomness !

That beast must be huge!

It's big for a 1/48 mate!

[Bagpiper]

What an amazing model.

Thanks for sharing

Cheers
Jim

[Modelpro72]

Love the finish on your build fella.

Top notch

Lenny

[Lee]

Cheers fellas

[Nige201980]

Really nice bet your dad loved it.

[T3hGuppy]

Cool stuff

And everyone knows shiny ones go faster!!!!

[ChubberLang]

Nice! Looks really good to me lee, for your second build its a natural talent!!.

Im really sure your old man appreiated it!

[chief5437]

Sweet!

[HWGuderian23]

Superb !

[Lee]

Thanks fellas

[UKscalemodeller]

beautiful work.

[DC87]

Wonderful stuff and only your second build as well .

Was it a big progression from a first build that ended in a heap of plastic or was your first build just as spotless, I suspect it was the later?

[Emilliano]

You did amazingly great considering it was one of your first builds it looks professional to me..I am sure your dad was delighted on seeing this.

thanks for sharing this.

Emilliano