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Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:52 am
by darrengreenwood
Built from the box, and represents Avro Shackleton MR.2 WL787 when on strength with 38 Sqn. WL787 was one of the Shackleton's crewed by my Grandfather during his time in the RAF.
DSC_8062 by
Darren Greenwood, on Flickr
DSC_8063 by
Darren Greenwood, on Flickr
Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:35 am
by digger303
Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 11:47 am
by cor
Nice build, looks great
Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 11:22 pm
by BigWall
Very nice tribute! It looks great
Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 5:42 am
by KalebB
Very good looking plane! Fantastic job
Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 10:24 am
by SmilesPerHour
That looks really smart!
Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 5:51 pm
by darrengreenwood
Thank you everyone. I really enjoyed this build, a labour of Love!
Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 7:45 pm
by Stokesy44
Cracking job.
Those decals must have been hard work but it looks great
Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 10:34 pm
by Twokidsnosleep
Yes this is excellent
Very solid looking bomber
Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 10:50 am
by darrengreenwood
Stokesy44 wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 7:45 pm
Cracking job.
Those decals must have been hard work but it looks great
Thank you! The decals for the walkways were from spares, as were the 38 Sqn Numbers and serials.
Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 10:51 am
by darrengreenwood
Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 10:34 pm
Yes this is excellent
Very solid looking bomber
Thank you! As it was a Tribute to my late Grandfather, I think it turned out okay!
