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Yes I think scaled up most kit panel lines you could comfortable lose your keys in! I think an acknowledgment that there is some "artistry" in the inclusion and treatment of panel lines in kits that is down to personal taste and not necessarily realism. But whatever you enjoy doing is the thing. 😁

I did go back and check my build notes and why I added them, WH364 (85 Squadron) did have them, the airframe still survives; probably why Airfix chose it as an option. Picture for reference (prior to its museum days. )

Welcome to MSW Jon! Really nice looking model!

Brilliant, thank you. EG!

I'm not 100% sure, somewhere in the back of my mind I recall reading they were some kind of visual aid; hence the yellow colour, but not sure why? Certainly not wing fences for reducing turbulence and I don't think anything to do with communication(radio.) My go to on MSW is @Egilman who is the font of all knowledge for things with wings! 😁

Very impressive Alan, as OC says it is really coming together well.

Time for a little update on progress so far and a decision on the version I will do. The first page of instruction is all to do with the cockpit and other stations for the crew. Nothing difficult and most of the parts come from one sprue, so no hunting around the box for parts! One thing you need to allow for is plenty of weight to make the model sit on it's tricycle undercarriage. Airfix provide two little tubs for you to add weights into, one each beneath the first two seats. I might try and add a bit more, just to be sure. Most internal parts are black, so I assembled much of it before spraying. Once this is all dry I will add the few remaining parts, decals and some scratch seatbelts. I'm not going mad as I'm modelling this with the wings folded (for shelf space) and also the black interior will hide much of the detail anyway. A bit of shading, maybe a wash and pick out a few items on the control panels should do. Also I have decided to model XA335, an AS.1 from 847 Naval Squadron based in Cyprus in 1957. This sports some faded "Operation Musketeer" stripes whilst on duty hunting for supply boats on anti-EOKA missions at that time, these being removed on the aircraft's return to the UK. (See the last picture of the actual aircraft in Cyprus). It also means a reduced weapons fit, well actually none, just empty rocket rails and I will probably close-up the bomb bay, especially if I need somewhere to hide additional weight! 😁 Thanks for looking in and the likes.

Exceptional finish Dan, meticulous work.

Thank you, yes I did experiment with running a fine drafting pencil in the panels lines as I hoped the graphite would still look “metallic”, didn’t think dark washes would be quite right. The metallic finish was “okay” but not entirely happy with it.

Is that treatment with the paint pens you got recently?

Thanks Rob, a Gannet log has been started! Thanks you, it certainly is and ought to be better known for the work it did. Thanks Alan, I wanted to show of all the "bits and bobs" so glad it came out alright. Complicated looking perhaps, but Airfix done a great job in making the assembly fairly straight forward, the only compromise (for a Mk.1) being the connecting tabs that hold the wings together are visible through the wing-root windows. - easily overlooked, though and later versions those were solid so no problem Thanks Dan, Gannet log has been started!...

Well I'm on something of a roll building mostly 'out of the box' 1/48 Airfix kits at the moment and enjoying it, so thought a step up from the last couple of models to a big ugly beast was in order - the Fairey Gannet! (although the last two were pretty ugly - Defiant & Lysander, just not as big! 😆) although in many ways I do like the look of this type and I am lucky enough to have one at our local air museum at Elvington, although it is a later AEW version; the last couple of pics. So some pictures of what you get in the box, plenty of plastic, but there are many options (folding wings, open/closed bomb bay etc. and weapons load outs) so not all of that will be needed. Three marking options, the most likely one most people will model being the HMS Ark Royal version, and yes, I might just follow the heard, or maybe the Operation Musketeer one, we shall see! Loads of stencil decals anyway... 😖 Pull up a chair if you are into aircraft that hit every branch as it fell to Earth out of the Ugly Tree! 😆

Wonderful build! Well worth the persistence over the years!

Well that was quick, the assemblies went together better than I thought. So here are the final round of pictures, calling this one finished! Thanks to everyone who followed along and commented or liked. I think I have the need for another Non-ship build, will start a log soon, a 1/48 Fairey Gannet. 😁

Agreed, amazing - not sure with my shaking hands I could get the rails and ladders on the correct part at that scale! 😂