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Westland Lysander Mk 1 by AJohnson - Airfix - 1:48 - PLASTIC
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Small update from last time, I have assembled and test fit the fuselage framing. The only item to still finish is the pilot's seat, to which I will add some P.E. belts. I decided to go with the decal instrument panel in the end as it will largely be obscured. The table that covers the rear gunner's ammo carrousel did have a missing leg, on close inspection it appears to have been a 'short shot' of the mould rather than snapped off, but easy enough to fix. Next up is gluing the sides of the fuselage together and hiding most of the details! 😆 For those interested the cluster of four round aluminium coloured blocks and the two higher up and nearer the tail are counter weights. These could be added or removed depending on the loadout of the aircraft for each flight. Thank you all for following along and the like and comments.
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Hi Mike, I really enjoy following your builds and now understand you not being able to finish some of them. Respect to you. Family before all else. Happy to follow along to whatever time you can steal for yourself and share with us. 😀
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Thank you all for your interest so far in the build. It has gone together very well so far and I thought a few pictures of progress so far were needed before I forget to take any pictures! One of the things I wanted to try and replicate was the linen/red dope interior look. As discussed in post#11 above, on smaller aircraft this could be patchy, I did a base coat in a pale yellow for the linen and then a patch application of dull red for the dope. My source for this look being an unrestored Hurricane that looks this way. It looks a bit bright to me, but once mostly hidden by the fuselage framing and then closed up, not much will be seen anyway. The tubular framing was all pre-airbrushed before assembly, as it is quite a complicated structure. Used a little dry brush and washes to bring out some details, a handful of microscopic decals also applied, but you can hardly see them! Thanks for looking in and the comments and "likes".
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Thanks Rob, I will need to take care with this "Glasshouse" it will spoil the model I don't get the canopies right, I have bought pre-cut masks and will try out the protection you mentioned, thanks.
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That is a really interesting link Andy, thanks for posting. The issue with the "Frise" ailerons was very interesting and the fact a coat of paint could knock them out of balance is fascinating, always wondered why some aircraft still had silver painted control surfaces. I've also been looking into the red interior doping of the linen "skin." On larger bombers like the Wellington there was a specified eight coats of red dope which completely soaked into the linen turning it red, then two coats of silver for UV protection, then the camouflage colours on top of that, with sanding apparently between each coat! Smaller aircraft were prone to warping of airframes if too much red dope was applied and accordingly they had less coats, but still the two coats of silver protection before the camouflage, so the linen could still look patchy on these. I have tried to replicate that in my build, pictures to follow, using reference picture of an unrestored Finnish Hurricane as my inspiration.
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Awesome Chris, good luck with the new site.
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Stop it Andy! The Airfix 1/48 “Annie” is very tempting to go with this “Lizzie”. But I must resist! 🤣
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After enjoying a quick Non-Ship build with the Airfix 1/48 Bolton Paul Defiant, I have decided to have ago at one of Airfix's new releases of another equally "Quirky" aircraft, the Westland Lysander! Initially designed as an Army "Spotter" or co-operation/liaison aircraft, it actually found fame later as a very successful Special operations aircraft, dropping and retrieving agents and downed airmen from France up until D-Day. This is a brand new mould from Airfix, released this year. 171# parts (a good few optional parts that hint at further releases one day) in 1/48 scale. The plastic is of the "new" (to Airfix) 'harder' darker grey plastic and loads on clear canopy parts (oh, I am going to love 'fogging' some of those! 😆) Here are a few pictures of the contents; sprue bags removed. I'm drawn to making the Mk.1 of No.16 Squadron based at Old Sarum, Wiltshire, 1938-39, it had wrap around camouflage, low visibility markings, but then the White/Black under wing markings!? (last picture.)
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Good to see you back in the shipyard David, the rigging looks very neat and like the look of the block from Chuck. 👍
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Just looking at that image gives me feelings of claustrophobia. The poor gunners had a terrible loss rate compared to even the hapless pilots of the Defiant. Think that picture hints at why, the suit seems designed to snag on everything possible inside the turret!
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Thank you for the likes and comments. This one is finished! - a nice easy build to recharge the model making batteries with. I applied some panel line washes and a bit of weathering, nothing too drastic, then a coat of Matt varnish and added the canopy parts. Last batch of pictures, for those interested. Now, do I need one more "Non ship" build before plunging back into the "S" bit of "MSW" ?
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Great finish Andy! You know you need a Beaufort to go with those two! and in my opinion the Beaufort is the best kit by far of the three Airfix ‘Bristols’
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That is stunning Bug, this is one of my ‘saved’ reference build logs, so much of what you have done is so useful for others to follow. Thank you for taking the time to show and explain the details.
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Wow, that is a lot of detail Alan, definitely following along on this one! 😁
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