Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4 by AJohnson - Airfix - 1:48 - PLASTIC

[AJohnson]

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! 😆

Edited Wednesday at 07:58 PM by AJohnson

[king derelict]

This will be a great build. I’m looking forward to seeing it come together. I saw one at the Berlin Luftwaffe museum last year. It really does have a presence. 
alan

[ccoyle]

Hi, Andrew.

 

Just today I saw a finished example of this very kit on the "I love scale models" FB group. If that build was any indication, this kit should yield a fine end product.

[Dave_E]

I’m in. 👍😀🥤🍿