Canberra MR23

[PR19_Kit]

All this praise will go to my head. (Why isn't there an emoticon for blushing?) thanks guys. 

I've just finished decaling it, phew, does my back ache?! Sadly my homemade red '204' numbers fell apart and had to be binned, so Modeldecal came to the rescue with some big white ones instead. You can't win 'em all.

Final piccies when I have the landing gear, canopy and weapons installed.

Robert, I'd heard rumours about the Airfix PR9 and Hannants have it listed under 'future releases' at £12.99. Plus a B(I)8 at the same price too! I can see numerous conversion companies checking out their old moulds for 'goldfish bowl' nose conversions. 

[Daryl J.]

This is good stuff!



Daryl J.

[PR19_Kit]

OK, job 99% done. I've got to Kleer coat it yet, and maybe add the HF aerial at a later date, but the MR23 is done and dusted.

I've added an IFR probe, uploaded the weapons, 2 Sea Eagles, am ALAARM, an ALQ-10 pd, and a Mk 46 and a Sea Skua training round in the bomb bay. And at last I've managed to get the canopy to stay on, at the fourth attempt!

I've posted a back story in 'Aternative History' and I'll cross link it back to here.

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,23818.new.html#new

[Sisko]

Very nice clean build. Very very convincing!

Small modifications and you have created something unique and special! bravo!

[kitnut617]

Yes, a brilliant concept 

[Ed S]

Nice model and very believable.   

Ed

[sideshowbob9]

The finished product looks simply fantastic 

[ElectrikBlue]

Brilliant back story and very nice model! 

EB

[chrisonord]

Now that is one top piece of hardware there kit,
I have gone back and fore looking at this, its just soooooo right

Chris.

[Glenn Gilbertson]

Great backstory and a magnificent model. All the mods. look very plausible.

[Mike Wren]

a lovely model, now how about doing a later one in Hemp?   

[PR19_Kit]

Mike,

You want me to go through all that PSR work again?

This was a Matchbox PR9 to start with, one of their Trenchdigger's worst jobs to my mind. Perhaps if the forthcoming Airfix one is better I might do it. The Xtrakit one is too expensive to play around with really.

In fact this aircraft would have been in hemp operationally, but was done up in the 'Shackleton' type scheme for the Squadron's 80th Anniversary.

[kitnut617]

It looked very good on the table at the show too.

[Brian da Basher]

Outstaning Kit!!! Your mods fit like a glove and the paint scheme is drop-dead gorgeous!

Brian da Basher

[Mike Wren]

In fact this aircraft would have been in hemp operationally, but was done up in the 'Shackleton' type scheme for the Squadron's 80th Anniversary.

there you go, now you have to do one in hemp! 

actually I'm thinking of doing a US Navy B-57 as per Jenning's profile of a few years ago...