Avro Albany B Mk2 (Project Wrathchild) - finished pics page 9

[zenrat]

Thank you Guy.  I've decided to take a bit more care on this one with an eye to entering it in expo next year.

[NARSES2]

That's looking really nice, Fred!

It is indeed 

[zenrat]

Thanks Chris.

A touch more filler today around the tail joints.  Providing it looks OK under a shot coat of primer then it'll be paint time.

[Captain Canada]

Love it. Looking really 'right' now. Great stuff.

[zenrat]

Thanks Cap'n.
I sorted out the undercarriage today.  1/72 TSR2 mains with 1/48 Me 262 wheels and a complete but cut down 1/48 Me 262 unit at the front.  All are ready to paint and glue in place.
It needed a lick of filler on the tail joints but it's now ready to paint.  I'm gonna do it the standard RAF night bomber scheme and use the decals from the Lanc kit.
Here's a pic of the nose with the pimple in place.

[loupgarou]

Looking very good. A compact and businesslike aircraft.

[Old Wombat]

Inspiration's a bugger, ain't it!

Now all I need's a cheap Lanc & a couple of Griffon-engined Spit's!

[Caveman]

Inverted nose looks natural!

[zenrat]

Inspiration's a bugger, ain't it!

Now all I need's a cheap Lanc & a couple of Griffon-engined Spit's!

Or a cheap Shack.

[NARSES2]

Looking very good. A compact and businesslike aircraft.

Very much so. No need for the RAF to have quite as many US medium bomber types with this beauty.

[zenrat]

Looking very good. A compact and businesslike aircraft.

Very much so. No need for the RAF to have quite as many US medium bomber types with this beauty.

Well that was the start of all this - I felt like building a B-25 but didn't have one and couldn't find on at a price I liked.

First paint on today.  Black (with a dash of Dark Sea Grey added) on the underneath and sides and (after a lot of squinting at the rather unclear instructions) vertical tails.  Top side camo will be Dark Earth and RLM 73 (yes, I know but it is the closest Vallejo acrylics match to RAF dark green - the one they themselves recommend) and I will used the kit decals.

[NARSES2]

Ah, so a night bomber. I thought you might have gone down the day bomber road ?

[comrade harps]

Thank you Guy.  I've decided to take a bit more care on this one with an eye to entering it in expo next year.

Another whif entered OOB?

[zenrat]

Ah, so a night bomber. I thought you might have gone down the day bomber road ?

Thought about it.  Then looked at my decal stash and found I had no sky lettering (which I believe would be what I would need for a day bomber) of the appropriate size.  Also, i've placed it in 1945 and i'm not sure how much day bombing the RAF were doing then (but i'm sure someone will now tell me).

Here's the first coat of green.

Thank you Guy.  I've decided to take a bit more care on this one with an eye to entering it in expo next year.

Another whif entered OOB?

Well, most of the parts did all come in the same box...

[NARSES2]

That looks so right it's ridiculous