Airfix 1/72 Whirlwind - assembly

I had sliced off the gun camera housing, as it is placed too far out on the wing, and is really under the edge of the fuselage. So I had to find a new one... amd I found one inside this wheel...

In place, closer to where it supposed to be.

Cut out the wing tip lights, added some sprue as bulbs, painted, filled with super glue gel, sanded and polished up.

 

Added the gunsight to the cockpit..

 

Canopy attached, and the mirror added...

Mask up the canopy and wingtip lights, then on to primer and paint.

Happy Fill'n Sand

"The Stash"

Well this post on UAMF How Big Is Your Stash?  Inspired me to drag a laptop out to the garage and go through The Stash boxes, a grand total of 166 kitsets. I was expecting about a 100 so it was a surprise.

Certainly not huge, and I do have three kids who enjoy building a kit, so it certainly an er active stash, kits tend to cycle through.

Another surprise, was when I started playing with the data in Openoffice Calc, and found the most populous subjects:

• 9 Harriers, 
• 7 P-47 Thunderbolts, 
• 5 Lancasters,
• 4 each of F4U Corsair, Messerchmitt Me 109 and Junkers Ju188,
• 3 each of Lysander, Spitfire, Hurricane, F4 Phantom, Heinkel He-111 and Messerschmitt Bf110.

I was quite surprised at the number of Harriers, I would have said three or four, certainly not nine...

I have been collecting 1/72 P-47s for a couple of years, been trying to get one of each brand out there, so I knew there was a few.

An interesting exercise, its been worthwhile spending the couple of hours going through the boxes. Had a helping hand from one of the lads, which cost The Stash a F4 Phantom.

All the best, keep up Fill'n Sanding