A Battle of Blenheim

Vallejo primer applied 

Cockpit green: looks quite 'lime' in this light....will give a shade or two of grey to take it off that register. 

Eddie's masks are always a good investment on a greenhouse-build such as this! 

Pilot’s perch made better with Airwaves’ WW2 RAF buckles set. 

The concrete-floor monster claimed a part attached to the instrument panel, so I’ve improvised. Interior green is the venerable Humbrol enamel 78. 

Pleased with the overall look and feel of the office: mainly Humbrol enamels and a little scratch building 

The canopies were as noted elsewhere not the best fitting- so used some
Plasticard and filler to get everything in shape. Next: another coat of primer to check 

 

Bristol Mercury engines beautifully defined in SBS’s resin. I had to drill a 0.4mm hole into the hub to get the 3 holding rods to sit better and be more capable of their mating to the inside of the cowels. 

Two of them, slightly better once you’ve made one, so the second’s a bit better with the alignment  

 

SBS engines and cowels are a great upgrade. They need pairing down quite a bit to fit into the bulkheads. I’m trying to burnish the collector rings - not completely happy at this point.  

Clear varnish and decals after we’ve painted the wing’s gun port 

Got a spurt on with this. Much still needs to be done re. painting- but am happy with first time use of Johnson’s polish.  

Decals went on well, albeit a little thick. Cartograf colours and register were spot on. 

after a bit of Vallejo matt varnish.... 

 

 

added a little detail on the Vickers gun. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last shots after another wash and Matt varnish coat