Vickers Wellington Mk.III
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Andrea MorrisOK, here we go with another build, this time RAF as I've done nothing but German A/C or AFV for the last few months!
Andrea MorrisQuite a bit of progress made today. All the interior painting is done, prior to a wash.
gorbyLooking good so far Noob. I would love to do this kit, so i will have to vicariously build it through you.
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The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930's at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, led by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer Rex Pierson; a key feature of the aircraft is its geodesic fuselage structure, principally designed by Barnes Wallis. Development had been started in response to Air Ministry Specification B.9/32; issued in the middle of 1932, this called for a twin-engined day bomber capable of delivering higher performance than any previous design. Other aircraft developed to the same specification include the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley and the Handley Page Hampden. During the development process, performance requirements such as for the tare weight changed substantially, as well as the power-plant for the type being swapped.
The Wellington was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, performing as one of the principal bombers used by Bomber Command. During 1943, it started to be superseded as a bomb
