Shane's bench .

[celt]

You would think aircraft manufactures would think of us poor modellers when they put stencils all over their aircraft.

Yes, very inconsiderate of them. Remember when you got a decal sheet that had just serials and national markings. If you got an IP decal you thought you were spoilt.

Ah,yes those were the days,models were in pence not pounds!!

[shangos70]

Small update, Canberra almost finished. And also working on Airfix's old Harrier GR7 and a Super Etendard.

[Ratch]

Good work

[Zen]

That's a good looking trio there, but the Super Etendard is my pic, that camo looks sweet!

[ShaunW]

+1 from me Shane, a great looking trio and I've also got a soft spot for the SuE.

[Softscience]

Its been a while since I looked on ShanesBench, and wow; all of the cool stuff I have missed! I really like the corsair, even if Italeri's gear wells are spuriously shallow. The canberra is a real stunner.

[shangos70]

Cheers all, it's taken me a at least 4 years to get the Canberra finally finished. I could have sold it for 3x what I paid for it judging by the prices on Ebay. Both it and the B1(8) seem hard to come by now. I decided not to use all of the stencils thoughtfully provided by Revel nor the wingwalks . I had out run of decal stamina at this stage. The Harrier is as bad and they are not as strong so will have to be careful putting them in place.

[skypirate]

Great work, Shane!
Very interesting to see the old GR.7 and the Canberra, both of which I will build.
Though I would be tempted to replace that 'towel rail' on the Canberra (unless it is supposed to be that thick). Hope you don't mind me saying so.

cheers,

David

[shangos70]

Great work, Shane!
Very interesting to see the old GR.7 and the Canberra, both of which I will build.
Though I would be tempted to replace that 'towel rail' on the Canberra (unless it is supposed to be that thick). Hope you don't mind me saying so.

cheers,

David

Hi David, I thought the same but after so long I just couldn't be bothered. I was glad to get it polished off and away from the bench.

[shangos70]

A few more decals applied tonight to the Harrier and Etendard. The Harrier comes from the from the old Airfix period and the decals are the worst I've dealt with in a long time. I was going to load it up with cluster bombs but the markings for them just fell apart. I may be able to get 2 on if I'm lucky. I'm just using cool water as warm was too warm if you get my drift. Even the stencils tear at the slightest twist.

[TeeELL]

Shane, whatever is the Canberra PR9 carrying under wing????

[shangos70]

Shane, whatever is the Canberra PR9 carrying under wing????

They are supposed to be BOZ pods I think, when I started the kit years ago I cut the openings in the wings.It was originally going to be in a 2006 scheme post conflict. When I got around to finally finishing it and finding the the Airfix decals were iffy I had to use earlier markings so they are just tacked on to fill the slots.

[TeeELL]

Well you learn something new every day, I had no idea the BOZ-107 had been fitted to the PR9.

[shangos70]

I just looked it up and according to Flight Global from Aug 1999 the five remaining Canberras were to undergo a Defensive Aid Suite upgrade fit of Vinten chaff and flare dispensers but prior to that they were fitted with the BOZ -107 pods.

[ShaunW]

Coming along nicely Shane. I don't know how old either of these kits are but certainly I've had issues with 80's and 90's Airfix decals - I've had olde worlde 70's decals perform better!