Airfix Supermarine Walrus Mk.II 1/72

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Airfix Supermarine Walrus Mk.II 1/72

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Totally OOB apart from a couple of covers over the gunners positions as I don't generally add crew and the otherwise exposed interior is a little lacking in detail :grin:
All paints are acrylic and applied by brush, with a W & N matt varnish overall.
I really enjoyed this build; I'd heard a few horror stories about it but actually it went together very nicely for such an old kit. It was also the last kit I bought from Modelzone in MK before they closed; £3.49 reduced from £7.49 :-D

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Well tidy mun.
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First rate job, and a bargain. Well done with the rigging.
Yellow prop tips, or were they not applied?
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Looks great Iggie!
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Wow! That is an amazing rendition of that ancient kit.
Beautiful!

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What a great finish.

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That looks great, Iggie. Really like those markings.
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What a great build of this old Airfix classic, Iggie, featuring an excellent bit of brush painting and rigging!
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Good result from what is a poor kit (yes - it is). I built it back in 1970 or so and even then I didn't think it was up to much.
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Thanks everyone for the kind words!

@ vacant; according to the kit instructions the props were black all over, but from a very unscientific search on Google images, it seems that: a) most (but not all) models have yellow tips; b) most (but all) photos of the real thing have plain tips as far as you can tell from old and mostly black and white images, and; c) most (but not all) preserved examples have yellow tips. It would appear to be inconclusive!
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Thanks - I was just curious as I had not seen any without yellow tips. It seems to be just 'one of those things'.
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Well tidy job on a horrible kit,well tidy indeed.
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I remember building that as a lad in the mid-1960's and it was not particularly good. There fore I think that you have made a little gem from ..... well poorly moulded its of plastic! The finish is very good, as is the rigging.
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That's got to be the sharpest SEAC Walrus to come along in a long time!

Most excellent!

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Great looking Shagbat, Iggie.
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