The kit is a Supermarine Seamew by Karaya in resin. It's about the closest thing to the silhouette in the illustrations. Ultimately it will be teamed with a Douglas PD-1 I also have, to complete a diorama from the final illustration of the book:
http://www.biggles.info/Details/02/Illustrations/;
A scene in which, with nothing else to hand, Algy brings down a plane load of machinegun toting gangsters using a well-flung oil can (it hits the centre-section, with predictable results). Tally-ho Algy!
I started this years back and it has lain unloved for far too long. Here it is, with Biggles in the pilot seat, Algy mid-fling and passengers Biggles' archaeologist uncle Dickpa and Smythe the mechanic. The cockpit opening was moved back and as the Seamew is a military kite, all gunnery positions/scarff rings have been removed and filled.
Can I finish it by the 30th? I certainly hope so. It deserves to be completed. I'll probably have to forego any wood effect on the hull.
