Toby's Whirlwind. Finished.

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Hope you manage to recover it, it was looking really nice and would be good to see it finished.
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Work started. Not as bad as first thought. It's amazing what a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich can do for one's morale :mrgreen:
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Hopefully have saved the day to an extent. Been up since 6am refixing starboard wing, tail elevator and u/c.
I didn't go for the rigging on the rear elevators as I couldn't bothered.
I'd had enough by then. :roll:
Anyway here it is.

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Congratulations for sticking with and getting it done. None too shabby!

At least we all now know what the original kit was like and can rest easy in our beds :mrgreen:
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Well done. That's a great result, especially after it's accident.

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Excellent work Toby, those guns sure look scarey!
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Chris wrote:Excellent work Toby, those guns sure look scarey!
They do!
In hindsight once having found out which way the nose fitted I'd have put the guns in it before attaching to the fuselage. Future Airfix Red Stripe Whirlwind builders heed this advice. :mrgreen:
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Nice work, that is a sleek looking little a/c.

I think between the Whirlwind and the Hornet the Hornet was a better proportioned and slightly better looking a/c, but for slim line high speed looks the Whirlwind wins.

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splash wrote:Nice work, that is a sleek looking little a/c.

I think between the Whirlwind and the Hornet the Hornet was a better proportioned and slightly better looking a/c, but for slim line high speed looks the Whirlwind wins.

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Can't argue with that. The Grumman Tigercat is another in a similar mould.
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Nice one. Glad you stayed on task with this one. Wonder what it could have been with Merlin engines.
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Great work Toby, that has turned out very well.
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Bravo Toby, great recovery, really nice finish.
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Good work toby. I've been beaten for the first to finish.
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Nice work! :)
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nice work and a great recovery. Well done.
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