Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

A GB for scenes, people, equipment, etc, from a book or comic, be it fact or fiction.
GB runs 22 April through 4 June and your host is PurpleThistle.
User avatar
lancfan
Avro's Rivet Rhapsodizer
Posts: 8755
Joined: May 2nd, 2011, 3:55 pm
Location: Nelson, Lancashire

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker

Post by lancfan »

Finished, Fairey Special Intruder (SI) mk1a N2731 'C' of 'Z' Squadron, Balkan Expeditionary Flight, 1940.
From "Biggles in the Baltic".
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

David.
David.

If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
User avatar
gnomemeansgnome
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 5269
Joined: July 16th, 2013, 4:03 pm
Location: No Fun City

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by gnomemeansgnome »

I like it! Loaded for bear.
Ego no habeo consilium.

ICBM = Insatiable Collector and Builder of Models
User avatar
iggie
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 23360
Joined: July 31st, 2013, 11:04 am
Location: North Somercotes, Lincolnshire
Contact:

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by iggie »

Brilliantly done David; a masterclass in kit bashing with added imagination
Best wishes

Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
User avatar
DavidWomby
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 11706
Joined: May 1st, 2011, 8:09 pm
Location: Florida, USA

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by DavidWomby »

My, my. Looks just right.

David
User avatar
splash
Senior Service Rotorhead
Posts: 13828
Joined: May 1st, 2011, 11:02 am
Location: Somerset England

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by splash »

Stunning

Regards Splash
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
User avatar
lancfan
Avro's Rivet Rhapsodizer
Posts: 8755
Joined: May 2nd, 2011, 3:55 pm
Location: Nelson, Lancashire

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by lancfan »

Thanks gmg, iggie, David, Alan.

David.
David.

If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
User avatar
Migrant
Happily Landed after Many Circuits and Bumps
Posts: 2428
Joined: April 5th, 2011, 8:33 pm
Location: Calgary, Canada

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by Migrant »

Very cool David, I really like it.
User avatar
VickersVandal
Modelling Gent and Scholar
Posts: 4991
Joined: October 4th, 2012, 3:37 am
Location: Sydney, Australia

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by VickersVandal »

Absolutely outstanding!! This is Biggles whatif modelling at its finest. I can just see it floating at its berth in the cave on Bergen Ait, with Smythe giving it a check over before the next raid. I am so impressed (and now deeply ashamed at my poxy effort...)
Must.....build....ALL the Sopwith Camels!...

My Biggles Model display website: https://tinyurl.com/y74ydzae
User avatar
Purplethistle
Delusional Miniature Killer
Posts: 4680
Joined: July 10th, 2014, 1:03 am
Location: Glasgow

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by Purplethistle »

Strewth Mate! that is one bonzer Dingo and fair dinkum! 8-)
"Spits, SLUFS and Rock 'n' Roll"
User avatar
lancfan
Avro's Rivet Rhapsodizer
Posts: 8755
Joined: May 2nd, 2011, 3:55 pm
Location: Nelson, Lancashire

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by lancfan »

Thanks Pt.

David.
David.

If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
User avatar
JohnRatzenberger
Why is he so confused ?
Posts: 15708
Joined: April 5th, 2011, 3:42 pm
Location: Living on a sandbar - Nags Head, NC.

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by JohnRatzenberger »

Looks great, David -- well imagined and executed !!
John Ratzenberger :???:
It's my model and I'll do what I want with it.
User avatar
lancfan
Avro's Rivet Rhapsodizer
Posts: 8755
Joined: May 2nd, 2011, 3:55 pm
Location: Nelson, Lancashire

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by lancfan »

Thanks John.

David.
David.

If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
gbrwn56
The Bug Has Well And Truly Bitten
Posts: 493
Joined: June 5th, 2015, 12:29 am
Location: Livingston, Scotland

Re: Lancfan's Biggles Baltic Attacker ***Finished***

Post by gbrwn56 »

Stunning work, thanks for sharing.
George B.
Locked

Return to “One for the Books”