Wellington Restoration

[Will]

Thought you guys might be interested in this restoration of a WW2 solid model on the Unauthorised Airfix Modellers Forum.
http://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2923
It looks like a sympathetic job on quite a good original.

Will

[lastvautour]

Looks like a challenge.

Lou

[Jim]

I really like the plexiglass blocks the original builder used to simulate the fuselage-side cellon windows, bomb aimer's panel and gun turrets...

I recall reading somewhere -- one of Ernie Pyle's columns, I think -- that American soldiers in North Africa made see-through pistol grips for their .45s out of the windshields of shot-down German 'planes. Said they'd stick photos of their wives and girlfriends on the handles and mount the clear grips over them! I wonder if this model's another example of that kind of ingenuity...

[buccfan]

He certainly did a sympathetic job of restoration, looked very nice.Regards Paul J.

[Mark Braunlich]

Great job.

Will, if you are member on the Unauthorized Airfix site, you could post a link to SMM on the Wellington thread?

Thanks for sharing the link.


Mark

[Balsabasher]

He has done a really great job and not spoiled it by over restoration,a nice Wellington model is the result for the museum.
Barry.