Tag: Consolidated Liberator
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Consolidated Liberator B. VI – Part Nine – The Roll-Out
Well, as Marty of Marty’s Matchbox Makeovers says, ” I’m happy with that… “. ( I highly recommend his YouTube videos on toy car restoration. ) The Airfix Liberator was never going to be better than its moulding would let it be – and there were issues in the fuselage fit and the decals for…
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Consolidated Liberator B. VI – Part Eight – Decalcomania
That was always the way it was written in the older English instruction sheets – decalcomania. Until i started doing the artwork on the Liberator I didn’t make the connection between decals and mania. I have learned much in two days. That’s how long it has taken to put on all the horrible little stencils…
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Consolidated Liberator B. VI – Part Five – The Poor Sods
I may cluck with dismay at the inaccuracies and poor fit of some of the older Airfix offerings – the re-boxed 1960’s to 1990’s models – but I do have to complement the company for one thing; they do provide enough crew members to fly the misshapen beasts. Seams and awkward fit and soft plastic…
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Consolidated Liberator B.VI – Part Four – Weigh Day
Well, I learned my lesson early. I built an Airfix model of a Vickers Wellington back in the 1960’s and no-one told me about nose weights. The plane turned out to be a tail-sitter… I was cautious with the new Airfix Liberator I am building in case the plastic model company was going to fool…
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Consolidated Liberator B.VI – Part Three – Good Idea – Bad Idea
I’m not the person in the factory who designs the planes, okay? I’m just the one at the end of the line who glues ’em together. So it’s not my fault. The Liberator is a heavy bomber – in all senses of the word. It needs to be well-built to survive. So does the model.…
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Consolidated Liberator B.VI – Part Two – The Green Crew
And green they are – if not in experience, then at least around the gills at that horrible chromate colour in the aft fuselage. The cockpit is proper FS cockpit green for the Skipper and the co-pilot but everyone else has to work in the cheap section of the plane, and the cheap sections are…
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Consolidated Liberator B.VI – Part One – Swappies
The swap has been done – Paddy – a gentleman who read my advertisement on Gumtree – called and we have exchanged a Revell flying boat kit for an Airfix bomber kit. We both seem delighted with the deal and I will devote this kit to my workshop after the Boeing Fortress Mk III is…
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