**** DONE: 1/48 Kittyhawk IV "Cleopatra III" - Aircraft in Foreign Service WWII

[Crimea_River]

Can't do much more with this one so I'll put it behind me and call it done. Added since last update: two whipt antennas of stretched sprue, bead sight, also of stretched sprue, and the fuel dump hose of solder.

Thanks everyone for your interest and support and a special thank-you goes out to Terry for the resin wheels which replaced my disastrous retreads! Here are a series of detail pics of the finished build.

 

[rochie]

Very nice Andy, looks brill

 

[Airframes]

Bl**dy marvelous !

 

[Wurger]

Smashing work...

 

[T Bolt]

Excellent Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks boys.

 

[dneid]

Beautiful work, Andy!!!

 

[Crimea_River]

Cheers Dale.

 

[subkraft]

really stunning.....
I'd love to do one even half as good....many thanks.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks man. 8 years ago, mine were half as good.

 

[Wildcat]

She's a real beaut Andy, me thinks you should do more RAAF subjects!

 

[Crimea_River]

Cheers Andy. Maybe someday but I need to get back to some LW birds again too!

 

[ccheese]

Good job, Andy. Really looks the biz...

Charles

 

[Crimea_River]

Thank-you Charles

 

[vikingBerserker]

Beautiful job!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks David.

 

[nifty]

Hi Subkraft,
Geoffrey Charles Atherton was one of three boys belonging to Tas. and Nellie Atherton. Louis died in infancy and Geoffs older brother Fred joined the AIF and spent many years as a guest of the Japanese on the Burma railway, Changi etc. Geoff married late in life but had no children, Fred married in the late 1940's and had son Ken and daughter Robin.
So Geoff was uncle to Ken and Robin. Which one are you?
BUB was not Geoffs last Cleo, if you check his log book you'll see he had a flight in A29-1128 late in proceedings. His entry next to this flight was "new cleo"!
Cleo 1 came home to Australia and was scrapped at Mildura. It has been 'collected' by an enthusiast in Adelaide and is undergoing a re-build.
Cleo 2 was not the plane Geoff was flying when he was shot down. Again, his log book tells the story, he was flying A29-647.
Nifty.