GB-50 1/48 Vickers Wellington Mk. III - Zombie Build (1 Viewer)

[Crimea_River]

Username: Crimea River
First name: Andy
Category: Judge – Non competing
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Trumpeter
Model Type: Vickers Wellington Mk. III
Aftermarket addons: Eduard Bomb Bay Detail Set, lots of scratch building.

This build will continue the long and detail-oriented work started in GB#40 to depict aircraft s/n X3763 coded KW-L of 425 "Alouette" Squadron RCAF at the time of her crash on the night of 14/15 April 1943.

The original build thread can be found here: GB-40 1/48 Vickers Wellington Mk. III - Heavy Hitters III. The build stopped when I ran out of time to finish within the GB deadline, which happens a lot in my case. Hopefully I'll be able to finish it this time but no guarantees.

No progress has been made since the last post in the original build thread and I will add progress pics as and when stuff happens.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Good to see you back on this one Andy.
I'd like to do a Wellington too, if I can find room to display it !!

 

[rochie]

Yes, hope you can get this one done Andy

 

[fubar57]

Agreed. I loved this build

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. If I finish this then I think I'll need to donate this one to a museum if they take it as I have space issues as well.

 

[Ralph Haus]

At first, reading this zombie build intro, I wondered why you wern't able to build in 3 months? Then I looked through the GB-40 postings. Wow! Research/detailing/more research/m ore detailing.... How did you get that much done in just 3 months? Really looking forward to the final. A master builder at work to say the least.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Ralph. I also don't spend a lot of time at the bench in the summer months so this one may still be a challenge to finish.

 

[Ralph Haus]

This being spring I will most likely be unable to spend as much bench time as I want either. Winter, usually not cold buy rainy, allows some indoors bench time. Summers are almost like the winter in outdoors time, but hot and humid instead. I thank the A/C guy, Carrier, every year! As they say here in central Texas, the seasons are: hot, hotter, hottest, not as hot.

 

[imalko]

Cool stuff Andy. looking forward to see it finished.

 

[Crimea_River]

Me too!

 

[Airframes]

Here's how Andy's model looked when he left it ..............

 

[Crimea_River]

Nope. Fuselage halves are still apart.

 

[T Bolt]

Be nice to see this one finished

 

[le_steph40]

Be nice to see this one finished

+1

 

[Wayne Little]

yeah....get it done man.....

 

[Crimea_River]

Haven't even looked at this one guys and so will declare defeat. Will save for Zombie Redux.