Short Stirling Mk IV - Italeri 1:72

[hal bregg]

Hello!

Stirling from 295 RAF sqn., Rivenhall, East Anglia 1944/45.

Italeri set contains very good decals, photo etched parts and very bad "RMS Titanic-style" rivets and panel lines,
so I have made a new airframe surface (a lot of semi-fun with riveting) .

paint- Gunze C, Microscale.

 

[pbehn]

That is a great model of a really fugly aeroplane.

 

[SaparotRob]

Well done!

 

[Wurger]

Nicely done !

 

[Wildcat]

Fantastic!

 

[rochie]

very, very nicely done

 

[T Bolt]

Very nice

 

[Torch]

Wow.....

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work!

 

[hal bregg]

Many thanks. This one was laborious (surface, complicated undercarriage, engine+covers doesn't fit so good, bomb bay covers need to be handcrafted).
Comparing to other RAF heavy bombers, looks a bit odd, but I like it anyway. A crocodile.

 

[fubar57]

Beauty

 

[Crimea_River]

Really nice work. Is that a glider towing structure at the back end?

 

[Airframes]

Glider towing bridle and parachute anti-fouling guard. Parachutist exit is the large under-belly hatch.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thank-you good sir!

 

[WARSPITER]

Excellent paintwork - always been a favourite aircraft as it looks just mean enough.

 

[hal bregg]

Really nice work. Is that a glider towing structure at the back end?

Glider towing bridle and parachute anti-fouling guard. Parachutist exit is the large under-belly hatch.

Yes, thx Airframes.

Bit obsolete as bombers in Lancaster era, Stirlings were still used 'til end of the war in different missions.
"Glorious Beer" scoreboard prooves it:

-daggers- SOE (Special Operations Executive) missions in France,
-windmills- SOE in Holland,
-mountain - SOE in Norway,
-bombs - bombing raids,
-glider- glider towing in operation Varsity (Rhine crossing),
-bottom row daggers-SOE in Denmark,

 

[mark it zero]

My Great Uncle flew in Glorious Beer during the war

 

[hal bregg]

My Great Uncle flew in Glorious Beer during the war

Fantastic photo, thanks for sharing. Seems, there should be a "B" letter on the front....
If you wish to share some other photos/informations about your Uncle, you are welcomed.