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That is looking exceptional.

Lovely work as ever Bish!

Wow! It's looking great!!

There is a bit of an issue with the decals for the subject i am doing. According to the instructions, V-AA of 75 Sqn was the aircraft on which Sgt ward climbed out onto the wing to put out an engine fire, for which he was awarded a VC. I have seen profile images and other models which say the same thing. But a few weeks ago i was looking at the Airfix kit instructions, and the aircarft with the call sign R-AA was supposadly the aircraft on which Sgt Ward was flying, and both have the same registration number, L7818. So i did some digging and several sources i found suggest the Airfix kit is correct. One site, which lists the call signs and registration numbers of the 75 Sqn Wellingtons not only confirmed that R-AA was Sgt Ward aircraft, but also had the registration L7818. The kit i have, V-AA, was L7848, pretty close. So, with that solved, as i don't have the decals to change the V to an R, but the MPM sheet included spare registrations some of which included a 4 in the right size and colour, that pretty much made the choice for me.





I then gave it a flory wash and a flat coat and started adding some of the remaining parts. The engines were a bit tricky, getting the exhaust ring over the pipe work meant some squeezing things into place.





A few final bits to add and the figures to sort out.

That is quite the story about Sgt. Ward. Balls, big ones.

She is looking great.

Looks good Bish. And yes, his story certainly is one of true heroism above and beyond the call of duty. Simply amazing to read of such actions.

Looks great Bish.

Now if I could only find my decals for mine

That looks great Martin. You sure like 'em difficult with that MPM badge. Say......is that 1/48 scale?

Very good looking build of a beautiful bomber!

- Kari

Thanks guys. Ye, that story about Sgt Ward is somthing else.

Come on Joe, when do i build in 48th scale

TJ, hope you can find them soon.