This is my Blackburn
Beverley in 1/72. It was built and painted to represent Beverley XB261 which
spent its life with A&AEE Bos combe
down. When it was retired it was flown to Southend Airport in Essex where it was
moved across the road to the Historic aircraft collection museum. It spent
years there, outside exposed to the elements before being Scrapped when the
museum was closed. The cockpit section was saved and is now at Newark air
museum. I have very fond memories of this aircraft. I can remember
approaching the museum and and seeing the Huge tails towering over the road.
Although it is not really much bigger than a hercules, in my opinion it is far
more impressive.
Magnas Kit is Resin.
The wings are solid resin and the model weighs a ton! It went together fairly
well. It needed some steel rods as spars for the wings to achieve the correct
dihedral. Undercarriage parts, propellers, and some fittings are white metal.
Cheatlines were hand painted. All lettering was done using rub down
letters.
Andrew
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