Champagne Fairey

Alec K
Taking a seat. A much anticipated kit!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀😍

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3, I have to follow that for the same reason 👍

Cuajete
Me 4.... It's a new tool, by Andy Ball. I can't miss it! 😛

Andy Ball Autor
Oh no, I leave the site for a few days and attract onlookers! 🤣….will post some shots soon…the detail's good so far for 72nd….

Dave Flitton
Watching!

Lorraine Lin
I guess the observer may need some massage treatments on his back and neck after each mission🥹🥹🥹 following

Andy Ball Autor
@Lorraine, yes - these planes weren't built for comfort….champagne for every successful mission return though?….

Łukasz Gliński
Neither for comfort nor much for the safety, weren't they? 😉

Andy Ball Autor
I think one of the worst RAF planes for relative combat losses to number flown? Slow and defensively weak. I never built this as a kid, so intrigued by this offering!

Cuajete
Andy, despite this, it will look great in the display case 😉
Nice interiors 👍

Andy Ball Autor
Cheers Cuajete, your pleasant comments always welcome!!

Villiers de Vos
Coming along nicely Andy. Booking my seat.

Dave
Let me find a chair for this one. I don't know if helps any but I find in a pitch painted tamiya masking tape works well for seat belts.

Nicolas
👀

Andy Ball Autor
Good evening Villiers, Dave and Nicolas…
Dave I admire your comment on seat belts but one has to keep the global wine industry going with a foil capped harness…photos to come!

Andy Ball Autor
Thanks Nicolas and others, just put some more progress shots on this project. The fit is up there with Tamiya and very intricate detailed parts. Similar to the Hobby Boss Sunderland. But clearly the best Battle in 72nd

Robert Podkoński
Somehow I missed the beginning, but from now I will follow your build-log with pleasure and interest, Andy 🙂

Alec K
Nice progress Andy 👍

Cuajete
Well done so far, Andy. Great kit! 👍

David Taylor
Got my seat.

Andy Ball Autor
Thanks Robert, Alec, Cuajete, and David, glad to have such discerning eyeballs on the build!….managed to lose the front windshield- so trying their customer service to see if there's a replacement service….🥴😞

David Taylor
Just got the Trumpeter kit,AAAARGH.Glass the wrong shape.

Łukasz Gliński
Sad news, hope their spare part service is good

Andy Ball Autor
@David- I hear there are many issues with Trump's 48'er?….
@Ł- so far they've come back to me and maybe able to help…I am not sure if it's me, but hunting high and low reveals no piece 🥴

Cuajete
Andy, I hope you have luck with the spare parts service or finding the missing part... Maybe some day you'll find you have both.
Cheer up!

David Taylor
I believe there are some vac canopies out there Andy.I personally hate vac form canopies but!!.

Andy Ball Autor
Thanks Cuajete, a forensic search of the studio floor and workbench has yielded nothing….but if they will send a spare for hopefully a nominal charge, I'll be happy…otherwise it's a search for something similar and the ensuing botch-job!
@David, vac-forms can be satisfying when delicately removed and cleaned up. For the sake of a mistake it's good when companies (Rob Taurus) often give you a couple in the packet? Best of luck!

David Taylor
Might have to raid my CA Battle.