TBG - Bulleid Nutters New Blog

Looking good!  Like your wooden block cradle for holding the fuselage and those clamps look a useful size.

The interior looks very well detailed.

I've used Vallejo matt and satin varnish before which gave a very tough finish.  Is  Model Air their paint to be directly airbrushed, ie already thinned?

 

The wing spars look well engineered.

 

It will be interesting to see your Revell MR3 build as I think that is the old Frog kit, but with current transfers and good paint job  could well look good.

 

I'd like to build one to display on/over my layout (when I've worked  out how to display it), as I remember Shacks flying when we went on holiday to Cornwall in early 60s. I'd prefer an MR3 like the one being restored at Duxford which would have to be the Frog/Revell/eastern express/Novo mouldings, (probably the Revell one as that is available via Kingkit etc)   but the Airfix MR2 looks a good up-to-date kit. The AEW2 is too late in period for my layout. Ho hum.  (After I've done the Spitfire, Bristol Fighter, DH88 etc...)

The wooden cradle is my Modified Bulleid nameplate removal jig - so it's been re-utilized for so many other loco and plane jobs over the years.

 

I think the clamps came from Aldi or Lidl (my late Father brought them for me many years ago)

 

Vallejo Model Air doesn't need thinning, but once opened it does need a bit of thinners - if it starts to spit when airbrushed.

 

The way the spars and wings are engineered means a very nice tight fit (so glue isn't required if you wish to store the plane)

 

The MR3 is the Frog kit moldings, reconditioned by Revell  - according to some modelers the fuselage is on the short side. However it's worth noting the fuselage on the MR.3 is very different to the MR.2/AEW.2.