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darrengreenwood
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Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Built from the box, and represents Avro Shackleton MR.2 WL787 when on strength with 38 Sqn. WL787 was one of the Shackleton's crewed by my Grandfather during his time in the RAF.
DSC_8062 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr
DSC_8063 by Darren Greenwood, on Flickr
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digger303
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Well done you did a great job.
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Nice build, looks great
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Very good looking plane! Fantastic job
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
That looks really smart!
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darrengreenwood
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Thank you everyone. I really enjoyed this build, a labour of Love!
Darren
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Stokesy44
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Cracking job.
Those decals must have been hard work but it looks great
Those decals must have been hard work but it looks great
Its been tried and tested, it works! So don't blame the system if you're no good. 
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Yes this is excellent 
Very solid looking bomber
Very solid looking bomber
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Thank you! The decals for the walkways were from spares, as were the 38 Sqn Numbers and serials.Stokesy44 wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 7:45 pm Cracking job.
Those decals must have been hard work but it looks great
Darren
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darrengreenwood
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Re: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton MR.2
Thank you! As it was a Tribute to my late Grandfather, I think it turned out okay!
Darren
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