Civil Avro Anson, modified Airfix 1/72 kit with the Arctic Decals set

Here is finally the completed model of the Avro Anson in all its civil glory.

My thanks again to the kit donor, Ebil Genius and Modeling Nemesis Sönke Schulz from Marzipanland, Volkania.

The building article is here:
https://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2019/01/airfix-172-avro-anson-conversion-kit.html

This was a long and somewhat winding road, but in the process I learned a large number of things about the kit and the original planes, that I will promptly forget as I face a second Anson build, ready to recur on old mistakes and make new ones.

Thanks also to Arctic Decals for the set I commissioned that allowed me to finish the model in such definitely not really subtle scheme 😉

There is a special joy in redeeming old dogs with new tricks, and you hone in the process those Shaolin skills. Master sandpaper would be so proud...

Photos reminded me that I had forgotten to add the aileron hinges, horns with balances and control cables, so here they are:

Citroën Kegresse, half-track airport vehicle, ITA SARL 1/72nd

Thanks to Mika for this little one, thought to accompany in the photos the Handley Page HP42, as seen in contemporary photos hauling the beast.
The HP42 building article has some notes on the construction of this resin vehicle.

 Not so good plans

 Parts on the right to be eliminated:

 New parts made:

 Primer:

 Paint:

 Providing detail to the windshield:

 Masks removal and horror, in spite of the wash the demolding agent was of bad quality and marred the paint:

 Cleaned again:

 Painted again:

 Decals (provided by Arctic Decals) applied: