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The 350 scale Supermarine Walrus

When I built the Academy, 350 scale HMS Warspite, one of my first assemblies was of the catapult launched Supermarine Walrus. Warspite carried two but I mounted only one. The Academy sprues has solid squares as wing struts. I wanted more realism, so I heated and extruded lengths of sprue tree to create my own struts. I also had to carefully cut out material from the engine mounts to replicate a strut look. Close up Macro photos show the build steps. The 350 scale is Super fiddly! But the HMS Warspite build raised my confidence level and caused me to carefully plan my moves. Patience is the key as Rome was not built in a day!
  1. Bombing Experiment
  2. Top wing guy wires 2
  3. Top wing guy wires 1
  4. Top wing with sprue struts
  5. Walrus tail struts added
  6. Walrus painted 2
  7. Walrus painted 1
  8. Walrus finis 6
  9. Walrus finis 5
  10. Walrus finis 4
  11. Walrus finis 3
  12. Walrus finis 2
  13. Walrus finis 1
  14. Walrus Const 2
  15. Walrus Const 1
  16. supermarine walrus
  17. Walrus on Board
  18. Walrus on Board   I need to Dust!
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