Anson Dio completed

Hi all,

as some of you have seen in the WIP pages, I have been building an Avro Anson Mk.1 in memory of my grandfather, as well as in honour of all of the unsung heroes of training command during WW2. they worked just as hard to train the air crews of the UK and Commonwealth to fly, navigate, bomb and stay alive. My grandfather was stationed at RAF Wigtown initially, followed by a spell at RAF Bishops Court in NI, as a radio engineer on the Ansons. So here it is- the premise being that when the aircrews got home, their day was done, but the groundcrews would work long into the night to get the planes ready for the next sorties (and often going up with the aircraft as a gunner during the day, in case it was needed).







thanks for looking!

Beautiful work Matt, great work on the glazing of the Anson and the 'Tilly' is weathered perfectly.

Probably your best work to date and the story behind it makes it all the more special .

Thanks Scott- praise indeed coming for you! It has now got pride of place on the mantlepiece (next to the lamp!) I am really chuffed by how well it came out- the figures (Revell- ex ICM) really look the part I think, and the Tamiya Tilly is such a great little kit. Kind of seeing this as an end of an era as opposed to the end of a build. Something a little simpler for the next one I think tho...