Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.I. - 1/72 FLY models

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Hello,

this is my current project and some time ago I uploaded part I of my build video in YouTube, if you are interested please visit the link and don’t forget to subscribe:

1/72 Whitworth Whitley Mk.I Video build Part I

It has been a so so build do far, while its not Tamiya the kit goes together halfway decent, given it is limited run kit thats ok.

The inbox review is here: Inbox review

I started the build from the wings and wheel wells assemblies because they seem the most difficult part of the build…time will show

some more work is needed here.

To my knowledge MK.Is had two control columns so I build one myself as there was only one in the kit. I think it’ll do the job.

Got the cockpit together

I am going to build the turret-less version but from the bombers window there will be some visibility towards the interior so I installed those parts too. Whats more they’ll help with fuselage halves assembly.

I thinned the trailing edges of the horizontal stabilizers

And moved the control surface a bit

I also cut and built the housing for the landing lights

I primed the interior, the wheel wells and various other parts with AK white primer, then painted them with interior green (mixture of LifeColor interior green and some gray)

Then I highlighted the raised details with lighter shade of the base color and painted the details. Later I did pin wash with MIG dark green-grey panel line wash.

I painted the instrument panel with flat black and then drybrushed it.

I decided to try a new approach to painting the canopy. I always paint the internal part and its almost always PITA. This time painted only a portion which was easy and fast to mask and painted a piece of leftover white decal with the interior color. To “paint” the frames I cut thin stripes of decal and applied them. I haven’t done the whole canopy yet but I am happy with the method so far.

That’s all for now. All comments are appreciated.

Best regards

Metodi

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The Frog model.

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Well, as far as I know it is FLY models own tool.

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http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/79881-anyone-got-the-fly-172-whitley-yet/page-2

It seems that’s true. better or worse, shouild be a good build.

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It is testing my patience on number of occasions but I shall prevail :slight_smile:

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You’re doing a great job in detailing your build.

Toshi

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Hello, I present to you part II of the video build: http://youtu.be/LKDBx6Sdowg

Hope you enjoy watching it and don’t forget to subscribe

Best regards

Metodi

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Hi there, it’s been a while.

Well a lot of boring panel line work and sanding has been done but finally the Whitley is ready for paint.

As I said, quite a lot of work hours went on deepening every single panel line and then sanding the complete model to get rid of the shiny finish and give some grip to help the primer.

I employed almost every filling method I know - regular putty, dissolved putty, milliput, CA glue and plastic strips were used to fill or blend areas of trouble.

Major PITA in this kit is wings to fuselage assembly so I made myself some reinforcement/location pins from paperclips.

The landing lights were scratch-built as mentioned in earlier posts… I made video tutorial on that: Making landing lights from scratch - video tutorial

Part III of the video build is also ready and you can see it here: AW Whitley 1/72 - video build part III

Now some pictures:

This picture made me realize that I have misplaced one of the oil coolers… that was remedied later.

It is finally ready for paint

That will be for the next episode.

Best regards

Metodi

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Hello everyone.

My fourth and final part of the video build log is online and you can see it here:

1/72 AW Whitley Video Build

I had issues with the “primer” I used and if you want to read about them you can do it here:

Primer fail

It was not the easiest build but I am pleased with the final result. This build will be featured in MENG AIR Modeller at some point so I will upload just a few pictures here, when it gets published I’ll do a proper article on my website.

Here is the finished model:

1/72 AW Whitley

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Gee, how on earth did I miss this!?! Fantastic work there! I love the faded effect. I’m going to have to check out your video clips this weekend.

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Thanks [:D]

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Hi all, here is the full build article:

http://www.mmscalemodels.com/2016/11/building-armstrong-whitley-scale-model.html