discussion Completed Rick's Airfix 1/72 Nimrod MR2

[Guest]

Superb painting job, mate!

 

[rickoshea52]

This is the entry that more than deservedly won the monthly competition.


http://www.ipms-farnborough.co.uk/gallery/v/competitions/competitions_in_2015/feb_2015/DSCF7185.JPG.html


You can see all of the entries here;


http://www.ipms-farnborough.co.uk/gallery/v/competitions/competitions_in_2015/feb_2015/

 

[yak face]

Apologies for the late post Rick , Ive only just seen this one. I just love this , you can tell throughout the build and in the finished product that this is a real labour of love. The whole scene is superb and totally realistic as only someone who has been in very close contact with the aircraft and its systems and procedures could know. I hope you got a great reception at your IPMS meeting , it certainly deserves it! Fantastic build of an equally fantastic aircraft ( prematurely retired and sorely missed ) Great build , cheers tony

 

[Guest]

That is superb Rick as Tony said above an aircraft sorely missed also replaced with nothing.

 

[rickoshea52]

That's an excellent build Rick - I love the Nimrod, seeing the graceful lines of the Comet combined with the muscular looks of it's military partner.

That's quite an apt description of the Nimrod, graceful lines but with a muscular physique. She certainly packed a mean punch. It wasn't until the turn of the century that her Special Weapons (nuclear) capability was finally removed.