| In Sept
1945 the decision was made to acquire an aircraft carrier for the Royal
Canadian Navy and two squadrons were formed, 803 and 883 which were
equipped with Seafires MkIII. HMCS Warrior brought 32 Seafires Mk
XVs to Canada in March 1946. Many of the MkXVs were equipped with the
"A" frame arrestor hook however PR503 was from a batch with the
"stinger" hook in the lower section of the rudder. |
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This model built
from the Hobbycraft lit represents PR503 which was assigned to 883 Sqn.
The kit is reasonably cast but I added Ultracast resin elevators,
exhausts and seat.
The seat is beautifully detailed and painted with Polly Scale
acrylics. The cockpit is finished in British Grey/Green with some
dry brushing using light grey and aluminum. |
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has been too cold to airbrush out in the garage, I used a 1/4" sable
flat brush to apply the colour and clear coats. The RCN scheme of
Dark Grey/Light Grey is very close to Br Extra Dark Sea Grey/Medium Sea
Grey. The exhausts were brushed with Model Master Burnt Metal. The
canopy is a Squadron Vac-form unit replacing the very poor kit canopy. |
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The roundels and
fin flash are from an old IPMS Canada RCN decal sheet. The
squadron codes on the wings and fuselage were donated by Al Davis after
a call for help on the ARC Forum site. The only kit decals used
were the rear fuselage Name and Serial ahead of the stabilizer.
The entire model was given two brushed coats of Polly Scale Clear
Satin finish. |
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So, for Bob McNish, Don Crowe and all you other naval aviators, this
entire section is dedicated to you.
Now I need a Banshee and Tracker in 1:48 scale to round out the fixed
wing RCN fleet. |
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