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I should have know that Stuart. Just followed a beautiful build of this kit on another forum and I have one in the stash . I'll be following along with your build.

keavdog wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2026 1:29 am I should have know that Stuart. Just followed a beautiful build of this kit on another forum and I have one in the stash . I'll be following along with your build.

It's a fab kit John - I'm sure you'll enjoy it when you get a chance to build it.

Staurt, Bandai's decals are great! There's even two aftermarket decal companies that do Gundam decals and they're both really good.

Stuart wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2026 1:25 am

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2026 6:31 pm My guess is a biplane of some sort… Perhaps a Fairey Swordfish?

keavdog wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2026 7:10 pm
Sopwith 1 1/2 strutter?

Ah nice, I see where you're going with that - but no, It's actually Airfix's rather nice interior structure for the Westland Lysander I started building last week.

The detail and the fit is superb.



I'll get a thread started for it.

The barely visible tail and the fuel tank behind the pilot should have clued me in… but the framing is from that same between the wars design era as the Stringbag.

Is this Airfix kit a 1/72 or 1/48 Lizzie?

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2026 10:12 am

Stuart wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2026 1:25 am



Ah nice, I see where you're going with that - but no, It's actually Airfix's rather nice interior structure for the Westland Lysander I started building last week.

The detail and the fit is superb.



I'll get a thread started for it.

The barely visible tail and the fuel tank behind the pilot should have clued me in… but the framing is from that same between the wars design era as the Stringbag.

Is this Airfix kit a 1/72 or 1/48 Lizzie?

This is 1/48th Carlos - it came out last year I think, maybe 2024. They haven't tooled a 1/72 version yet but they are going to release a blacked out SOE version of this kit in the Autumn/Fall, that I'v already got on pre-order.

This is the boxing I have.

Medicman71 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2026 6:15 am Staurt, Bandai's decals are great! There's even two aftermarket decal companies that do Gundam decals and they're both really good.

That's good to know Mike. These Gundam look really good when they're decalled up and maybe weathered.

Stuart wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2026 1:25 am

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2026 6:31 pm My guess is a biplane of some sort… Perhaps a Fairey Swordfish?

keavdog wrote: ↑Mon Jul 13, 2026 7:10 pm
Sopwith 1 1/2 strutter?

Ah nice, I see where you're going with that - but no, It's actually Airfix's rather nice interior structure for the Westland Lysander I started building last week.

The detail and the fit is superb.



I'll get a thread started for it.

I'll be all over that thread like a rat on a Cheeto!

Nice! A Lysander. Interesting to see bombs mounted on main struts. Definitely I want to build.