At last.....a stroke of luck. by neiwil

Poser • Aviation • posted on Feb 18, 2015

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After a short chat with the staff, we came to the conclusion ' you can't build Japanese aircraft without including a 'Betty' '. So we set to work and a rather nice G4M1 took shape....then the problem....engines, Japanese aircraft engines are not so easy to come by. The Betty was parked in the lower paddock and I made some fruitless phone calls. In desperation I phoned Izoruku, manager of the Mitsubishi Dealership, Snotting on the Wold branch, est. 1925. " Yes! how many do you want?" was his reply. It turns out they had quite a surplus at the end of WWII, and not really much call for them since......now this raises an obvious question.....but I wasn't going there, I was just glad to have a supplier. In fact, I was SO glad......we built a G4M2 as well. Now that's parked in the lower paddock too, the engines should arrive first thing in the morning to round these off.....and then

Comments (10)

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Richardphotos

9:37PM | Wed, 18 February 2015

love the English countryside and great models

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Faemike55

9:51PM | Wed, 18 February 2015

Oh my! yes! it seems that there are some questions best left unasked Great work

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giulband

2:33AM | Thu, 19 February 2015

Excellent image !!

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steelrazer

8:28AM | Thu, 19 February 2015

Won't these scare the sheep? (Looking good, Neil.)

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GrandmaT

8:36AM | Thu, 19 February 2015

Good news and excellent work! Love how you blended the two media.

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AliceFromLake

12:00PM | Thu, 19 February 2015

Another new aircraft? Where do you take the time to build so many aircrafts in that short time? Aaarrrggghhh... The Japs are landed in England.... :-)

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