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Old 09-27-2022, 05:57 PM
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Bike season is pretty much over so building season is on

Here is Bruno original Blackburn Roc. Colors are original and only change is added undercarriage,wing fillets and Finnish markings applied on batch intended for Finland but never delivered. It's a whole other story covered in detail (although a bit chaotically) on britmodeler forum:

Blackburn Roc for Finland - Aircraft WWII - Britmodeller.com

Model turned out much easier than I anticipated and as far as Blackburn aircraft go this one looks pretty good. Blackburn was known for some really questionable esthetics and aversion to French curve rulers by their designers. Brent did splendid reclors of this model and he inspired me to do this one. It sat on hard drive until now. Enjoy the pictures



How would that plane do in Finnish service if it ever got there? Imho most likely very well considering service record of other British made planes in Ilmavoimat service. Closest plane to Roc Finns had was Fokker C.X biplane and they served well past 1945.
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