Supermarine Stranraer scratchbuild, 1:72

[Draco]

There are now four versions of the Stranraer uploaded in ecardmodels and waiting to be aproved for download. They should be available in a few days, maybe today
I'm thinking to make three packs (or combos) of the plane: one with prewar metalized versions, other with WWII camouflage and the third post-war civilian ones. Buth this packs should be released in a few months.
The K7287 that I have finished has a kind of roundel that I haven't seen before: small red circle inside and a very thin yellow ring outside. It's nothing earthshaking, but just strange.

[Siwi]

Described as a 'type A1 variant' roundal. Seems to have been used where the fuselage was too narrow to add a yellow ring in proportion to size of existing colours. As we can see, it wouldn't have been possible to paint it any wider on this Stranraer.

[Draco]

Today ecardmodels has released five new versions of the Supermarine Stranraer: two of the CF-BXO as was on 1962 (1/100 and 1/33 scale) and three of the improved K7287, 228 Sqn. It has some changes in the position of the markings and badge of the plane, thanks to a series of new pictures that have been found.
In the next weeks there will be released the last three models that are currently in the queue to be improved.
So enjoy!

[Draco]

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[Draco]

Few minutes ago ecardmodels has released three versions of my Supermarine Stranraer 4 (BR) Sqn RCAF, Ucluelet.
The versions are 1/33, 1/72 and 1/100. As always, can be build detailed or simplified, and the weathering and instructions have been improved.

This monday I should be releasing the three scales of the 9 (BR) Sqn, Western Air Command, Bella Bella, British Columbia, Summer 1942. And next monday the final Skeena Keen.

So, enjoy!

[Draco]

Uploading to ecardmodels the KA-A, 9 (BR) Sqn, Western Air Command, Bella Bella, British Columbia, Summer 1942
This Thursday the HD of my computer crashed and burned, thanks to a voltage drop last week.
Lost a bit of the parts of the Sea Otter but the main problem is that I'll be expending all next week to reconfigure my next HD as necessary for my work.

[Draco]

The three scales of the KA-A, 9 (BR) Sqn, Western Air Command, Bella Bella, British Columbia, Summer 1942 are still pending to be released.
There are three packs uploaded and pending to be released, too.
I was supposed to upload the last upgraded model of the Stranraer, the civilian Skeena Queen, but the crash of my Hard Disk have changed all my release dates.
Anyway, you can have three Prewar models of this plane in just one download! Enjoy!

[Draco]

Ecardmodels have just released the 1/100 and 1/72 versions of the Stranraer KA-A, 9 (BR) Sqn Western Air Command, Bella Bella, British Columnbia, Summer 1942
Very soon, maybe today, they will be releasing the 1/33 version of the KA-A and the three sizes of a pack containing three Pre-War versions of the same plane.
So enjoy!

[Draco]

The improved version of the Skeena Queen has been uploaded to ecardmodels.
With this, there are 7 models that should be released this Monday.
Once done, I'm planning to remove the original less quality version of the models.
So, enjoy!

[Draco]

Today ecardmodels has released a flock of Stranraers!
Three Skeena Queens (one in 1/33, one in 1/72 and one in 1/100), three Pre-War packs (same sizes) and the remaining KA-A that heven't been released last time.
This release ends the upgrades of the Supermarine Stranraers, one of my most loved and requested paper models.
So, again, as always, enjoy!