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Old 12-17-2020, 08:38 PM
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Great build! One cool airplane.

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Old 05-10-2021, 01:06 PM
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(Almost) finished test build of Wellesley in colors of 47 Sqn RAF in Khartoum,Sudan in 1940.Wellesley's of that squadron took very active part in Somalian/Ethiopian campaign of WW2 in Africa. From what little info I found losses were bad but wear on machines was worse due to ever present dust,heat and realities of warfare in Africa.

J Pelly-Fry wrote about that campaign in book 'Heavenly Days' .I'm looking for that book.



Aside of cam the only difference of this model from UK version is small,circular dust filter on air intake under engine.I scratch build one,Aaron has to add it to model.

I failed with making bomb pods.They were hard enough in original size and this model is about 2/3 of original size. I'll try again with thinner paper at later date.
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Old 05-10-2021, 01:16 PM
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Very well done, Karol!

Makes me want to re-read Alan Moorehead's Mediterranean Front.

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Old 05-10-2021, 04:16 PM
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Nice repaint Karol.

These aircraft were never designed for desert or hot environment, but were pressed into service regardless. So just paining them desert colors does not render them useful in that environment.

You know the saying, : " you go to war with the army you have , not the army you wish you had ". Well, sometimes you should not go to war at all if you are not ready, but you think you are ready.

a little historical commentary if I may:

Like every foreign invasion ( this time the Italians, Brits, Germans in Africa ), all these campaigns end up in loss of man and material for no purpose at all. And soldiers die , but no one knows about them as soon as those wars are over, except the families of the fallen and maimed ( like our ill conceived wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ). Somehow, our military never learns. Case in point, the soft skinned Hummers used in Iraq.


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Old 05-10-2021, 06:11 PM
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Excellent work Karol !!
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Old 05-11-2021, 01:06 AM
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A very impressive airframe, great mate.
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Old 05-11-2021, 04:42 AM
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The Wellesley is a significant aircraft because it was the first aircraft to use Barnes Wallis' geodesic framework design. The first geodesic frame was in the R100 airship also built by Vickers. The Wellesley was much stronger and lighter than any other contemporary design.

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Old 05-11-2021, 06:28 AM
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Great job Mr. Butelczynski!

Not my cup of tea but really unusual design put together in an elegant way.

kind regards
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Old 05-11-2021, 06:52 AM
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Wow, that's a great build! Very peculiar aircraft: A bomber with just one engine. In the harsh African environment I can imagine that the reliability of such an aircraft must have been very low. The later versions of the Spitfire and Hurricane operating in desert areas were also equipped with large air filter intakes.
Somehow the aircraft of the late thirties and early forties, the early stage of WW2 are relatively unknown. It's good to have this model available now.

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Old 05-11-2021, 03:18 PM
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Thanks for sharing, maybe on of these days to commemorate the East Africa Campaign!
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