Fairey Barracuda Mk II (1:72)

And on it goes: the Fairey Barracuda of the Royal Navy FAA (fleet air arm) fits exactly into the timeline of my story "Hunting the Tirpitz".
This torpedo bomber got the takeovers "the ugly beast". And the kit lives up to the name, at least as far as the word "ugly" is concerned. As a model builder, I was challenged in a number of areas. But there is only this kit from Special Hobby and I absolutely need one.
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Some Barracudas, exactly 9 of them, were equipped with special bombs (1600 lb) during the attack on the Tirpitz on 3. April, 1944 in the Kaafjord. My model was fitted with such a 1600 lb bomb and flew in the first wave (830NAS) starting from the carrier HMS Furios.
The model is now fully built (photos in the album). For the bomb I drew the decal myself.
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