1:48 Bristol Blenheim — propeller set with the Finnish VL spinner is a resin accessory for a kit of the British bomber. It is not an aircraft model but a replacement part for building a machine in Finnish service.
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An accessory for modelers, not a kit of the aircraft. The set holds parts cast in resin that replace the original propeller on a Bristol Blenheim model with a version carrying a Finnish-made VL spinner. Resin castings render the shape of the blades and the fine surface detail more crisply than an injection mold allows, and in the case of a propeller they also solve the difference in shape that building a Finnish machine calls for. The accessory is supplied by the SBS Model brand.
The Bristol Blenheim was a British twin-engine bomber which in the second half of the 1930s was a fast all-metal monoplane for its day. Besides the Royal Air Force it was used by a number of other countries, and among the best known foreign users was the Finnish Air Force, which operated the type for many years. Finnish machines differed from British ones in, among other things, their equipment and small items of domestic production; the abbreviation VL in the name of the set refers to the Finnish state aircraft factory that supplied such parts.
First wash the resin parts in warm water with detergent, so that the mold release agent is removed. Cut the casting blocks off with a fine-toothed saw, and go especially carefully on the thin propeller blades. Sand the remains down with respiratory protection, ideally wet. It is glued with cyanoacrylate; polystyrene cement has no effect on resin. Apply a primer before painting. With propellers it pays to check that the blades are set symmetrically before the glue sets, as any unevenness shows at once on a finished model.
The accessory is supplied unpainted and is not a model in its own right. The base kit, glue and paints are not included in the package. Please check the fit with your kit before buying.
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