Hereford is blessed with an old fashioned model shop, helpfully situated at 4 Commercial Road, on the direct walk from the Railway Station to the Town Centre:
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| Dolls houses, trains, toys, kits, soldiers, paints, books....the Hereford Model Centre |
The big picture windows allow for display of built models, and right at the moment one of the windows displays something rather interesting and very VBCW :
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| The Cobi WW2 Historical Collection Vickers Wellington Mk.2 |
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| The Cobi Wellington "as built" - and as displayed in a window of the Hereford Model Centre |
Read all about the Vickers Wellington HERE, or see it in context HERE. Undoubtedly one of the most powerful bombers of the VBCW, the Kobi model measures about 2 foot x 2 foot, and contains 2 40mm aircrew, so it doesn't look ridiculously out of scale next to nicely based (heroic) 28mm figures:
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| Wellington and air crew out of the cockpit. |
All parts are pre-coloured, and there is no need for something as traditional as glue; a lego like system is used to fit the parts together. Producing this Wellington is therefore less about modelling and more about shopping (price c. £60), but if you need a big bomber to dominate a VBCW table, and need it in a hurry, this is undoubtedly the "kit" for you.
Note: for a different scale look, check out the the Meng Lancaster HERE
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