Seagull Models/VQ Warbirds BRISTOL M.1C

I’ve had an affinity for the Bristol M.1C ever since I first saw one 25 years ago. I built one and flew it for a long time before it met its untimely end. This is the first time I’ve gotten another copy of a plane I already owned, and I knew I had to have it as soon as I saw the advertisement. It’s a full ⅕-scale version, so it’s larger than my first, and its covering scheme was one of my favorites, with ample documentation available from a reproduction on exhibit in a museum in England.

Having built some Seagull models (distributed by VQ Warbirds) before, I was confident I wouldn’t be disappointed and set about