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Entering service in 1938, the Westland Lysander was initially used in the army co-operation role, providing artillery spotting, reconnaissance and light bombing duties. Despite some initial success in the early stages of the Second World War, the army quickly determined that the aircraft was unsuitable for this role, being too fast for artillery spotting, too slow to evade enemy fighters and too big and heavy to conceal on the ground. It was replaced in this co-operation duty by aircraft such as the Tomahawk and Mustang as the war progressed, but due to the excellent short take off and landing qualities of the Lysander, it found a use with special operations. Earning a place in military history for being the aircraft that could deploy and extract agents from occupied countries during clandestine activities. Join me in this video as I build and review the Airfix Westland Lysander in w/72 scale. Enamel wash tutorial: Paint stripping tutorial: Please consider pledging your support to help keep the channel growing from strength to strength. Find out what's in-store and how to unlock additional perks here: If you like what I do, why not buy me a coffee over at Come join the live conversation over at Discord, chat to other modellers in real time! If you want to buy any of the kits i've built or recommend - take a look here (it helps support the channel): Subscribe with notifications on to help support the channel! Merch! Let's get social! This video is intended for adult scale model enthusiasts. Model Minutes holds no responsibility for any accidents, damage or injury that could occur as a result of attempting to replicate any steps depicted in this video. All music used from the YouTube audio library. #Airfix #Lysander #Modelkit #scalemodel #modelplane
