Thanks to All for your kind comments.
MA - any luck finding some clear parts for the 410 ?
I did find one legitimate thing that HAD to be done before beginning work on the canopy. Actually I forgot all about it until after the bombs were finished. This will be an in-flight model, so she'd look pretty silly without any peeps inside !
So I assembled a crew . . . and then promptly set about disassembling them.
I had three of the same standard issue Airfix pilot figures (two from the spares box) sitting with their hands molded into their laps, looking straight ahead. I amputated the arms of one figure at the elbows. This will be the pilot and I will fit him with new forearms so he can actually grab the control wheel, The bombardier will be in the forward seat position looking over the sight. He needed both arms completely removed, plus belly reduction surgery to allow him to bend forward at the waist. Both of these guys needed to have their butts trimmed down a bit so that they fit inside the pit without bumping their heads against the canopy.
The navigator/gunner will be in the turret. He had to have both arms completely removed as well. New arms will hold the gun so that he doesn't have to shoot by bumping his face against the trigger.
The other crew have been giving him a hard time about the fact that he needs a booster seat.
In my research I found out that this build will violate reality in at least one way. I read that the bomb bay doors in the Blenheim were held closed by bungee cords - and that they opened simply by having the weight of the released bombs push them open !!! (I wonder if that's really true ?) Well . . . if it is, then this build will be in error as I have the bomb bay doors posed open with the bombs still sleeping soundly in their cradles, completely unaware that they are soon to become weightless !
Oh - and there's the mounting post inserted behind the bomb bay. It'll probably be painted black and mounted in a wood base.
Chris