Got the Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster for Christmas

[Guest]

Hi there

Wife and kids bought me the ridiculously pricey Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster for Christmas.

I have never built a Tamiya model before and the colour schemes in the instructions are not great as I know nothing about Tamiya paints.

Does anyone know of a link to a picture that shows the colour scheme for Humbrol paints........or does anyone have advice on which colours are best as I find that peoples advice can be different to the intructions sometimes.

Happy christmas to you all.

[Guest]

Hi and welcome!

Just pulled this from my paint conversion Excel chart and the data is from Humbrol so it should be pretty accurate.

Tamiya Humbrol
X1 21
X10 53
X11 11
X12 16
X13 52
X14 48
X15 38
X16 68
X17 200
X18 85
X19 140
X2 22
X21 49
X22 35
X25 1325
X26 1322
X27 1321
X28 80
X3 15
X4 198
X5 3
X6 18
X7 19
X8 69
X9 10
XF1 33
XF10 98
XF11 75
XF12 64
XF13 116
XF14 147
XF15 61
XF16 11
XF17 104
XF18 96
XF19 167
XF2 34
XF20 126
XF21 65
XF23 65
XF24 123
XF25 31
XF26 88
XF27 91
XF3 99
XF4 81
XF49 26
XF5 105
XF52 29
XF53 128
XF54 140
XF55 110
XF56 56
XF57 168
XF57 30
XF59 63
XF6 12
XF60 83
XF61 30
XF62 66
XF63 67
XF64 160
XF65 116
XF66 106
XF7 153
XF71 78
XF8 25
XF9 73

I can't do tables here so it's not pretty looking but you should be able to lookup the Tamiya paint code and pick the Humbrol equivalent to the right!

[peterairfix]

Or try this one always found it helpful.
And welcome to the forum.

[Guest]

Not a built out the box by no means as all the whistle and bells have been added and corrected the well known faults with the kit
DSCF0003 by peter, on Flickr

and heres a pic were I have pointed out what was done to make the Lovely Lou version
Lancaster_new by peter, on Flickr

[Guest]

Wow, that's gonna be huge!!

[Guest]

Not a built out the box by no means as all the whistle and bells have been added and corrected the well known faults with the kit
DSCF0003 by peter, on Flickr

and heres a pic were I have pointed out what was done to make the Lovely Lou version
Lancaster_new by peter, on Flickr

Hi Peter

Thanks for the above.

Which green and brown did you use for yours?

Also, is there a problem with the decals in the kit?

[Guest]

Hi [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]navalpenguin[/COLOR]
Humbrol 29 Matt Dark Earth & Hu: 116 Matt US Dark Green, bearing in mind this model has had a 'dirty treatment' done to the finish. As to the decals there is a major problem with the roundels for the wings, they are far two small, walkway lines should run up to the roundel and as you can see on the kits they don't, in fact I think the roundel should be for the Manchester. A set of RAF roundel decals from Hannants sorted this out and a custom logo made for the name. Also as pointed out if you try and build 'Lovely Lou' the size is way to big and the wrong font is used for front nose codes is wrong and the code was a different size from each other. I have added some pics so you see what I mean, just bear in mind this model had a great deal of work and extras fitted and then my style of photography, but I hope you like it
Peter
10924160_921683704518554_9158280474909060895_o by peter, on Flickr
DSCF0018 by peter, on Flickr
DSCF0054 by peter, on Flickr
DSCF0038 by peter, on Flickr
DSCF0036 by peter, on Flickr

and now the bad news "Space" 1/48 up along side 1/72 :smiling3:
20150609_105446 by peter, on Flickr

[Guest]

Hi Peter
Thanks. That is a cracking couple of models there. Why the hell do the model companies make such basic errors. For a kit that costs as much as the Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster you would think it would be almost perfect.

I thought I was a real aircraft buff...but before I got this I had no idea that the Lancaster only had one pilot......huh??

When you came to paint it (I hand paint) I was wondering about the windows that line the top of the fuselage. I have painted them a dark green before I put them into the fuselage, but when it comes to painting the outside.....did you have cover each with a tiny bit of tape and then pain it?

I notice in your pic that you have a B17. Is that the 1/48 Revell model? I tried that and gave up. I found it really furstrating. I just couldn't paint the ball turret at all.

[Guest]

First Lovely Lou didn't have windows so the kits windows were filled using plasticard. I use a mask if ever I need to have windows. As you say for the price of the kit, it's annoying to have these errors. You wait and see when it comes to the cockpit controls, this is four engine craft, so why have they only allowed for three throttles ???????. Of corse theres no problem if you go with PE parts.
x3 by peter, on Flickr

and yes the Revell B17
20170815_120810_HDR-2 by peter, on Flickr

[Guest]

Hi Peter

Thanks for the above.

Which green and brown did you use for yours?

Also, is there a problem with the decals in the kit?

Tamiya decals are dicey to say the least. Their 1/48 kits' decals are mostly horrendous. Grab yourself an AM set of decals and save yourself some grief. They tend to shatter on contact with water and a paintbrush when positioning them.
Also, a word of warning. While a wonderful kit, this is one of Tamiya's older kits, and does not have it's shake and bake characteristics. Also, it has raised panel lines that make weathering harder.
However, you'll have tons of fun with it.
Humbrol enamel is probably the wiser choice if you're going to hand paint. Tamiya acrylics are for airbrushing.
Cheers, John

[Guest]

Hi Fellas

Thanks for all the advice. Does anyone have a link that will take me to somewhere I can buy a full set of decals that are correct that also has instructions on where they should go?

Thanks

[Guest]

https://www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php?adv=1&product_category_id=&product_division_id=&manufacturer_id=&product_type_id=2677&code=&scale_id=955&keyword_search=lancaster&setPerPage=25&sort=0&search_direction=0&save_search_name=&save_search=