Revell Lancaster 1:72

[Guest]

Does anyone have a copy of "Ton Up Lancs"? I've hit a brick wall trying to find images of OL-Qs nose art circa July/ August 43, apart from this one Avro Lancaster (Image Ref: A03852P) | Flickr - Photo Sharing! which I'm 99% certain is right, but confirmation would be good, and a decent picture even better! That's going to be a bugger to do as a decal.

[papa 695]

Hi James great work on the Lancaster i'm doing one at the moment but it wont turnout looking as good as yours. I realy like the photo of your engines will be using them to build one for my Lancaster if you don't mind and keep up the good work

[Guest]

Very nice Job James. I built the Revell equivalent at the end of last year.

Not a good fit. Yours looks nice & crisp. Also has engines which from memory the Revell did not.

Good choice a head loupe. A magnifying lamp is good but use 90% a head loup now. Always in the right position & hands free. If it looks right close up it is. Before investing have a look at the articles on these things on this forum. Loads of advice My advice get a good one with glass lens.

You are right James about the size A Lancaster is big any scale. But centre stage in any collection. I put a figure along side mine to illustrate the mighty size of the craft.

Laurie

Edit just realised yours is a Revell & mine was Airfix. There you go memory. Or perhaps it has gone.

[Guest]

Right, interior decals done, so I've turned my attention to the upper turret fairing. This is another bit of the Revell kit that's just plain 'wrong'. After sitting looking at it for a while, I decided that I couldn't leave it as it was, and as I don't have an Airfix one surgery was in order.

The little scallops at the widest part shouldn't be there, and are caused by the fact the sides at that point are canted in rather than being vertical as on the real thing. The other glaring error is that the aperture for the turret is tubular in form rather than the inverted cone that Revell have moulded.

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So the offending area has been removed and built back up again with plastic card.

With some careful trimming and a bit of putty I've ended up with something closer to what I wanted.

It still needs a little work just to refine the surface around the hole, but I'm happy with it!

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[Guest]

you did what i didnt want to do to mine,and full marks on that alone

mobear

[Guest]

Thanks mobear. It's just a case of taking a deep breath and then have at it with the cutty things!

I had my first go at using Micro Sol and Micro Set the other night, under the watchful eye of friend and modelling fiend Rich (One Tonne Automaton). I no longer fear the decal! So I puttered down to my local model shop (incidentally owned by Rich's dad. Shameless plug....Bognor Models on UK Model Shops) to buy some for myself. I didn't intend to by anything else, and I really did try to resist, but it appears I am weak.

It was just so cute I couldn't help myself. Another step on the slippery slope...but I don't care.:shhhh:

[Guest]

that is a nice looking plane,almost on par with the camel

mobear

[colin m]

Great job so far. Nice level of detail in this Revell kit, sort of knocks spots off the old Airfix kit.

Colin M..

[Guest]

Twenty plus years since I last built a model and I still make a lash of canopies. They are my modelling nemesis! Pictures if it comes out looking OK.

As an aside, does anyone know if the small serial letter on the nose (just behind and below the front turret) is always either red or yellow, on can I get away with white? In the pic I found of OL-Q it's definitely not red.