Hi guys,
Heres the Avro Lancastrian build i'm using the old Matchbox Lanc' kit with an M&E resin conversion set, this set is really made for the Airfix Lanc' kit and people say it can't be done ! well let me tell it can be mated with the Matchbox kit, with a little force.
The two kits.
As you can see the decals are covered in cracks and when i come to put them in water they will just break up
Wings put together and those 'tricky' nacelles fitted a dream, i can remember this kit when i was a kid you could put it together without painting it because it was made up of three different colours.
The nacelles have flame dampers on them so i've had to cut them all off and put a piece of plasti card behind for the exhaust ports to sit on, Lancastrian's had none on !
Ports stolen from my revell Lanc' kit !
Rear wings/stablelizers made up
undercarriage made up, again the legs are very fiddley to align up because you have tiny bits of plastic which goes into a massive hole !!
Front and rear nose fairings fitted they didn't need much altering to fit, the bomb bay doors where a nightmare because they where made out of four pieces and didn't fit.
The side window canopies have massive pieces of plastic around the square windows, i've trimmed all this off so when i fit the windows they are nice and neat.
First coat of primer around the tail.
thanks for looking
Heres the Avro Lancastrian build i'm using the old Matchbox Lanc' kit with an M&E resin conversion set, this set is really made for the Airfix Lanc' kit and people say it can't be done ! well let me tell it can be mated with the Matchbox kit, with a little force.
The two kits.
As you can see the decals are covered in cracks and when i come to put them in water they will just break up
Wings put together and those 'tricky' nacelles fitted a dream, i can remember this kit when i was a kid you could put it together without painting it because it was made up of three different colours.
The nacelles have flame dampers on them so i've had to cut them all off and put a piece of plasti card behind for the exhaust ports to sit on, Lancastrian's had none on !
Ports stolen from my revell Lanc' kit !
Rear wings/stablelizers made up
undercarriage made up, again the legs are very fiddley to align up because you have tiny bits of plastic which goes into a massive hole !!
Front and rear nose fairings fitted they didn't need much altering to fit, the bomb bay doors where a nightmare because they where made out of four pieces and didn't fit.
The side window canopies have massive pieces of plastic around the square windows, i've trimmed all this off so when i fit the windows they are nice and neat.
First coat of primer around the tail.
thanks for looking
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