Tamiya's Lancaster build.

[stona]

I've not given up. In fact I'm edging towards finall construction.

Wings:

Fuselage with horizontal stabilisers/fins temporarily attached.

And the whole thing "push fitted". That's an A3 cutting mat.

I'll be toning down that exhaust with a highly thinned grey.

Steve

[Dave W]

Looks fantastic steve.Makes me want to start mine.Got to finish the Anson first though.

[Guest]

WOW.

I think we ought to have a side by side "lanc-off" build between you and Ian

[Guest]

WOW. I think we ought to have a side by side "lanc-off" build between you and Ian

We'll have no jousting on this forum thank-you :score:

Its looking good Steve as all your models do and love seeing other peoples Lanc's being made.

I see you used the little boxes to cover the under-carriage!

Ian

[stona]

I see you used the little boxes to cover the under-carriage!

Ian

I most certainly did,that was a top tip from your good self. I absolutely guarantee something bad requiring loads of remedial work would have happened to the undercart otherwise Anyone who builds one of these and doesn't spend about 15 minutes knocking up the little boxes is either brave or foolhardy in my considered opinion.

Having finally got around to more or less finishing this thing I have no idea where I'm going to put it. Bear in mind that I usually build 1/32 which most would consider big!

I also have no idea how I'll get some snaps of it. There's plenty of evidence on this site to show what an inept photographer I am,strictly a snap shot specialist. My "concrete" base is nowhere near big enough either

Cheers

Steve (who's feeling a Fw 190 D-9 coming on....or maybe a D-11 if I have the cowling.......or...)

[spanner570]

Cracking build Steve, going to be a really nice looking aircraft......

With you mentioning something for it to sit on, how about a simple base made of roofing slate stuck on some plywood or chipboard? Just a thought.......

Ron

[Ian M]

Looking very nice indeed, and diong nowt good for my will power. I have been fighting the temptation for a year or two and I am weakening every time I see one built on the forum!

As for the base? How about a bit of that grass matting. I think it would look at home on the grass.

Ian M

[Guest]

Just a thought what spanner570 said! I'm beginning to run out of room with my big Lanc's, I now

build a triangle platform in which the model can stand on then the platform is mounted on a round

wood pole which is then glued onto a strong wooden base, I'm then able to stand my mighty big

Lanc's above my other models, Looks well too!

[Ian M]

Woaw! Whats with the PINK lol Sunglasses time :sunglasses2:

Ian M

[Guest]

Woaw! Whats with the PINK lol Sunglasses time :sunglasses2:Ian M

Holly moses!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've no idea ! Like what the hell!!!!!!!

[stona]

That's nice Ian. I'm limited to a couple of karge shelves in one room (10-12 1/32 models) and one small shelf in the living room,onto which,by cunningly posing one model in flight,I have squeezed two models.

I'm sure the Lanc won't fit onto the smaller shelf so something of the others will be booted up to the great model store in the sky,or more precisely loft.

Ian M I'm planning on a "safe return" sort of scenario,hence the exhaust,so concrete dispersal as at Skipton on Swale. They are still visible today. Anyone have any idea what the diametre of one of these was?

If I could find a suitable vehicle I'd make a little vignette something like this.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Many called these concrete hard standings 'Pans' or 'Lollie Pops' due to the shape of them.

There was a question on another forum as to how big these round circles are and they were quite big! [Looking for that thread]

Ian.

[stona]

Well they were bigger than the Lancaster wing span from what I can see. And big enough to turn the aircraft around without dragging it or the tractor through the mud (we're talking Yorkshire here )

I reckon at least 120 feet in diametre. I didn't see that thread so any conclusions that were drawn would be helpful. I'm not going to fret it to be honest.

My mate Nigel Julian measured an American one (maybe at Boxted??) but that was for fighters,no help really.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Steve, this is the answer to your pan size!

Pan type dispersals are 125 feet in diameter. They are accessed via a 50 foot wide section of taxiway.

Bloody big in other words!!!

[Guest]

''Why is my typing coming out different all the time''.....This is scaring me!