V*RA the CANADIAN Flying Lanc' also known as VeRA to the 'locals'.

[stona]

Top tip on the little plastic card insert behind the bomb aimers window.

Mine needed one too,just shy of 1mm. Knowing to check (and fix) in advance certainly saved some grief.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

What a cock up from me and all the detailed pictures i've found on the net and from friends

I've just decalled the red lines under the main wings and tail wings only to find out the actual aircraft doesn't have any

So it was out with the sellotape and remove them all ops:

The finished wheels! Just a bit of plasticard here and there and the odd washer, These wheels are actually from an Avro Lincoln :lol:

All the hard work is now done with the completion of the fuselage.

Been unable to fully paint the front turret yet due to the camo line only just being completed.

In my excitement I decided to fit the Mosscaster exhausts.

Thanks for looking.

Ian.

[Centurion3RTR]

Some beautiful work going into this Ian, can't wait to see more matey.

Have fun, John

[flyjoe180]

I'm enjoying this thread.

[Guest]

Thanks for the support maties.

Having put on a few coats of Klear I'm unhappy with how its made VeRA look cheap so I'm going to give it

a slight coat of clear satin though not much but just enough to get rid of that 'cheap look'

Hit another problem what could be seen and was a right eyesore in that the two rear fuselage windows

had dried white around its edges and looked crap :roll: So I had to drill them out/clean the holes and

will refit some new windows when the model is finished, I'll stick these in with PVA glue not super-glue.

Drying rack/window sill put to use again as 'the drying rack'!

You can see the white horrible bits on the fuselage! I didn't half sigh when I spotted them.

Thank-god I got them out without ruining the fuselage :mrgreen:

Also been making the fuselage lights/aerials which are dotted about the fuselage too.

Thanks for looking again and hope I'm not boring anyone

Ian.

[Guest]

you have learnt a valuable lesson there mate, superglue fogs clear plastic.

[stona]

Good stuff Ian.

I don't think that you're boring anyone! I for one am following every move,you've already saved me a ton of grief on my own build.

Cheers

Steve

[flyjoe180]

Not boring at all ,this is a great build thread.

[Dave W]

Ive got one of these to build.Some im finding your thread very interesting.Not boring at all.

[Guest]

hope I'm not boring anyone

Nope!!!

[Guest]

I'll carry on then guys :xyxthumbs:

I've been decaling the fuselage today and really hit a problem with those two side windows

which I had to remove, you see I've used the original windows in the tamiya fuselage but not

thought that the windows in VR*A are in a totally different position so the two 'holed' windows,

Which have got to be filled and matched to the fuselage and new windows made which are wider apart.

Look at the two below pictures to see what I'm writing about,My roundel decal went over the windows as they would have on a real Lanc'

Really pee'd at this

[john i am]

really enjoying this build the workmanship and detail is amazing i have one to build myself and i have aquired a book Lancaster a bombing legend (nick radell and mike vines) for my ref you might find this of interest as it as it is all about vroa just hope mine turns out to be half as good as yours

[Guest]

really enjoying this build the workmanship and detail is amazing i have one to build myself and i have aquired a book Lancaster a bombing legend (nick radell and mike vines) for my ref you might find this of interest as it as it is all about vroa just hope mine turns out to be half as good as yours

Hi John,

For my info' I'm using the information from the guys at CWH! You see I know several of them who fly and maintain this beauty.

As time goes by and the team at CWH gradually gets more wartime spares for VeRA she will eventually look different to my model

and it will become out-dated and strange looking, For instance all my pictures show VeRA with a solid wood escape hatch in

the fuselage, well now they have sourced an escape hatch which has the round porthole window in it. They also keep adding

fuselage windows as they find them!

Really been enjoying modding this Lanc' to the point it is a miniature of VeRA

Cheers.

Ian.

[john i am]

its great to hear they are keeping her up in the air and are looking after the old girl i bet you know the story about the axe then that the squadron keep from another lancaster i hpoe your friends get to see your beautiful example off their baby.

[Guest]

John did you hear about VeRA's emergency some months back ?

One of the main wing tips folded up and she had to land! Some thought her time was up.