Hi Barry
Where does the Lanc fit in your build schedule? Soonish I hope :tongue-out3:
Jim
Where does the Lanc fit in your build schedule? Soonish I hope :tongue-out3:
Jim
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It won’t be soon. I will wait, see build reviews, learn and decide on what approach to take and what aftermarket might be needed and what is released.
I doubt that there will be much of the latter but some will be needed.
This will be a ‘one off’ build and a special one so I will want to make the most of it.
Just to add, I will certainly want to finish off my run of small scale builds first and the last of these will be the 1/48 HKM Lanc.Comment
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Well, my kit has arrived. And, by coincidence, a Lancaster flew over Pontefract park this afternoon. I’m taking it as a sign!
I’m now studying the many variations in equipment used on the Lancaster throughout it’s operational history. This will help me decide on a which airframe to model.
The kit itself is impressive, the box less so and lead to a couple of breakages of parts during transit. This is a much publicised issue and was resolved very quickly by the UK importer. I think this may be the same issue John eluded to earlier in this thread.
Anyhoo, I cannot wait to start this kit. I think it rates (at least in the box) as the the best plastic kit I’ve ever owned. I hope I can do it justice.
Cheers
Paul
BTW. If useful, I’m happy to do a review of the sprues but a build maybe some way off as I’m busy building 5 1/24 Dr.1s at the mo.
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Do what I did Paul. Check the sprue with the cockpit framing as in some boxes it is broken (mine is OK). Secondly check the transparencies over as well. I am not particularly happy with mine, after a quick look, due to the amount of distortion on some parts. I plan to take a closer look tomorrow and decide what to do.Comment
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Hi Barry
I’ve been through all that. Got replacements sent very quickly. Simply put, the box isn’t big enough for the kit - hence the breakages.
Sprues, B, C1 and C2 are the sprues particularly effected. The replacements were sent very quickly and I have nothing but praise for the UK importers. All this is pretty old news now as this issue has been all over the forums.
Cheers
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Not to drag this out, but last weekend while at the WME, I had a nice chat with a seller from Albion Alloys who are the importer's for Border Models. He came late to the show because they had received a 40 ft. container of the Lancaster kits at their warehouse. He had pictures on his cell phone of the delivery and how they had to stack all the master cartons on Euro pallets from it. The pallets were about 2 meters high and in the one picture, there were ten of them on each wall in the doorway. He told me that after emptying the container onto pallets, they had to start making the orders for the hobby shops to be shipped all over the UK. He said it was a massive and long job doing it and then afterwards he could finally drive to Holland to the show. He didn't mention how many kits were received, but it looked to be well over 2000 pieces. I only wish I could have gotten copies of his pics to post here. The cheapest price I saw was a Dutch hobby shop seller and he was selling it for €640 at the show....................................
Prost
AllenLife's to short to be a sheep...Comment
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That's interesting Allen. I suppose it is a unique model in many ways. Wingnut Wings going out of business, all the speculation about what would happen to all the moulds, especially this Lancaster. Follow that with months of rumour and wondering and then suddenly it's here and all over the internet and the modelling press.
For Barry and Paul and many others it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. If your estimate of over 2000 kits is right and that can be repeated many times over throughout the world then there's a lot of modellers with lighter wallets who are now building extensions to their benches :hugging-face: :smiling:Comment
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Now all the hype is over we just might start to see some actual builds.Comment
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My Lancaster arrived last Thursday 7th July 2022 I have had a look at the sprues they look good to me I do find that the lack of colour call outs annoying to say the least and the instruction manual despite what reviewers have said still needs a complete rewrite with more diagrams aside from that this is probably the best plastic kit I have owned in terms of quality detail etc I just hope I can do it justice
Regards
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I do hope, noting all these Lancaster models being delivered, that we see an actual blog!, and see what the hype was all about.......
I wonder how many of these models were bought as investment, or when arrived, realisation that it was beyond the purchasers skill?
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SO so far 3 guys have bought it Barry- Paul -an colin am i right guys as yes love to see someone built it as a blog on here come on you guys lets see it
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Having invested heavily in this kit I can fully appreciate that choosing the right time to build their "once in a lifetime" Lancaster has to be given careful thought.
But being rather selfish I would really love to see one built and blogged on here :smiling: :thumb2::hugging-face:Comment
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Me too, was allowed to look around the BoB Lancaster in the late 1990's. Truly humbling day.
I would like to do a 1 200 ship, ideally Hood. But need to improve first lolComment
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