Avro Lancaster "Grand Slam"
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1 21 May 2016, 15:01
Soeren R.Count me in Roland!
Ich habe das Ding auch noch auf meiner Wunschliste, aber Lancs von Tamiya sind ja leider nicht so günstig - kurz gesagt: Ich schau genau zu 🙂
21 May 2016, 15:07
Roland SachsenhoferThe kit can´t neglect it´s origin in the middle of the 70s, but promises good fit and proper detail. The raised panel lines are perfect for me- and should the Lancaster appearance even better then recessed structures, in my opinion.
A little help from "Eduard" should make the otherwise a little bit deserted interior look more accurate and "busy"....
Hallo Soeren...... das freut mich! 🙂
21 May 2016, 15:09
Erik LeijdensNice to see this one from you. The Grandslam Lanc is high on my wishlist too. No doubt you will make a excellent model of it.
21 May 2016, 18:28
Roland SachsenhoferThank you very much for encouragement, Erik.
The "etched parts offensive" seems to pay; especially the prominent front-cupola gets some very nice details! A little bit tricky to attach, but the imitation off the bolting of the transparent part looks really satisfactory to me- as does the bombsight, consisting solely from etched parts.
22 May 2016, 11:49
Erik LeijdensThe PE details indeed worked out very good, respect for your work. I find a small cockpit with a few etched parts a real pain.
22 May 2016, 19:02
Roland SachsenhoferThank you mates! Most of the etched parts have been buried into darkness of the joined fuselage halves by now 🙂
24 May 2016, 06:07
Christian Borchmann-BackhausWow... Ich nehme Platz... Hatte den Kasten letztens auch in der Hand... Wie groß wird der Vogel wenn er fertig ist?
24 May 2016, 11:27
Soeren R.The cockpit looks really great so far.
@ Christian
Nicht gerade klein😉
Müsste so um die 44cm lang sein und um die 64cm breit - wenn ich mich nicht irre.
Kommt von der Größe also an die PBY von Revell ran😉
Leider viel zu groß für mich 🙁 🙁
Wo verstaut man sowas dann eigentlich Roland? 🙂
24 May 2016, 11:32
Bart Goesaertseem to have missed the start of this one, but it will be a pity to hide this exquisite interior...
24 May 2016, 12:05
Thomas MayerBewundernswert, deine saubere Verarbeitung der Ätzteile! Ich hab auch noch zwei Lancs am Lager, da muss ich dem meister doch zuschauen!
24 May 2016, 12:57
Stefan FraundorferDa bin ich natürlich auch dabei. Den Bau einer Lancaster in diesen Dimensionen lasse ich mir nicht entgehen.
25 May 2016, 07:18
Roland SachsenhoferHey, thank you all for these encouraging words and your interest!
Revells PBY is quite a accurate comparision!
Die PBY als Vergleich ist ziemlich gut gewählt- ich zeige Euch demnächst Fotos dazu- und auch zu der Frage, wo ich diese Riesen verstaue...... 🙂
25 May 2016, 08:41
Roland SachsenhoferYou see a whole bunch of etched parts for the cavernous wheel bays- thank you Eduard, it would be a little bit empty otherwise! 🙂
Either I did work a little bit dowdy on the cowlings- or the parts really show bad fit: there will be some filling and sanding required!
26 May 2016, 17:51
Thomas BischoffI sign in - a Lanc was always on my wish list. Does this kit have the standard fuselage as well? The Lanc I have in mind looks like a mixture with this kit's nose but a normal fuselage.
26 May 2016, 18:02
Roland SachsenhoferHello Thomas, this boxing contains parts for the "Special"- and the bouncing bomb version solely. However, this kit includes one very useful extra in form of pre-painted clear parts for all the canopies and turrets.
Also, two prepainted versions- "late" and "early"- of the bow hemisphere are included.
27 May 2016, 07:00
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Guido,
I sprayed dull black before applying highly thinned "RLM66" from Gunze on the interior surfaces. After that, it was over-worked with pastel-colours to get some "life" in it.
28 May 2016, 08:56
Roland SachsenhoferIndeed! The measurement you reckoned for a while proved to be correct: I measured 65cm wing-span an 45cm in length..... I guess it´s the biggest model on my workbench till now🙂
28 May 2016, 12:10
Roland SachsenhoferThe Lancaster slowly growth into it´s intended shapes.....
A lot of sanding and filling was to do, especially on the cowlings. A delicate work, considering all the raised panel lines! 🙂
29 May 2016, 17:34
Bart Goesaertnice build so far, found this interesting fact: thevintagenews.com/2..al&utm_term=none
true or fiction is left in the open apparently...
30 May 2016, 10:09
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Bart for this hair raising story! If not true, then it´s well invented (I have no idea, if this German proverb is translated the right way 🙂
Using a slightly brightened Gunze H-335 "Medium Sea Grey" for the underside, I noticed incorrect filled or sanded areas. You see those imperfect spots re-filled and sanded.
After spraying H-335, I cautiously scraped off certain parts of the newly applied colour with the sharp end of a needle to show the underlying Aluminum-paint. I hope that will look good.
6 June 2016, 16:20
Soeren R.It really looks much bigger now... I must admit that Im really interested in this kit, but with this size....
Btw. really nice build so far 🙂
14 June 2016, 05:59
Roland SachsenhoferThank you very much, Soeren and Spanjaard!
Some new pictures of the painted Lancaster: the edges of Dark Brown and Green have been softed with a hand held airbrush- and you see, there is a lot of masking tape needed! 🙂
19 June 2016, 19:24
Erik LeijdensYour paintjob turned out very well Roland. A fantastic Lanc in progress 👍
19 June 2016, 19:30
Bart Goesaertcamouflage looks nice, and glad to see a non-black underside for this bird.
20 June 2016, 06:53
Soeren R.The more I see of this build. the more I want this kit in my stash 😛
Excellent paint job Roland!
20 June 2016, 06:54
Roland SachsenhoferThank you both! Indeed Bart, that was an reason to choose this "special-version" of the Lancaster 🙂
21 June 2016, 05:05
Roland SachsenhoferThe surfaces of this Lanc slowly grow into the final and intended look..... meanwhile I am assemble all the sub-parts as props, bomb rack- here some detailing work is necessary- and, as shown, the "Grand Slam" and the tail turret. Constructing this one, the pre-painted parts have been used.
25 June 2016, 19:17
Roland SachsenhoferThe fuselage and wings, to say all the surfaces have been finished by now.
I am keen to see all the minor parts assembled.... to see this "Special"one finished at last!
3 July 2016, 08:23
Erik LeijdensLooking very good Roland. We are all keen to see this one finished! 👍
3 July 2016, 08:42
Roland SachsenhoferThank you Erik! After a enjoyable week on vacation I nearly got this big model finished.....
The cockpit canopy did show some severe fitting problems, so I had to re-sand and -paint the joints, a delicate work on the painted model!
18 July 2016, 10:35
Bart Goesaertthat is something I would hate to do, sanding on an already painted model... bit it is nicely done...
Just a thought, but doesn't the bombstand seems a bit light to support a bomb of 5000kg?
18 July 2016, 11:09
uncle chop chopWell done looks grate I'm doing the same kit atm but building the white one for something different only out the box tho really wishing I got the PE kit tho looks so worth it nice work
18 July 2016, 11:39
Roland SachsenhoferThank both mates!
Bart, your remark about the bombstand did me made cringe, when I remembered that the "Grand Slam" bomb did weigh even more than 10 000kg...... I have carefully placed her on a more stable support by now.... 🙂
18 July 2016, 12:57
Roland SachsenhoferFinished at last! In quite a bundle of regards Tamiyas Lancaster is obviously a product of the Seventies- a very basic kit, that needs some detailing. I did my quantum with adding some detail made from copper wire on the chain, holding the "GrandSlam" bomb and, of course, investing in Eduards etched part sets. I further did open both cockpit windows and scatched the opened hatches.
I am quite glad I did that big kit.... and I hope you like the result 🙂
19 July 2016, 20:23
Roland SachsenhoferHi mates, what a great commendation! Thank you both!
Tim, your remarks on your Dad reminds us, that those planes have been manned by men with lives and families and their particular and unique biographies.
Am I right if I assume that you are building your Dads plane? Great project in any way!
30 November 2016, 15:16
