Lancaster Mk II
The uniqueness of this aircraft is that rather than having the standard Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, the Lancaster Mk II. due to concerns over the supply of the Merlins, were fitted with Bristol Hercules radial engines.
Mk II received additional protection in the installation of a FN64 ventral turret situated behind the bomb bay; though many crews removed these to save weight.
A set of bombs sourced from the RAF Resupply Set as Airfix no longer provide these with the kit
I drilled out and filled with liquid glazing the windows in the escape hatches. It seems odd to me that in their 1960s kit these were included while in the 2020s moulding the many side windows are added but the escape hatch windows are omitted!
I’m not 100% happy with some of the finish: the Johnson’s Klear coating I gave to the glazing did not take well.
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13 7 November 2022, 16:21
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In it being Halloween, it seemed only right to finish my Airfix Mk II in the markings of “Z-Zombie”, LL725, of No. 408 (Goose) Squadron, 6 Group, Royal Canadian Air Force, based at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, in July 1944.
