Avro Lancaster

Marc Le Bayon
@Micky. If my memory is good enough, there is a lancaster in a museum in south of America. Argentina/Brazil/Chile...
I've seen in a book on Lanc that lasts have been sold to thoses countries in the end of 50'.

Łukasz Gliński
@Micky, my foreign travel results are exactly the same

Andy Ball
@Micky: ah, but you have the steak and the Malbec...
Seriously: if there's something you want I wonder if I bought it with your money on your behalf and shipped it whether that would get around importation duty? (I had the same with a beautiful guitar I bought from the US, it languished in UK customs until I paid £350 importation taxes....) and yes @Marc: the Argentinians were big post-war Lanc flyers as it dawns on me.

Micky
Hi @Mark what I know is that there is an Avro Lincoln in a museum in the outskirts of Buenos Aires(Former Air base Morón) in the same city that I was born and went to school. I know very well that base due to the father of my best friend was Argentinean Air force Commodore(same as Colonel) and he had invited us several times to fly in Pipers Dakota when we were young. He was a veteran of the Malvinas conflict(Falklands).
The Lincoln(to my poor knowledge) is a kind of evolution of the Lanc. This plane particularly was sadly used in 1955 to bomb Buenos Aires during civil war and military coup. Years later was put (abandoned) in the metropolitan domestic commercial airport but was highly deteriorated by weather and climate. More than 20 years ago some veterans transported the Lincoln to the aforementioned ,and abandoned, Morón base as a beautiful museum. They restored pretty well the Lincoln and now is in exhibition with other planes( Canberra, Skyhawks, Sabre, Albatros, Mirage, Pucara, Ju 52, among others) HISTORY IS ALL AROUND US!
Here is a link of that Lincoln. Youtube Video

Micky
@Andy,Thanks for your offer but I have already tried that with a Aussie friend that lives in London and they charge the same import duties. (It doubles the original price!![) Crazy thing that politicians do to fund their own corruption.

Cuajete
Interesting project. It is a good occasion to compare both moulds.
Following one more time, Andy!

Erik De Smet
Following too. I saw the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster a few times in the past (first in 1975 , I believe) , but is it still in flying condition ?

Łukasz Gliński
@Erik: Seen it in 2017, hopefully it's still flying

Micky
Excellent job!

Olivier
Yep !

Olivier
Yep !

Łukasz Gliński
Lovely! The Halifax pics are a nice bonus

Łukasz Gliński
Nice one, reminding me I promise myself to start mine for couple of years already

Andy Ball
lovely detailing! joining you on this one...

Gerald Willing

Micky
Excellent work, Sparky!

Sparky Rogers
Thanks Micky!

Sparky Rogers
And thanks everyone else!

Tom M
class work very nice

Spanjaard
very nice Lanc!

surfdude839
I will finally complete the gift my father gave me for my 14th anniversary in 1985

CHRISTOPHE LECONTE
I like this plane

Thomas Bischoff
Love to see a Lancastrian being built - looks like it will turn out great

Łukasz Gliński
Great finish

Alex K
What a great companion to your Quantas LB-30!!! Respects!!!

Ray Seppala
Cheers!

Spanjaard
beautiful!

Cuajete
Very nice and unusual model. Congrats!

Mark Medwell
Great job Ray... have you had a go at making a RAAF Lincoln? I have the Alley Cat and Red Roo conversion sets, and I'm wondering how hard the conversion is... they look pretty good in the box.

Ray Seppala
Thanks guys, @Mark I have the same conversion sets. It is not on the radar for a while, when I get into the Strike SQN groove I'll do the Lincoln, Canberra, F-111 and Super Hornet. I don't think the Lincoln conversion will be too difficult. If I can more of less scratch build a Falcon 900 then a conversion set with all the parts supplied should be a walk in the park. Meanwhile I will be trying to finish up the P-8 shortly.

Ben M
What a great subject! Very colorful, love the weathering. Very realistic!

Roland Gunslinger
Very nice! Four engines! A lot of thrust, don't forget to chain it

Erik De Smet
Actually , it is a problem : the axle of the little motors are so short that I cannot glue the propellers to it , but that they are fixed with some tacky paste. Still the power is such that the propellers will fly off the motor axle after half a minute or so; I solved this by let them turn in the wrong direction, as "pushers" . But you can't see that neither on the pictures as in reality.

Erik De Smet
Working : Youtube Video

Alex K
Thumbs up for the overall dam busting dio / presentation!

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Excellent Erik

Daniel Klink
Cool eggbuster, Hm egg-dambuster
very well done! Great Light effect...

Roland Gunslinger
Very nice

Acki
Who you gonna call? Dambusters!
Another great job on this planet!

Munkyslut
I'm in

David Taylor
ditto

Clive Robinson
10999 is the box code but the images are so much different

Fraser S
I have the same issue Clive. The Hurricane is the Australian version, and that's the only decal option in the box. There is a similar box art, over Coventry, A10600, but the Hurricane is RAF.

Tim Mansfield
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Brian Casteel
modelairplanedepot.com has a smokin' hot deal on these right now. $189.95 plus around $35.00 shipping. they are very slow to ship though. took over two weeks to get mine from the time I ordered.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hi Richard, I got one for you! Just tell me where to send it and I will get it on the way

RICHARD MUAT
Hello Roland, That would be very kind of you, my address is Richard Muat, 135 Warren Drive South, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9QH UK. I will of course cover any cost to you.. Please note this is the first time I have used this site, so a bit tricky for me!. Regards,Richard.

Andy Ball
Apparently some inaccuracies in that kit, but I'm told it's a good one to build. Look forward to your finish line!

David Januska
Well I'm not so skilled modeller, but for me it seems this very good kit. It was the first four engine monster I¨ve did. With Eduard PE's cockpit looks very realistic. Problems with the kit were on my side. The only problem I´ve found was rear undercarriage the wheel and tyre are really big out of scale but I've purchased a resin one which is more realistic. But there is also problem with this resin wheel because it is made from two parts it has to be glued in angle and there is very big load on this glued connection.
This is my last kit painted with brushes and this is weekest point as it can be seen on the result Avro Lancaster by Hasegawa | Album by Dy dzeJ (1:72) So I'm learning how to use airbrush and I'm astonished how good it can be.

Andy Ball
Interestingly I built Tamiya's 48'er a while ago in PO*S for my cousin. He owns the airfield in Nottinghamshire where it flew from before the squadron relocated to RAF Scampton. I have a picture of one of the Aussie crew members holding it when they came to visit the airfield's renovated control tower during the 50th anniversary of the end of WW2. The Tamiya kit was great too!, as I remember! I'm still very much learning my art with the airbrush ????

Martin Oostrom
Gluey, I guess because of this: SCM Newsfeed

Spanjaard
ha ha ha

Gluefinger
@Martin Oostrom: Correct again. We're only in it for the glue fumes. If we weren't we would all be buildung Artesania Latina wood models with white glue (which, BTW, would not require sanding to remove).

Soeren .
@ Kees
The Lancaster will probably be the only WWII kit which WNW is doing for the upcoming future.
Peter Jackson and the Lancaster are not a new topic at all and have kind of a history

And btw what did you expect from a kit which has a development time for over eight years now.

Holger Kranich
Whats the connection between Peter and the Lanc?

Soeren .
He is/was developing a Dambuster movie for quite some time now.

Holger Kranich
Ohooo, make it Peter, make it!

William O.
Very interesting news. It would/will be great!

Gaston Scarfo
Me encanta ese modelo !!

Fernando Saenz
Esta genial...

Ole Andersen
In the summer of 1970 we went on a family vacation to England, staying just outside Bury St. Edmunds. I don't remember much of that vacation. I was 10 yo, but one thing I do remember is a show of sorts, and during that show, there was a fly over by a Lancaster.

Ever since, I have had a fascination about the Lancaster, so now I thinking about building one.

Either the 1/48 Dambuster / Grand Slam one from Tamiya, or even better. This 1/32 one from WnW.

Ole Andersen
In the summer of 1970 we went on a family vacation to England, staying just outside Bury St. Edmunds. I don't remember much of that vacation. I was 10 yo, but one thing I do remember is a show of sorts, and during that show, there was a fly over by a Lancaster.

Ever since, I have had a fascination about the Lancaster, so now I thinking about building one.

Either this one from Tamiya, or perhaps even the 1/32 one from WnW.

Laurent "HELLER-forever"
good luck for project

AnnaYegorova
Thank you, I will surely need it

Stephan Ryll
Outstanding work

Spanjaard
a work of art!!

Clifford Keesler
Beautiful.

KlausH
Fantastic work Kent!

coporado
Outstanding!

Björn Svedberg
Makes me want to rebuild mine. The outer skin looks fabulous!

Scott Dutton
Gorgeous, love the exhaust streaking and fuselage work, not jet black.

Djordje Nikolic
Love it!

Stuart Hammett
I havent done a model since I was a kid. my Wife bought me this about 10 years ago as a joke as she knew I always wanted to fly in one.
The funny thing is I only wanted to do a model because of the Type VIII C U-boat from the film Das Boot.
then earlier I found the Lancaster in the loft so im going to have a go

Tim Mansfield
Johnny Walker BBMF
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Mickey the Moocher, on the 1958 Airfix.
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Phantom of the Ruhr.
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No Enemy Aircraft, Hendon.
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Nils Steyaert
started today, its an old kit, but workable.
im not sure about the decals or if they survived the test of time, we wil see

Andrea Morris
Please visit the associated album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.

Moulin64
Bought in 2004