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Hi guys,

 

The Lancaster is finished - sort of :unsure: - more on that later. So, in the quest to reduce the large pile of kit boxes in my stash, I decided to open the largest of the boxes and out popped a Lancaster! Built mostly from the box except for the Eduard Zoom instrument panel and some LED lights from Amazon. I figured that though I wasn't going to do any super-detailing in the interior, a little mood lighting would help show off what is there. The kit mostly fell together, good engineering from HKM except for a weird fit issue sliding the inner nacelles into the wing. In retrospect I did deviate from the instructions slightly during wing construction so that was probably the cause. Dang that old operator error thing!

 

Painting this massive beast was a chore and challenge (see me recent thread on MRP clear coats). I ran out of British Interior Green in my fave MM so I mixed up a substitute from a test order from True North. I will not be ordering any more paint from them - nuff said. Exterior colors are MRP, first time using them and I like the base colors. I did have an issue with the clear coating where it has been theorized I had an episode of blushing due to high temps/humidity when I sprayed the final flat coat. Managed to fix that (mostly) and except for a few areas it actually enhanced the weathering effects (to my eyes anyway). I do have a few spots to touch up but I'm putting this in the done column until I can muster the courage to do the fixes.

 

Here she is:

 

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The sheer size of this thing makes photographing difficult!

 

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You can see a little of the blushing below the cockpit that I wasn't quite able to rescue.

 

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More pics coming. Thanks for looking!

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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More pics:

 

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Gotta touch up the gun barrels :blink:

 

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Cockpit with mood lighting on!

 

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Kit detail in the wheel wells is pretty nice.

 

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I hid the battery pack for the lights here in the bomb bay so I can access the switch and can change batteries when needed. I do need to find some black tape though!

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

Posted

That looks absolutely brilliant and you don’t see many built. If I may (and to be corrected) is the main gear tyres and the grey. I know their not true black but I’m not sure grey misting is the answer:sorry:
Apart from that, that’s a competition winner:clap2:

Posted

impressive beast

 

i like the exhaust staining - what paints and colours did you use?

 

the cookie weathering looks a bit 'samey', and should it have that seam line on the end?

 

glad you got there after the clear coat troubles - must be very satisfying!

 

thanks for sharing

 

Nick

Posted

Look good

 

For you battery pac you could use magnetic tape stuck to the door. It should be enough to magenetise againgts the batteries

Posted

Well done Sir, that really is a most imposing and splendid looking Lancaster, one to be proud of for sure! :clap2::clap2:

Posted

Absolutely great build, looking very very good !!!

 

Jack

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On 10/8/2020 at 4:31 PM, vvwse4 said:

Hi Mark,

 

I like this a lot, beautifull Lancaster!!

 

Rick

 

Thanks Rick!

 

On 10/8/2020 at 5:26 PM, aircommando130 said:

Awesome! Bomber Harris would be proud!

 

Cheers...Ron

 

Thanks Ron!

 

On 10/8/2020 at 7:30 PM, Reuben L. Hernandez said:

Very nice, very nice indeed! Just today, I just so happen to acquire one of these beast, I wasn't looking for one, but one fell in my lap, so I had to get it.

 

It's a nice fairly relaxed build - you'll enjoy it. Thanks Reuben!

 

On 10/9/2020 at 2:40 AM, MikeMaben said:

Looks good Cap'n  :speak_cool:

 

Thanks Mike!

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