dennismcc Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 What a fantastic build and an unusual subject matter, it looks great. Cheers Dennis patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 I nearly always fail to build a kit as intended by the manufacturer, if you are like me, it could have been a lot worse: Your Lanc is absolutely superb and well worth all the work you have put into it Richard I wonder how they dropped the lifeboat? patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Wow, that’s extremely well done patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 7 hours ago, brahman104 said: Very nice Pat! The lanc looks really good in white; definitely something I'll be doing when I get around to building mine. Love the lifeboat too! 3D print I assume? Craig Hi Craig, thank you ! Your B-17 is looking great !!! The lifeboat actually started as a free download of a "Candian Canoe" which I re-sized in my printer software, printed it. I had to heat up the side walls and bow them in a good amount at the top in order to make it look more like the original lifeboat, I also had to build up the bow section with epoxy putty to make it more blunt as per the original's look, most of it was guess work as I couldn't find any drawings of the real hull. It was fun though, The HK kit goes together really well, I think the only thing that really bothered me on it was the wing tips, they don't locate real well and you have to fiddle with them a bit, I had to put some shims inside the open ends of the wings to keep them from collapsing when trying to mount the tips, other than that the kit all in all was quite a pleasant suprise to build !!! I was actually going to build the model at first as a "Tiger Force" Lancaster in the white over black scheme, but I couldn't stop looking at the grey over white with the more colorful post war markings, it just seems to suit the airplane !!! Thanks again, Pat Bomber Command nut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 5 hours ago, RLWP said: I nearly always fail to build a kit as intended by the manufacturer, if you are like me, it could have been a lot worse: Your Lanc is absolutely superb and well worth all the work you have put into it Richard I wonder how they dropped the lifeboat? Thank you !!!That photo would be an intresting conversion !!! I'm not sure other than the parchute how the boat was dropped, I know there's are articles on-line that pertain to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Very cool Lancaster! Very different. Got me thinking about somebody doing decals for a 32d PB4Y1 U.S. Navy maritime patrol airplane...Hmmmm Cheers...Ron patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Great model, I do like the Coastal Command Lancs. patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicciuzzo Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I'm used to seeing the Lancaster in the classic RAF camouflage but pictured with this color is really gorgeous. All the rivets of the fuselage stand out. Great, great and really great patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Just brilliant...Like the rescue boat.. And it's outside the mainstream which is always kinda cool. So nice patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Beautifully finished Lancaster & love that colour scheme patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npb748r Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Wow - I'd be proud of building something half as good as that - simply beautiful. patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Command nut Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 10:17 AM, RLWP said: I nearly always fail to build a kit as intended by the manufacturer, if you are like me, it could have been a lot worse: Your Lanc is absolutely superb and well worth all the work you have put into it Richard I wonder how they dropped the lifeboat? They maintained the bomb release slip for the 'Cookie' bomb and the Liftboat was fixed to the slip so when the release point came over the rescue location, instead of 'Bombs away' it was 'Boat away' . . . . patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeA Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Well that is different! Looks incredibly different from the usual wartime Lanc, especially the sharp colours and contrasting lifeboat. Love it! patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevepd Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Tremendous and very different, certainly will stand out amongst all the others. Bomber Command nut and patricksparks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunticus Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Fabulous job, and such a unique subject in this conversion. Very inspiring! Well done! patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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