HKM Lancaster - new special Grand Slam release

[Juggernut]

5 hours ago, Phartycr0c said:

And dont forget, Graham at Iconicair has the beautiful H trolley and Fordson tractor to go with it.

 

http://www.iconicair.com/

 

Will the tallboy trailer fit the grand slam bomb?  I think there's some size differences between the two.

[Tony T]

18 hours ago, Ossington 1 said:

Right Click, Save As. Thank You for that. I always wondered. Not as if streamlining just there mattered. Maybe to stop freezing?

 

As Mike says, probably to reduce turbulence, to reduce drag but also for a cleaner separation — nobody wants an 21,500lb bomb rattling in its shackles. 

 

I always wondered how these aircraft handled compared to regular Lancs — ditto the dambusting mines which probably had a gyroscopic effect when spinning.

 

Tony  

[frank83]

Confused 

There is that Lancaster from WNW (or Border now) and this from HKM.

I am no expert on the Lanc, or any other WWII plane for that matter, but I want to build one in this scale. Could anyone with more information on this huge plane please advise which kit I should choose? And I'm not inquiring which is less expensive but which is a better kit with more satisfactory details.

Thanks in advance.

[thierry laurent]

Notwithstanding the major price difference it depends on what you want. The Border kit is far better detailed but depicts a plain Lancaster bomber that went through multiple missions (stressed skin). However, for a Dambusters one, even if Border release one (as planned by WnW), I think the HKM is a better choice as such planes did not fly a lot before the attack on the Ruhr dams. And, as far as I know, WnW did not plan a Grand Slam version. So for that one, HKM is the only option as it is not that probable Border will release one. But who knows...?

[Juggernut]

They did plan a dambuster version.  I was looking forward to seeing it up until last year that is.

[Finn]

Here is a larger image of the bomb loaded:

 

 

Jari

[Tony T]

Thanks for finding a higher res copy Jari, looks almost like doped fabric in places.

 

Tony 

 

 

[Jeff T]

Why is it the camo on these goes all the way to the bottom of the fuselage, and no black underneath, did they only drop these by day? .....probably an obvious answer I am missing, but just curious, because they look so much different from a normal Lancaster scheme.

 

Jeff.

[Dave J]

10 hours ago, thierry laurent said:

Lancaster bomber that went through multiple missions (stressed skin).

 

Incorrect. There are images from the Avro Factory with stressed skin clearly showing.

[Finn]

Also note the a/c still has what looks like the turret ring still in place:

 

 

Jari

[thierry laurent]

1 hour ago, Dave J said:

 

Incorrect. There are images from the Avro Factory with stressed skin clearly showing.

Maybe but this is not exemplary and I've yet to see one picture of a Dambusters Lancaster with such a skin effect.

[Phartycr0c]

16 hours ago, Juggernut said:

 

Will the tallboy trailer fit the grand slam bomb?  I think there's some size differences between the two.

Yes it will. 

The trailer was displayed at Telford with the Tallboy bomb and there is plenty of room, besides the H trailer was used to shunt the grand Slam around. 

[Juggernut]

7 hours ago, Phartycr0c said:

Yes it will. 

The trailer was displayed at Telford with the Tallboy bomb and there is plenty of room, besides the H trailer was used to shunt the grand Slam around. 

Good to know, thanks.

[Juggernut]

10 hours ago, Jeff T said:

Why is it the camo on these goes all the way to the bottom of the fuselage, and no black underneath, did they only drop these by day? .....probably an obvious answer I am missing, but just curious, because they look so much different from a normal Lancaster scheme.

 

Jeff.

I’m not entirely sure but I think it has something to do with the fact that air supremacy had been won over the Continent by the time these aircraft were put to use and daylight bombing was so much easier when you can actually see the target through the bombsight.

[The Dude]

I am in for one of these! I built one of their Lancs and enjoyed the build. I built the 1/48 Tamiya  grand slam 25+ years ago and think it would be awesome to scale it up a little.