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- Nov 26, 2019
any updates on this build ?
or has anyone else built / building one ?
or has anyone else built / building one ?
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Me too.It's been that long since Gerry posted I'm hoping he hasn't passed away!
A good friend of mine in Argentine who I could only contact him via' email & Facebook ignored all my messages, thought he'd fallen out with me for some reason but a few weeks ago I found out he'd passed away in April of this year
It's been that long since Gerry posted I'm hoping he hasn't passed away!
Just glad to hear you are OK and hadn't suffered the fate of JK Rowling.Gentlemen,
Much thanks for your concern but, as Mark Twain might (or might not) have said; "Reports of my death have been grossly exaggerated...". However, I can understand why you might have thought so. I'm embarrassed that it's been so long since I posted my last update or indeed checked in to the forum. I had assumed, wrongly, that after a few weeks without updates, the thread would have gone dormant. I was so surprised when I checked in yesterday to see where I had left off that it so obviously hadn't, with a couple of further pages of posts added. I can only say that I am humbled and honoured at your continued interest in the Lancaster build and indeed the kind remarks of the newcomers to the thread, since my last post.
I can't believe it's been so long since my last post and it must appear so rude that I abandoned it without any explanation. That was never the intention and the build didn't suffer any major catastrophe - just a number of setbacks. As well as that, the last 18 months, became really busy for our family. In the intervening time, we had a wedding, two further grandchildren and a disaster with an underfloor leak that took nine months to resolve. In addition, in November, my son and his family sold his house and moved in with us. The intention was to say until spring when the housing market restarts. Of course, Coronavirus stymied that and my son, his partner and two children are with us for the foreseeable future. Of all of the above, this has had the most influence on the build as I find I haven't the same time or space to spend on it.
However, these were all just background and the real reason for the delays were build problems. I began to lose confidence in myself and my ability to complete it to the standard I had hoped when I started the project. I suppose I hit 'the wall' and had to step away from the work for a few months. However I eventually returned and have been chipping away at it ever since but at my own pace. That's one reason why I didn't post - I didn't want any pressure to post before I was happy with the progress I was making and a lot of what I was doing was redressing errors and refining. I feel that I am now at the stage when I can restart the thread, as I have at last started to make progress as opposed to repairs. I didn't take too many photos during the repair stage but I'll try to build a logical bridge from the last post to the present without too much minute detail.
I'll cover this in my next post, as soon as I sort back through a year of photos - mainly of grandkids! But I'm determined to complete this project no matter what happens.
I'll be back a lot sooner than than last time,
Gerry
Thanks so much for this information. I bought the entire series with a view of building it after I finished the Victory. The time has come. To my horror, the instructions for the first issue has been destroyed by a water leak in my roof. The parts are OK. Does anyone have the instructions for Issue 1? Is it possible to get some pictures? Tanks in advance
Wonder how far Gerry is with the model now ? Hope he's not given up! I nearly did with that dodgy HKM thing of a Lancaster kit.
Hi Ian, Good to hear you're still around.Sorry to hear about your problems with the HKM Lancaster. I was expecting much better from them. Have you made much progress on it and are you posting the build? Regards to all, Gerry
Hello Gerry, Hope I'd not upset you about me saying you might have passed away?
Thanks Ian,
No problem at all, in fact it gave me a good chuckle, I'm glad to say.
have you heard anything about the quality of the WingNut Wings 1:32 Lancaster and is it any better than the HKM offering? Again, I've only seen very basic pictures of it.
That's good to hear Gerry.
To behonest the HKM isn't the bestest kit I've looked upon, so many errors and imperfections in the plastic, but I sorted out the most visible problems.
I've heard in the pipeline that WNW has gone under, so their Lancaster will never go into production...Sad times.
Be great to see any updates.
Ian.