This is 100% handmade, no, 99.9% because I copied two radio sets T1154-R1155 from Tamiya Mosquito as you can see on the previous cockpit photo. The fuselage and the wings were of heat pressed stylene sheets supplied by Tamiya-san, on wooden molds which had been made by me. Wing ribs are in the same material.
Please don't mention that. If, to bring the old Tamiya kit up to the level I wished, I would have to correct the;
wings/ profile and sizes
fuselage/nose section
canopy
tail plane
fins
engine nacelles
landing gears
propellers and spinners.
the "Upkeep" bomb etc etc.
Then I can say it is far easier to build the model from scratch than you may think.
Fortunately there are a host of photos and information of the aircraft available on the internet and I have been without much difficulties in detailing the model, in 1/48 scale. But at the same time I found the information about the Dam Buster Lancasters are very scarce.
The engine which I made and duplicated by using resin and scillicone rubber molding shall be added with more details such as the engine mountings.
To me, this is like restoring a real Lancaster. If there is such a restration taking place at an airport hangar or an air museum nearby, I would've give up all the modeling and join it. Unfortunately my house is not sufficiently large enough to hold an airplane like the Lanc.
I got a DIY etching kit to make various instrument panels in the aircraft.