Airfix Lanc' build.

[Airframes]

Nice job Ian, despite the bl**dy awful paint problems.

 

[A4K]

Echo the above posts, you've done a superb job mate.

 

[Lucky13]

Outstanding work Ian!

 

[ian lanc]

Cheers guys. Done a clear matt coat on it today and it looks well ! you can't even tell about the bodged black fuselage part... Thank goodness.

Looking good so far Ian. Do you ever build any other models other than lancs?

hhmmmm. Now this is a hard one in one word 'yes' This any good !!, note some big whooppers in 1/48th scale B29,Liberator and Avro Lincoln,etc also had a dabble in ships mainly 1/350th and cars too my fav' is the 1/24th Bently Blower 8),spot the roman warship behind the Bentley too !

I'm going to get my Vac' form 1/48th Whitley out again and continue with that as its been over a year since i touched it ............

The Tiripitz is forsale on ebay as i no longer want






[sorry wurger back to my build]............

When you come to glue the rear wings onto the fuselage you only need to glue the small locating section
apply, theres no need to actually put any glue in the recessed part.

When making the rear wings don't forget to paint the edges black as in the pictures, alot of people paint them camo' colour and there not.sorry for the 'shakey' pictures.

Thanks for looking

 

[A4K]

When making the rear wings don't forget to paint the edges black as in the pictures, alot of people paint them camo' colour and there not.

Cheers Ian, always wondered about that!
Would that apply to RAF aircraft generally? (sky or grey for day fighters of course...)

 

[ian lanc]

Cheers Ian, always wondered about that!
Would that apply to RAF aircraft generally? (sky or grey for day fighters of course...)

Yep !

The clear matt is completely dry now so it's just a matter of carefully putting the whole model together.
i bet some of you guys think how boring it is to keep making the same sort of model, well your right it
can become a bit boring to a point, i thought i was bad until i went to a model show and a fella was
showing his collection of 65 DC3's/Dakota's of all scales/types

Fuselage section turned out ok, thank the lord or was it my bodging.

Close shot of my hand brushed work

The Matchbox decals are a little too thick but i'll get over it ! They where made in 1978 lol

I thought about painting some suitable blue over the darkened bit caused by the red centre but i think
i wouldn't beable to match the blue, so i'm leaving them alone i can leave with them.

This is how all model lancasters wings should look like !! you can see the black edge.

I've got fitting canopies on Airfix Lanc's to a TEE now, only took ten attempts.

cheers.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Airframes]

Nice work Ian. Not quite right about all RAF aircraft having the one colour at the trailing edges of wings or tailplanes though. It depends on the type, the Arm (eg. Bomber Command, Fighter Command etc), the role, and where they were last painted. Many types exhibit a demarcation between the upper and lower surface colours along the trailing edges of tailplanes in particular, whilst some, if that area is recessed, for instance along the line of aeilerons, would be in basic primer or the Cockpit Green/Grey. Demarcations are more evident on control surfaces where, for instance, an elevator has a 'cut out' at the fuselage end, eg Dakota, Spitfire, Beaufighter etc. As with most subjects, check references for the particular machine being modelled.

 

[Heinz]

Looks great Ian!

 

[A4K]

Great info Ian and Terry, thanks!

Great work too Ian, she looks a treat!

 

[ian lanc]

Well guys,I've kicked the crap out of this one so Heres a few helpful pictures if anyone needs the info about building a neater lanc' ! this will be finished by tomorrow [hopefully]

When glueing in the undercarriage start off by glueing in the supports only, using super glue.

Then glue in the main legs and glue the supports into the legs holes.

When all the undercarriage is complete and securely fixed, glue on the four doors
this is tricky as you have to be accurate with your glueing and placement of the doors.

Now insert the wheels, i always use paper towel to cover the tyres, this way any silver
which might come off the main undercarriage legs goes on the paper not on the tyres.

Both wheels are now in and don't glue these in as theres no need to, the cut out bit
on the tyres are done like that as if it has weight on them.

 

[ian lanc]

Now heres an even harder bit ! Glueing the nose blister on neatly, i've seen some noses on lancasters covered in glued or fogged up by super glue

I've always painted the flat edge of the nose blister in matt black because when you glue it on it hides the PVA glue.

I've always glued the noses on using micro kristal klear its virtually the same as PVA glue but much thicker.

Nose and front turret on, none of my turrests have no locating lugs so these turrets can be just pushed in
without any glueing and makes a far neater job.

You don't want any paint of the inner parts of the wings these bits have to be strong and use normal model glue
because you want to align the wings up correctly and super glue will glue them in and stick solid thus not being
able to move the wings about

Rear stablelisers and turret are fitted i find that useing super glue gives a far better stronger/quicker bond than normal model glue,
only glue needs to be applied in the grove of the stablelisers.

Thanks. Ian.

 

[rochie]

Fantastic Ian, another amazing Lanc

 

[Airframes]

Nice work Ian.

 

[Heinz]

Looks awesome mate

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice job!

 

[109ROAMING]

With the guys

 

[ian lanc]

Well guys. Just two more in-build pictures and thats your lot, she's done also got to change one areal wire i snapped sticking the finished lanc' in the show your builds section

Weathered the upper and lower wings then just a case of putting the prop's on and she's done

If you take your time in the fillering/aligning of the nacelles this is the end result !.... as mess


Thanks for taking your time guys in reading so much of a boring bomber, to some maybe it is !


ian

 

[Tony Hill]

Never boring!

Great job on the build, looks fantastic.


Darryl

 

[Vic Balshaw]

A man with the magic touch