B-17vsLancaster

[the lancaster kicks ass]

I've said it before, and i'll say it again, the B-17 only looked good in coastal command colours

 

[cheddar cheese]

the b-17 looks better than lancaster though oh well, beuty is in the eye of the beholder lanc...

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

stop getting all preverbial on us cheese.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

merely an expression of my opinion on the subjuct

 

[Viper]

lol cheddar..... ive never seen a 17 in coastal colors could somebody find a pic please. i like them best in the classic olive drab and grey,like memphis belle

 

[cheddar cheese]

8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

is that spam cheddar cheese?

 

[cheddar cheese]

nope this is 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well, that was cheap....................

 

[Viper]

can some one get a pic of the 17 in coastal comand colors please?

 

[Hot Space]

Hot Space 8)

 

[cheddar cheese]

well, that was cheap

of course it was, you told me to put that, so, HA! jokes on you 8)

 

[Viper]

that thig makes it look like a frigen lancaster!!!! i dont like it,ill stay with the olive drap and grey or polished aluminum

 

[Anonymous]

One almost compares apples to oranges when putting the Lancaster up against the B-17. They were both very good at their intended roles, although I have to say I'd lean more towards the Lanc as the champion as it delivered a much heavier bombload (surprisingly accurately with the target marking techniques later in the war).

Easy to say the Lanc wouldn't survive quite as well in daylight as the B-17, but that's not what the Lanc was designed for, so its a moot point. Likewise, the B-17 was overarmed and armoured for flying at night.

As a closer, I visited the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum on the weekend and saw one of the world's two flying Lancasters (huzzah!), very beautiful and awe-inspiring. Even my "non-partisan" girlfriend who knows little about planes besides which end is the front and back decided the Lanc was her favourite plane of the museum (woohoo!)

-- Chris

 

[cheddar cheese]

that thig makes it look like a frigen lancaster!!!! i dont like it,ill stay with the olive drap and grey or polished aluminum

now we know why the lanc thinks it only looks good in those colours

and i agree with you, it does look better in olive drab and grey 8)

and is it just me or does the b-17 look quite modern for its time?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

just you........................

BTW: that model in the pic is £99.99!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Viper]

yes the 17 looked modern for its time but the bomb load was not....

 

[cheddar cheese]

true i think they may have overdone the defences on the b-17 just a bit

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

a 'lil...................

 

[cheddar cheese]

whereas the lancaster didnt have enough defences 8)