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[rollie]

hi everyone, just signed up, myself and my 13 year old son are plane buffs. Ijust finished building this Lancaster full scale " nose art " replica and thought this may be a place where members might like to see it. It's 36" X 66", aluminum with 467 rivets. I built the frame to make it look like a shipping crate. I measured up 4 different Lancs to get the rivet spacing correct, and found 3 different patterns !!

 

[Bf109_g]

Great stuff there, Rollie!

By the way, my great-uncle and my second cousin flew Lancasters with the Pathfinders during WW2.

 

[Wayne Little]

Hey welcome to the forum from down under...and great work on the nose art!

 

[Wildcat]

Very cool Rollie! Welcome to the site.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Welcome Rollie!

 

[Emac44]

G'day Rollie from another Aussie. Great art work. Also I am a son of a 467 RAAF Squadron Lancaster Mid Upper Air Gunner

And nearly forgot. Welcome to your son as well.

 

[Gnomey]

Welcome to the forums.

 

[trackend]

Hi Rollie
Thats a clever idea it looks really good thanks for showing it and welcome to the site

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Welcome Rollie and that looks real nice!

 

[evangilder]

Welcome. Nice work there.