Matchbox 1/72 Lancaster into a Lancastian !

[ian lanc]

Hi all,

Just finished this today its an Avro Lancastrian, was really a Lancaster bomber but after WWII they turned them into civilian air transport planes .

Thanks for looking.

 

[Wurger]

Excellent Ian.

 

[Bill G.]

Good work! Looks very good! Take a bow!

Can you tell us how you did it?

Bill G.

 

[Migrant]

Very nice work Ian

 

[ian lanc]

Good work! Looks very good! Take a bow!
Can you tell us how you did it?
Bill G.

Well at first i got a tube of glue only kidding

Have a look here...............

The Unofficial Airfix Modellers' Forum :: View topic - Avro Lancastrian build, finally here ! Done it !!!


ian.

 

[Bill G.]

Thanks!

Bill G.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work Ian!

 

[Airframes]

Nice one Ian! It must be 30 years since I last saw a Lancastrian conversion in 1/72nd scale.

 

[A4K]

Great work mate! What's next - the RR Nene testbed Lanc?? ))

 

[rochie]

wow Ian, fantastic

 

[Wayne Little]

That's great work Ian well done mate!

 

[Lucky13]

only red crosses for me!

 

[marek]

Fantastic, Ian!

 

[Lucky13]

I see it! Nice work Ian, bl**dy nice indeed!

 

[Screaming Eagle]

Well done Ian!

 

[Graeme]

Very nice model Ian!

Probably no truth to this but there's a story that the word "posh" comes from "port outward, starboard home" meaning the most desirable side of a ship when travelling East in the days before air conditioning. I guess the BOAC service with their "posh" passengers had a similar situation travelling to Australia, facing the West on the Southbound trip and the East on the homeward flight because the seats were on the port side with the windows on the starboard.

Here's your original decal version, G-AGLF, the prototype Lancastrian...