Avro Lancaster
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AVRO Lancaster B.III – Airfix 1/72nd
I've tried to improved the simple surface detail by adding some missing panel lines and rivets. I’ve replaced the plastic wheels with the resin set from Eduard and I’ve used AK real colour lacquer RAF Dark Green and RAF Dark Earth as [...]
Airfix 1/72 Avro Lancaster
Hello!
This is my recent project, an Airfix Avro Lancaster, 1/72. I usually build 1/48 aircraft, but this one would have a 60cm wingspan, too big for my space.
Having built a few nice Airfix new tools, I have to say I was a little [...]
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum – Tiger Moth Flight and Visit #1
As things start opening up, I was lucky enough to be able to book a flight as a passenger on a de Havilland Tiger Moth at The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario - First time taking a flight other than being an airline [...]
Airfix 1/72 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk1
Hi There,
This was purchased in a well-known Edinburgh model shop over a year ago and Innis picked it, so while I was off work awaiting a Covid-19 test result I thought it was about time it was built.
Innis decided it would be wheels [...]
Revell 1/72 Lancaster B.III. "Dambuster"
Hi There,
This was being built in parallel to the Firefox but this one is for the wee man's roof, so wheels up.
When I started I thought that the dihedral fix wouldn't make that much of a difference so decided not to bother...Wrong!
Primed [...]
Avro Lancaster – Hasegawa, 1/72 + scratch
History
The Lancaster history deserves some reading and the internet is full of articles on that. Even the ever present Wikipedia has a nice one: (link)
Now preserved in the Museum at RAF Hendon, PO-S/R5868 or S for Sugar as it became [...]
Review: 2019 IN REVIEW-A Year and an end to a Decade
So after several attempts finally got it too post. So lets end 2019. It was rather an ambitious plan to build at least 12 models several in Group Builds others just to add variety and planned before any GB's. I was able to actually [...]
Video: Airfix 1:72 Avro Lancaster B.III
Wow, this was a fun but challenging project. I'm going to be sad to see it go. But it was a blast to get to build the new Airfix Lancaster. The decals are from Kits-World.
Music:
"The Descent" by Kevin MacLeod ((link))
License: [...]
On This Day…May 30th.
Lieutenant Commander Harry Greene flies his Boeing Stearman Kaydet over the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Pearl Harbor, May 30, 2016. There are several ISM facilities around the US. Greene is a helicopter pilot at Coast Guard [...]
