Avro Lancaster B.I- 1/72 Revell

[jonwinn]

Just showed up today. I am doing it as a B.I but the decals for WSJ Johhny Walker I think are for the Heritage Flight edition and not the WWII combat version. I will seek out the same version but in combat markings. My last build was Airfix's older mold Lancaster of "Admiral Prune".

 

[jonwinn]

I just read that those decals for Johnny Walker are combat decals , the white rudders were painted in late 1944? I guess it denotes that that plane has a special type of radio. So I will use them and save a few bucks not buying after market ones.

 

 

[barkin mad]

I can't say with 100% certainty, but I think WS J might have been fitted with bulged bomb doors & had no mid upper turret, this was to accommodate 8000lb HC, 12,000lb HC & 12,000lb tallboy bombs which were bigger in dia. The 1 pic of it doesn't show either area of the a/c to be sure. And whilst I am here, neither option in the box probably had the smaller side windows. White tailfins were painted for an attack on the battleship Tirpitz.

 

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Edited May 11, 2023 by barkin mad

[jonwinn]

Thank you. I have some early images but they don't show the mid upper turret area but I see no bulged bomb bay doors and have so far read nothing about larger bombs being used in it, so far. I continue to search for information and if need be will buy after market decals for "Johnny Walker". Here is a weak beginning of the cockpit.

 

[jonwinn]

I think WSJ W4964 was a "Ton Up Lancaster", a B.I Special so I will now search for a basic B.I with "normal" features. I am not modifying it in any way, shape or form. This is suppose to be an easy, basic, fun build, so be it. And I do understand the Revell kit's warts, wheels and dihedral, which will be addressed.

Edited May 11, 2023 by jonwinn
punctuation

[jonwinn]

New decals for Avro Lancaster B.I, 300 Sq RAF-Polish. TechMod

 

 

 

Edited May 11, 2023 by jonwinn
information correction

[jonwinn]

Interior almost finished.

 

[jonwinn]

Ready to install cockpit into fuselage.

 

[southwestforests]

Nice paint and nice decals. always enjoy seeing the interiors of large planes.

[jonwinn]

Thanks, the interior fits nicely into the fuselage, so far.

 

[jonwinn]

Fuselage all closed up and gaps puttied up.

 

[jonwinn]

I have started work on the wings.

 

[jonwinn]

The inboard engine nacelles are installed.

 

[jonwinn]

Decals just arrived in the mail.

 

[jonwinn]

The engines are on and need some puttied seams sanded before I finish with the rest of the parts

 

[jonwinn]

The fuselage is all sanded , masked and the bottom painted black. I just started masking the wings.

 

[jonwinn]

The wing lower surfaces are painted black.

 

[jonwinn]

I have more parts painted black and have started masking the fuselage for the dark earth paint.

 

 

[jonwinn]

The dark earth is done, now to finish masking for the  green.