Michael51

Thank you. I have emailed him. Michael

Thank you. No luck at Shapeways. I may have to re-think this, Michael

Thanks

Apart from paying extremely high prices for the Monogram 'Visible' B-17G, (which includes the parts as an option), has anyone converted the tail turret to the Cheyenne modification? There are the Paragon and the Verlinden versions but they seem as good as extinct. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Michael

Most, if not all of your questions are addressed in detail in Wingleader Photo Archive numbers 5 and 15. Having read everything about Lancasters that I could get my hands on since 1959, I would consider these two publications the most complete,, well researched and profusely illustrated works. Michael

and I would like one fitted in my car! Wonderful work, Michael

It certainly passes my "does it look real?" test. What a great result, Michael

Well I am very relieved to learn someone else has experienced this - always thought it was me. A wonderful build! Michael

This is brilliant work. It is beyond me how you have managed such a magnificent result. The jig alone is remarkable, Michael

No, not as lucky as that little bloke in the picture, Michael

Great builds on both. The Neptune brings back Laverton airshow memories - what a sleek machine it was for its time, Michael

A really nice build and really well photographed. TAA and Ansett Viscounts were a common site in the air and on the tarmac at Essendon airport in the fifties and sixties. Your kit brings back fond memories of these machines, Again, a really nice build, Michael

You lucky people. Such superb machines and finely captured images as well. No such luck here, Michael

Excellent photography, fine model, wonderful memories - all in one post, Michael

I think that anti-glare panel is Olive Drab. There are some good reasons given above by other forum members for assuming this. A look at Roger Freeman's "the Mighty Eighth Warpaint and Heraldry" is a visual exercise in how many variants of colouration there are. Combine that reference with his "The Mighty Eighth in Colour" and one may wonder if any colour in a photograph really looks as it appeared to the eye at the time. Although I do not believe Freeman specifically mentions the vagaries of assessing colours based on the film type used, the authors of the Wingleader Photo Archive publications do. Their Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire volumes make much reference to the effects on colour of different film types. The only people who claim certainty in 'correct colours' appear to be the model paint manufacturers. I don't trust them, Michael