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I’ll throw my two-pence worth in at a 1/32 or 1/24 Buccaneer and 1/48 Sea King, although I can see certain things such as a 1/72 Hampden, Lysander, Battle or Liberator being more likely.
The optimist in me hopes for either a Lanc, Halibag, Stirling or Sunderland 😍 in 1/48 and the wacko in me would push for something like a Vimy in 1/48 or a type two HSL in 1/72 - now that would be a treat!
Vulcan? Nah, not straight off the back of the Victor K.2 release. Look at the gap we had between Valiant and Victor. The last Cold War giant we had before those was the Nimrod in 2008? So 2008, 2011, 2016 and Vulcan in 2020? I’d still like to be proved wrong though.
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WV908
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Specs are now up for the B.I/III and it’s looking good....
32043 Avro Lancaster B.Mk.III in development for release in late 2019. Highly detailed RR Merlin XX (for B.Mk.1) or Packard V-1650-1 Merlin 28 (for B.Mk.III). Internal canopy framing. Dropped flaps. Removable outboard wing sections for ease of display. WWII era fabric covered elevators. European theatre radiators and nacelle intakes. Optional early & late tailwheels, unweighted or weighted (with full bomb load) main wheels, H2s Radar, 500lb (UK & USA), 1000lb, 4000lb “Cookie” and SBC bombs, FN.20 or FN.120 rear turret with optional cut away perspex, early & late bomb aimer’s blisters & windows. Optional dummy engine blocks so you don’t need to assemble complete engines to build model. Early DH.5/40 (needle) & late A5/138 (paddle) type propellers & spinners.
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WV908
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27 minutes ago, Graham Boak said:
So that's four different types? Not counting Lincolns, of course.
At a guess, yes. European, FE, York and the tropical carburettor type.
The York type is a bit wider than the FE radiator but just as deep. In general though, ignore PA474 for Lanc references as she was such a late airframe and has been modded so much post war that a good chunk of the fittings are Lincoln* and York (spar caps are even re-machined Shackleton stock). Ignore R5868 as she’s a Trigger’s broom, equally ignore NX611 as the VII is vastly different in fittings (plus she should also have a Martin 250CE) and ignore KB889 as she’s a MK.X, unless of course you want a representative X as she’s spot on. For a ‘proper’ Lancaster you have to make the trip to Australia for W4783. As such, this airframe is the only survivor that can accurately be built OOB with no mods at all from ANY of the Lanc kits currently in production, plus the HKM Lanc of course. I’m not sure about the WNW kit yet
*technically Lanc parts, but are accepted on the whole as changes primarily for Lincoln production
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WV908
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20 hours ago, Sonoran said:
I would be extremely shocked if either of the 1/32 kits has them.
HKM Lanc has the cabin cooling intake and I would expect the WNW Lanc to have it too. According to the Spec, the WNW Lanc has more variable options, but both only have the regular (non FE) intakes and radiators. Interestingly, the WNW Lanc has parts to build both RR Merlins and Packard ones!
The WNW Lanc has the early tailwheel which I need for PA474, meaning I just need to hope out for aftermarket treaded mainwheels and will probably have to do the rudder mod myself.
As a note, don’t use PA474’s radiators as gospel for an FE Lanc - her’s are the York type. You want to be looking at the NX series Mk.VII survivors for that
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WV908
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*follows link*
*sees sprue shots*
*puts on backorder at hannants*
*passes out*
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Hmm, I think the funds set aside for the HK Lanc are going to be put into a bigger pool for this. The detail in the stressed / quilted skinning alone.... wow.
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WV908
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So the chances are then that this has been in development longer than the HKM Lanc. It’ll be an interesting comparison when both are out, but i’m still going for the HKM one and hoping out for aftermarket treaded mainwheels.
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WV908
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It’s been mentioned on Facebook that the third announcement is a Manchester. Not sure how much travel that rumour has, but there you go.
I can’t be the only person that thinks this Lanc is absolutely pointless? The HKM Lanc is literally in production now / will be within the next few weeks and there is already a dambusters conversion for it. People may push the detail aspect, but I can seriously see this thing being North of £500, if not £600. Surely WNW would have been better off doing a Halifax, Stirling or Wellington or sticking closer to home with an 0400 or a Vimy? No?
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WV908
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Hi all,
as the title states - does anyone know of surviving documention in the form of plans and drawings that cover the changes to the Brabazon design from the Mk.1 to the Mk.2? Specifically with regards to the undercarriage, engine and wing changes. I gather that the inboard leading edges of the wings would have changed substantially including a rather large root extension.
Also is there any evidence of a jet powered development of the Brabazon? I imagine a swept wing version would have been quite a game changer if it fell at the right time.
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WV908
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On 9/11/2018 at 10:59 AM, nigelshipp said:
Can I ask what scale your talking about ?,
Both for 1/72 and 1/48. In other scales there is pretty much nothing
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WV908
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2 hours ago, Dave Fleming said:
I remember one manufacturer telling me “WW2 is dead as a modelling subject”.
Where did they do their market research?
Yemen?
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WV908
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7 hours ago, iainpeden said:
Answer could be because the current scheme is so darn boring - couple of roundals and a white 3 digit set on the tail.
Equally that’s what also makes it so easy to do. Split the three special tails across two sheets with plenty of ‘regular’ serials chucked in and I reckon they would have a good place in the market, no?
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WV908
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Evening all. Just as the topic title states, there are practically no decals available for current Tornado GR.4 schemes and this quite frankly is puzzling given the Tornado’s current popularity and rapidly approaching out of service date. Yes, there are xtradecal sets with numerous special tails from 2006-2015.... but; of all the aircraft depicted in those schemes only two are actually still about and neither are in service. This leaves the only option for a current, in service Tornado GR.4 down to one sheet and one aircraft - ZA601. Even so, that’s with 617sqn markings to boot and just happens to have the tail code numbers. The tail numbers are the main issue here and although you can buy sheets with numbers, there is absolutely nothing on the market to portray the three current special tails or indeed anything that is even remotely useful without buying multiple different decal sets to mix and match numbers and finding you run out of ‘O’ ‘Z’ ‘G’ and ‘A’ decals all too quick.
Honestly it would not be difficult for one the major decal manufactures to do a sheet which is literally Tornado serials + tail codes and at least the very simple tail art and 41sqn markings for ZA607. So why has no-one done it?
It’s very frustrating for modelling RAF Tornados unless you want to do a GR.1 from 1980-something or a Gulf war crate...
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WV908
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Hi Plastic Hacker,
Thanks for the links. I can’t help but think the female spartan looks like Olive of Popeye fame, no?
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WV908
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Was any more ever found of this? I’d be interested in seeing the photos from Barbados and Jamaica as I couldn’t find anything unfortunately
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WV908
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Sorry everyone,
early morning brain haha, just ignore me. Very nice cad shots, it’s looking a treat
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Daft question. Not being overly clued up on the S.5 variants, and having only seen the crate stuffed in the dark in London, what are the main differences between the S.5 and the S.5B?
Also, will we be able to build either from the same boxing?
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WV908
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Technically this is good news - it means the market is still open for Airfix or Revell to do one in 1/72 which will actually be 90%+ right rather than the ‘ooh we found one bad drawing, let’s mess this up’ company.
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WV908
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Hi Troy, thanks for the link, I did not know that! The bomb bay floor situation is quite bad but I intend to build it with the doors shut so would just have to modify the cockpit.
The issue with the canopy is that everything forward of the escape hatch is wrong - the curves are all too generous, the angle of the windscreen is too shallow, the reverse curve of the actual front canopy frame is horribly underrepresented and i’m pretty sure the front two windscreen panels are the wrong size and shape.
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WV908
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Hi gingerbob, as sure as I am that there are plenty around i’m not after a tamiya canopy as I hate the shape of it - i’m after a correct aftermarket alternative before I look to buying the kit. Saying that, if / when I do get one i’ll send you a spare
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WV908
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Hi all,
does anyone know of any aftermarket / replacement canopies for a Lancaster in 1/48 scale, and if so where to find one?
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WV908
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Hi John,
That’s exactly what I was after as although it’s not 1994, it is the same coat of paint.
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WV908
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Thanks for the replies chaps, no serials it is then. Incidentally; because I have the RN boxing, I am in need of a belly tank - but I don’t think the 1/72 one is accurate enough for me to make a 3D printed copy of it. Does anyone make one?
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WV908
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Hi all,
a quick question. When RAF Buccaneer S.2B XX894 (now taxxiable at Brunty) was repainted into a Royal Navy 809 NAS scheme in 1994, did she have underwing serials applied?
Evidently she does not presently have them, but I can find no photos from the mid 90’s to prove wether she had them or not when she wore this ‘retro’ scheme in service.
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WV908
Airfix announcement at Telford 2018, F6F-5 Hellcat 1/24 scale
in The Rumourmonger
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Pure guess, but filling in the blanks;
‘’This thread is hilarious, of next years ones I know about two have been mentioned, the Sunderland and the Lysander. It is certainly not the Vulcan, as it is for 2020 and they used the LIDAR on that a couple of weeks ago’’
I also reckon a 1/48 Blenheim IV will be done this year or next. If Revell bothers, a Shack MR.3 will come from them, not Airfix. I’d quite like to see either company scale up their Beaufighters though!
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WV908