Peter Browne

Oh, @pg265 you mentioned using Blacken-It on the engine, so no black paint? That product has been discontinued for a while. Advantages of using such a product instead of paint? Also, what reference are you using?

Thanks @DFC Do you have the link for Scale Motors Cars website?

Terribly sorry Pascal, get well soon.

Any update?

So what is happening with MFH and their 1/12 car kits? There are only seven kits available, and two to be released shortly. This is from a total line up of 104 kits. Given the paucity of 1/12 MFH kits on eBay and elsewhere these days, they are obviously good sellers, I think... I would imagine that it takes $$$ to make the moulds, yet the re-releases are not there. Sigh

Thanks @Noel Smith Frank Giordano at Model Motorcars replied that K70 had the best chain components and design.

Oh the other question is what is the difference between the K70, K77 and K88? Somewhere I read that K88 is the better of the kits.

I have seen numerous builds of the Pocher Fiat F-2. Many of the depictions appear to be based on the F-2 in the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile in Torino. According to this site, that vehicle does not accurately depict the car as raced in the 1907 French Grand Prix, won by Nazzaro. A Pocher build which appears to be more accurate is at https://www.modelmotorcars.com/bertrand-declauxs/ The question is, what references are there to accurately depict the car as raced in 1907 at the French GP?

Old thread I know, but was this kit K88 or K70?

Ahh, I was seeing the wing as the tailplane! Like flaps on the tailplane?...silly Ta..

You can sort of see a demarcation in the painting on the rear fuselage in this photo: And in this one with Prime Minister John Curtin prior to flight to Australia, the insignia appears further towards the tail, with the serial W4783 forward of the code, instead of aft as shown above: I'm thinking of depicting George in December 1943, as shown below with the 'G' nose art in full red, no border, and the 7 bomb tally rows, instead of the 9 rows she/he ended up with.

Found one: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C50652

Thanks for the info. Do you know of any photos pre rear fuselage and tail replacement? Or with UV G codes?

Re the ventral turret, or mid-under defensive gun position, were these part of the initial production of Mk.I Lancasters? So for George, as indicted by @Peter Roberts, this was blanked off and as stated by AWM: According to a thread on Quora: https://www.quora.com/Did-Lancaster-bombers-often-fly-with-no-front-gun-turret-in-WW2 George was never fitted with the H2S. What does the Border kit have there? Are there any photos of that area for George? I have added that in my photos request to the AWM...

Photo from 1944 after George was retired and sent to Australia to raise war bonds. The strakes are just visible on the port wing. These photos clearly show the strakes on the port wing behind the outboard engine. Plasticard would be an obvious choice to replicate the strakes. Though getting the curvature right might be a problem? But it would be good to know if the strakes were added on the production line, or if, as suggested in that other thread, that they were added on B1s with high flying hours and landings - George would have easily met that criteria...

Well that is interesting. The plot thickens on this very interesting aircraft. This was posted on your thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235103840-lancaster-chordwise-reinforcing-straps-on-the-upper-wings/

Another image at the AWM showing the G in red with no white border. No 'Steady Here' markings. And the 'Steady Here' marking is absent on many of the WW2 photos of George, like this one of the starboard: and the port side: An earlier photo judging by the smaller number of bomb tally rows. Apparently taken December 1943. Cant make out if G has white borders...but it doesn't look like it. No 'Steady Here' marking visible. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C19560 An earlier photo, only four bomb rows. G looks like it is in plain red, no border. So this (1942?), and the one above in 1943, would possibly be useful snapshots in time for using the Kits World KW132051 decals (which don't have the white border on the G). Just need to remove some of the bomb tally markings from the decals. Don't know what other differences there would be for a 1943 version of George. Note 'Steady Here' markings at this time.

Mmm the Kits World KW132051 has the 'G' for the nose in red, without the white border. Also the bomb tally markings aren't correct Looks like I will need to fix those with some fine pens of sorts....or make my own decals for those items. See if I can get some high res images from the AWM.

Down the track, I'm looking at modelling G for George, a Mk.I (early or late?) crewed by RAAF personnel. https://www.awm.gov.au/visit/exhibitions/bigthingsinstore/lancaster I assume the Mk.I can be built from the kit, after all it says Mk.I/Mk.III on the box. The only issue is whether G was an early or late (and what the differences were) I would need to source Decals for George. AFAIK, Kits World are the only maker: https://spruebrothers.com/ksw132051-1-32-kits-world-decals-avro-lancaster-b-iii-g-for-george/ Any experience or comments on those decals? Anything else?

@Troy Smith Great post thanks.

Looking to do a Mk.IIA BoB job given the absence of any decent Mk.I in this scale. What do we have for decals? Any? Is it just the outboard guns that need to be removed on the IIB?

But no one seems to have made decals for the aircraft...

Thanks all. I assume this kit, but without the external fuel tanks: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/trumpeter-02886-uh-34d-seahorse--1318278

Looking down the track to complement a 1/48 Sea King SH-3D "66" (Apollo 11 livery) with a 1/48 Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorse "44" (Freedom 7) Is the best, or only, kit the Italeri one?

Thanks @71chally good info there. The build by @Hamiltonian is quite good, especially as detailed in the four part blog starting at https://oikofuge.com/hasegawa-1-48-sh-3h-apollo-conversion-1/ These photos are the best I have found for the underside, which shows the aircraft during the recovery of Apollo 13 crew. The only changes were the updated capsule tally beneath the cockpit and https://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal13/12301-12400/gal12337-Seaking-Jack/00.shtm The camera wiring also seems to be taped over in black, whereas I think the location of wiring was higher up and in yellow tape?