Captain Obvious

Cheers Mike I didn't know that, I'll scale them down next time.

Thanks guys! I'm sure those bombs gave them a right shock. I just used the Airfix motors but unfortunately it doesn't taxi, or even want to try as it's so heavy; so this may be a project for a HK 1/32 version if I ever buy a hangar.

Yeah I've used Google Photos but that seems not to want to work. I've switched to Onedrive so hopefully this will...

Hi all, this is my recently (last summer) finished 1/48 Lancaster. The kit is nice, made nicer with the Eduard photo etch extra interior and resin gun barrels, but is still a bit of a pain. There are the issues others have covered in the past with the engine nacelles not fitting properly etc and the fact that the surface detail is all raised. I actually quite like the raised detail - especially the rivets - but they disappear when you sand them off 🤦‍♂️. I reproduced the raised panel lines with some Mr Surfacer between masking tape which seemed to work OK. I didn't have it in me to try with the rivets. The kit didn't come with a bomb sight which I though was a bit odd as that's all you can see through the front, so I made my own crude representation. It's not brilliant but it's something to look at. I also put in 4 electric motors to make the propellers spin: obviously. I've had them a while with the intention of doing it at some point - the lanc seemed like the perfect kit. I didn't want it fixed to a base though so I crammed 4 AA batteries in the bomb bay! Thankfully it still works Cheers

Hi all, I'm Michael from Preston. I've been a skulker on here for a while, been staggered by some of the builds on here and gotten a lot of info for my own. I've been building things pretty much consistently (albeit slowly) for the last 10 years or so, mostly second world war aircraft but with a few civil thrown in the mix. I mostly stick to 1/72 but that's mainly as I don't have a great deal of space - although my recent 1/48 Lancaster and a few in the stash buck that trend! Cheers