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Peter's 1/72 Avro Manchester, Airfix and Blackbird
Peter Lloyd posted a topic in Avro Lancaster STGB
Hello. This group build looks like a wonderful excuse to build this. Rapidly moving into my twilight years, I forgot I had this conversion. Very sad considering I went to a lot of trouble to get hold of it. All you need to know about this job is here on woody37's wonderful build. As mine is a later issue I have the smaller wheels. My main reference resource will be Bombing Colours by Michael Bowyer, one of my favourite all-time references. Not yet sure what plane I will depict... early, low demarcation line? Wavy top? Upper turret? Quite a few users of this beastie but not an abundance of photographs, though I am not splashing out on the better reference books. I'm not yet taking the parts out of the bags, but they are lovely:- 27 replies
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I've just finished two 1/72 heavy bombers, thanks in part to spare parts from Modelglue and encouragement from a cast of thousands, it sometimes seemed like. I used the new Airfix Lancaster and an Aeromaster decal sheet to build Lancaster B.X KB722/VR/R "Ropey", a 33+-mission veteran of 419 (Moose) Squadron, RCAF, and arguably the possessor of more sharkmouths than any other aircraft, which places it as a strong contender for greatest paint scheme of all time. The name "Ropey" was added to her when she returned to Canada, so this model depicts her at the end of a long (for a wartime Lancaster) life. The LIberator VI was built using the Hasegawa B-24J kit, with decals from the Eduard/Minicraft "Liberating Beauties" kit, and, since the Eduard SEAC roundels are all wrong, the roundels and flashes were sourced from a Kits at War sheet and the Airfix Liberator VI boxing, both kindly sent to me by posters on Hyperscale. The kit depicts KH283/"B-for-Bitch" of 159 Squadron in SEAC, as flown by Canadian Squadron Leader John Gauntlet DFC. I apologize for the poor quality of the photos, the ugliness of the kitchen, and the sheer inepititude on display. The real fun was in the build threads, as I got to interact with many Britmodellers, who encouraged me at every turn, even when they manifestly shouldn't have.
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