Honeybee Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Hi Guys Just finished the new Dambuster. Only took 12 days which for me is lightening quick. Finished as ED924 AJ-Y flown by Sgt Cyril Anderson. He failed to find his target and brought his Upkeep back. For this he was unceremoniously sent back to 49 Sqd where he and his crew were later all killed on an operation in September '43. No major build problems, some bits to look out for whilst building, listed in the Aircraft review section. Xtracrylic and Revell paints, kit decals except the Y. Eagle eyed ones will notice it wasn't quite finished, still had activators to add to upper wing and the white glue hadn't properly dried, all sorted out now. Regards Paul 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Nice job and a very fast build! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Genocide Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Looks absolutely gorgeous, excellent work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Please don't tease us! Take your time, take the model outside and shoot some decent close ups of turrets, canopy etc... Whenever a guy finishes a decent "viermot" and posts it on this forum, he regulary posts a couple of darkish and smallish pics. But seriously, is it that much better than Revell? Josip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king daddy Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 nice build that got a soft spot for lancs.....have to feel sorry for the crew...being rtu'd like that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Lovely piece of work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Swift buld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I've loved the Lancaster since reading a book called I Flew with Braddock when I was young. Beautiful aircraft and a fine model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 An excellent build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Nice work, arent you about 3 weeks early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Fantastic build, nice to see one finished in markings other than AJ*G Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Lovely job Paul, nice finish. Just getting to the stage of priming mine and it should be ready for Scampton. Not a bad kit though I feel it's a bit over engineered and 'fiddly' for beginners to be honest, a bit of fettling to get parts to fit but nonetheless a great basis for super detailing and an improvement over the Revell kit. Just hope Eduard hurries up with the window masks, I've used several of the ones for the Revell kit but many are undersized for this one...research eh ! Have fun 'oop north........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F111Fan Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Beautiful build mate! Didn't know they painted the Upkeep mines red though, that's new to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Beautiful build mate! Didn't know they painted the Upkeep mines red though, that's new to me They were all supplied to Scampton in primer. Some may, or may not have been painted, black (or possibly "green" there. At least one (ED927/AJ-E) went into action with an Upkeep still in primer. The germans reported on the colour when they recovered the mine intact. This question of the colour of the Upkeep mines keeps surfacing. No records are known to exist, as far as I'm aware, that record what colour they were (as opposed to what colour they ought to have been) on the actual operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper108 Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 what a smashing build just bought this kit today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono_M Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Great Job. can't wait for these to become available in Oz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Kelley Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Looks really good. I wish I could build a Lancaster in 12 days. My current Lancaster build so far has taken me 3 years and 2 months, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Very nice build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Love it, great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 brilliant work, is that all 19 finished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybee Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hi Guys Sorry for the delay, Just got back from the show at Perth. Thanks for the comments, the model led to a lot of conversations at the show. As for the bomb, Hurrinut has a book at home, a recent release whose name I cannot remember. In it is an interview with the station armament6s officer who said he was the only person on the station who knew which bombs were live and which were not He put a white chalk mark on them and he recorded that they were all in red oxide primer. Now I know from experience that people tend to forget things or remember them differently from fact but I am happy to believe him, some others who did builds for the display went a different route and they also cannot be disputed so I was happy to let them get on with it. A selection of pictures follows, Andy, there are still three to complete should be done over the next fortnight, Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveRA247 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hi Guys Just finished the new Dambuster. Only took 12 days which for me is lightening quick. Finished as ED924 AJ-Y flown by Sgt Cyril Anderson. He failed to find his target and brought his Upkeep back. For this he was unceremoniously sent back to 49 Sqd where he and his crew were later all killed on an operation in September '43. No major build problems, some bits to look out for whilst building, listed in the Aircraft review section. Xtracrylic and Revell paints, kit decals except the Y. Eagle eyed ones will notice it wasn't quite finished, still had activators to add to upper wing and the white glue hadn't properly dried, all sorted out now. Regards Paul Well done on a good build. Looks fitting for the 70th Anniversary. Kind regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Never knew you was building one of these Paul, cracking job. Great to see the stall too Looking forwards to seeing it in the flesh....well plastic! If anyone fancies a good read, the Dambusters booklet is in the shops with 130 pages (by Clive Rowley). Read about half of it so far and a very interesting read it is, certainly educated me, even changed my perception of Guy Gibson too. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Bloody hell, wish i could build this fast, so well too, very nice Lanc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leewhitty Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Very nice build. Top Job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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