Dambusters lanc question?

[fallmonk]

Recently got a Tamiya 1/48 dambusters/gran slam version,

my question is normally i usually do a bit of weathering on my aircraft dont generally like fresh paint on aircraft ,

Am going to do the dambusters version, BUT am i right in saying there would be NO weathering as the aircraft where straight from the factor as quick as they was made as well the up keep bomb,?????

cheers mick

[stever219]

The Lancasters for Operation Chastise were all fresh from the factory and weathering would have been minimal, mostly being the ubiquitous exhaust stains. Some aircraft, e.g. S/L Henry Maudslay's ED937 which was delivered on 16th May IIRC, had less than ten hours on their airframes when lost, so damaged paintwork would be highly unlikely and certainly nothing like the "refugee from he fire dump" weathering that some modellers seem to apply.