Homebee Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) Airfix is to release in 2014 a new Lancaster variant in 1/72nd, the Avro Lancaster BI(F.E.)/BIII - ref. A08013 V.P. Edited October 26, 2018 by Homebee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Aerobatic Team Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I want one of those! Love the white Lancasters. I have a Hasegawa one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I must get me one of these. Gotta love a Lancaster in White. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 It would have been more interesting if they included the proposed 'saddleback" long range fuel cell for this one. And Lincoln type rudders maybe?? By the way, love the artwork on the box!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Excuse my ignorance, but might this have the later type rear turret and/or flash thing (sorry!) al-la Maritime Reconnaisance aircraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Excuse my ignorance, but might this have the later type rear turret and/or flash thing (sorry!) al-la Maritime Reconnaisance aircraft? Leigh Light? No, the FE Lancaster was intended to bomb Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Here's an image of what I'm trying to say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_B Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 It wont have the camera shroud, but it has the twin .50 rear turret as some of the parts are in the BII and Dambuster kits already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 That's great as I imagine the camera shroud may have been removed from some MR aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) It wont have the camera shroud, but it has the twin .50 rear turret as some of the parts are in the BII and Dambuster kits already. The Dambuster kit has all the parts needed to build a standard B.I/III or the B.I(FE) in the upcoming release. The Dambuster kit, in the standard and gift set release, has the standard bomb bay doors and all the bomb bay fittings (but as with the B.II, no ordnance), it has the FN 82 turret with the twin .50 cals, the H2S dome is there, so is the mid-upper turret fairing and the turret itself. It does not have Lincoln vertical tails nor the deeper chin radiators that were apparently used on the FE versions, but then it is not clear that this new release will have those either. It also has shrouded and un-shrouded exhausts and paddle-bladed and needle-bladed props. Squadron Mail Order just had a great special on the gift set version of the Dambuster: US$20 and change. I picked up several knowing that you have all the parts needed to build the standard bomber variant and aftermarket decals are readily available. Edited December 19, 2013 by VMA131Marine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I'd love to convert this to a Mk.VII with the Martin turret. As far as I'm concerned, the more Lancasters the merrier. I don't have a new-mould Airfix Lanc yet, but I'm hoping the Lincoln tails I have would work with it. Okay, now I've confused myself (not too hard to do, really) - I know the Mk.VII had the FN-82 turret with the twin .50's, but I can't recall if it had the Lincoln-type tails. Time to check my references! If the kit doesn't have the deeper tropical-type radiators, I suspect someone like Freightdog will come out with them. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 It would have been more interesting if they included the proposed 'saddleback" long range fuel cell for this one. And Lincoln type rudders maybe?? By the way, love the artwork on the box!!! The saddleback Lancaster, talk about a weird and wonderful(?) variant of the Lancaster. I agree about the artwork - beautiful! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Graham Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Did the Mk.VII have the FN82 in the tail too? I don't know, but I don't recall it being mentioned in olde (ok, prehistoric) conversion articles. The boxart doesn't show Lincoln tails, which may not have been on all a/c in the FE colour scheme. Details such as tropical radiators and the big fins may not have got onto all aircraft because of the lack of incentive at the end of the war. Something for the Lancaster specialists, please? I do like that white colour scheme, but it would look better on Halifaxes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Graham, the photographs I've seen of the Mk.VII seem to show the FN-82 turret, which would make sense as this variant was a late-war Lancaster, when there was a move to having the more heavily-armed turret. It does appear that the Lincoln-type tail was a postwar adaptation. Indeed there's a good photograph in the SAM Modellers Datafile of the Lancaster of some Mk.VII's in postwar service that show the Far East camouflage combined with the FN-82 turret and the Lincoln tail. I'd like to see a new-mould Halifax also, and Stirling. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Can somebody please do a Air-Sea rescue lifeboat conversion for this new kit,cannot find or justify the Hasegawa boxing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Can somebody please do a Air-Sea rescue lifeboat conversion for this new kit,cannot find or justify the Hasegawa boxing Oooo yes please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Really don't think I'll be able to resist buying this kit.I love white Lanc's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumbie Air Services Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Another Lancaster for my collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venomvixen Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 That white one is lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Does it have the Canadian Martin mid-upper turret? Or does anyone do a conversion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Looking at pictures of the intakes, the FE variant had larger radiator intakes than earlier models, are these differentiated on the kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Here is NX611 on her return to the UK. It has standard Lanc tailplanes. http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc-pic-nx611-4.jpg Can't see any clear pictures of the mid upper. I believe it has the 'normal' type but can't say if it was in the standard position or forward as per the Canadian X Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) Here is NX611 on her return to the UK. It has standard Lanc tailplanes. http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc-pic-nx611-4.jpg Can't see any clear pictures of the mid upper. I believe it has the 'normal' type but can't say if it was in the standard position or forward as per the Canadian X Trevor I believe this was a maritime aircraft, with the turret removed and nothing but a plate filling the resultant hole, as per the Dambusters and the Grand Slam Lancasters. I doubt that the Airfix kit has the Martin turret, as every photograph I've seen of a B.I(FE) has the normal turret. The B.VII's also had the white and black camouflage, and did have the Martin turret. Regards, Jason Edited January 4, 2014 by Learstang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Jason! I understand that the French Lanc VII's had no mid upper turret, but the Panton Brothers had a standard type fitted. What I'm not sure of is its position. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WV908 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 NX611's mid-upper is in the later, forward position for fitment of the Martin turret. She is currently fitted with a perspex shell. This will be replaced with their recently acquired Martin turret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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