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Dear Fellow Modellers

I credit the Airfix Lancaster BII to tempting me back to the 'Divine scale' and enjoyed doing her up with the excellent Airfix ground vehicles.

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I did scratch improvements for the turret interior framing and Quickboost barrels. The Decals for 115 Squadron are from Xtradecal.

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The figures are from Revell

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I decided the yellow gas patch circle behind the pilot's head was too small so used a large yellow decal and a punch and die set to make a larger one.

Hope you like it?

Andrew

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The yellow circle on the pilot's back armor wasn't a gas patch. It was there just to denote that it was an armored plate and could be magnetic.

It's a bit hard to tell from the images that you have posted, but did you paint the engine gear casings grey?

Beautiful build, by the way and nice pics, too.

Chris

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That last pic is superb,you can almost hear the whining note of the Hercules engines.

I wouldn't have liked to stand infront without the wheel chocks in place and engines running

though.

As dogsbody mentions,the yellow disc wasn't a gas patch,it was an I.D for armor plate and also

had a simpler use,to show that the pilot( a most expensive wartime item)had his seat armor

up in the combat position before take-off.

Those Bomber maintainance set vehicles look like they build up a real treat.

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Very very nice, great job. Have yet to get my hands on the new Airfix Lanc and the excellent ground vehicles set.

The weathering on the Lanc is superb

Paul

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Andrew

Brilliant work. I love how you got that 'delicate' and complex look to the turrets with the interior framing - always something tricky to achieve in 1/72.

A truly inspiring build.

Ian

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