Bjorn Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 In 1951 Sweden bought one Lancaster to use as a testbed for Swedish jet engines. The Aircraft was designated Tp 80 and flew lots of test flights until it was sadly lost in a crash in 1956. The model is Revell's using a conversion set from Polish company Top Gun. This set is far from Aires or Eduard standards, so using it meant lots of sanding and filler. I also decided to show one of the Merlins, that got some extra detailing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Now, that seems an interesting on - it's always the strange birds, that keep us interested. I'll follow this... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Very interesting project I to will follow this Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffa Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Good start ill follow this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 This looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Great choice, never seen one of these built before. Wouldn't mind doing one of the Mk.II testbeds at some point, perhaps this is the inspiration needed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Started painting yesterday. It will be the typical Lancaster scheme with medium sea grey and black, except for the jet Engine nacelle and the underside of the body that will be bare metal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Wow! Can't wait to see this one finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somnas Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Wow! Stumbled upon this individual when building my regular Lanc, great to see this version take form! /Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trot5ky Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Interesting subject. Have a Lanc in my 'to do' pile so will wztch this to get inspiration for my build lster this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanceCrozier Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Lancaster as an engine testbed - very interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jckspratt1 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Looking forward to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Ready for decals after painting and a coat of Johnsons Pledge. There will not be much weathering on this, it was a rather well-maintained test aircraft. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somnas Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Liking this a lot! A very different take on the Lanc! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Looking very nice Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Kelley Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Very interesting. Always nice to see a different type of Lancaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBranco Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Interesting! Looking forward to more of this build! Just saw a picture of the real thing and it looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 And now: With decals! Next update will hopefully be in the RFI Forum. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somnas Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Really really nice! I didn't realize until now that you're the Björn running the blog I've done some reading on in the past. /Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 This continues to impress! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Great looking build. Good To see a different take on the mighty Land. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Nice work so far, looking forward to seeing this one finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentM Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 This is a particularly unusual version of the Lanc'. I even never heard about it before seeing your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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