JOCKNEY Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Hi mate, Sorry, I've halted it to await the group build in September. I'll ask Mike to move the thread in to there once set up. Cheers YOU TEASE ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Great work from the people who have posted, Woody.. I look forward to seeing this unfold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 That EM-S Manchester looks absolutely stunning! The weathering is superb. Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 The new HK model Lancaster is coming out. Anyone fancy back dating that one to a Manchester? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 The new HK model Lancaster is coming out. Anyone fancy back dating that one to a Manchester? Hacker, I'm game. Will certainly start hacking one apart. Our museum will receive a fairly complete Vulture engine soon. Will post some pics in time. Cheers Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Cees, after you do that, how about doing a 1/32nd scale Lincoln? Now that would be something. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Cees, after you do that, how about doing a 1/32nd scale Lincoln? Now that would be something. Regards, Jason Would need a separate room just to display it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 If you had the quid for the Lanc in the first place, what's a "little" additional money to build a room for it? You could then display all your 1/32nd scale Lancasters and variants - a Manchester, a Lancaster B.II, the Lincoln, etc. And hope you live to 150 in order to build them all. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Jason, Sorry but the Lincoln doesn't quite appeal to me. It looks a bit too stretched to my eye. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Hacker, I'm game. Will certainly start hacking one apart. Our museum will receive a fairly complete Vulture engine soon. Will post some pics in time. Cheers Cees Now that would be interesting. Didn't think any survived the war. If memory serves me correctly there was a prototype fighter that used it also and it worked perfectly fine but in the Manchester the Vulture was a horrible failure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 Hacker, I'm game. Will certainly start hacking one apart. Our museum will receive a fairly complete Vulture engine soon. Will post some pics in time. Cheers Cees Where is your museum Cees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Hi Neil, It's about 20 km to the north of Amsterdam. www.arg1940-1945.nl Cees Edited August 21, 2014 by Cees Broere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 I sometimes go over there for work, would be good to get over if I get the chance Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12jaguar Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 It's well worth a visit. Cees and his colleagues have been extremely helpful to the Stirling Project 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 If you had the quid for the Lanc in the first place, what's a "little" additional money to build a room for it? You could then display all your 1/32nd scale Lancasters and variants - a Manchester, a Lancaster B.II, the Lincoln, etc. And hope you live to 150 in order to build them all. Regards, Jason And, just to complete the family, a York and some Shacks ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Mike has moved this thread in to here now where it belongs. Still got some stuff to do with the Dakota diorama, but hope to move forwards with some of this in parallel. Looking at Cees build above, I'm not short of inspiration! There was a 1/48 conversion on Ebay this week, but last time I checked it was £140+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Good luck with your Build Woody, this is going to be a cracker I am sure judging by you other work. Look forward to seeing this. All the bestChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Looking forward o seeing this one progress Neil,.....we`ve been waiting a while! Are you finishing off your Dak in the D-Day GB too? I`ve put a post on which might be iof interest, or might not! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 13, 2014 Author Share Posted September 13, 2014 Hi Tony, Just noticed it this morning and made some changes as a result, thanks mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 OK, should get some time on this kit this week. My initial plan to use the vac turret supplied with the Planet kit needs to change. The framework is wrong in that the side vertical frames should converge below the bullet fairing at the top, but they slope back towards the rear of the turret. Time to see what I've got in the Falcon sets. I'm going to work on the engineering aspects first, namely fitting some 4mm diameter aluminium dowels to mate the wings to the fuselage. This will be the approach taken from an earlier build: The existing wing spar will be cut flush with the fuselage sides and the dowels positioned to fit between the plastic parts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Cut the Falcon Lancaster turret out earlier. Some fettling was needed to get a snug fit, but it's looking OK now so that's one issue resolved. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 The Planet fuselage has stubs to attach the wing to as seen below, but the Revell kit doesn't, so first step with the wings is to build the span up slightly. This was done by scribing round the root profile on to a piece of plasticard, cutting it out and gluing it to the root followed by a careful sanding. The drilling for the dowels will be done before fitting the engines and tiding up the detail (including filling a few holes in the resin) to prevent any damage of the sticky out bits from sausage fingers! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Great work so far fella, keep up the good work. All the bestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Inspirational work (as always), looking forward to the next update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Cheers guys. Enjoying things so far, this aircraft has always fascinated me, probably because of how elusive it is. Got the wing dowels made. Aluminium rod is great because it's strong, but you can bend it to sort out final alignment. The wing is slightly thinner at the root than the Revell kit parts, so there is a gap underneath, fortunately, the upper curve is very similar, so no gap is present on top where it is more visible. I considered blanking off the gap with plasticard, but as the wings slightly recess in to the gaps, I'll put filler in once the wings are finally mated. Some fettling of the root edges was done as the fuselage halves aren't parallel, so this had to be compensated for. No Indian trick here, just trial and error. Dry fit: The dowels glued in to one side. When I come to fit the wings, I'll probably use some kind of impact adhesive to glue the dowel in to the opposing wing rather than superglue to allow some movement to final positioning. One engine and nacelle in place Cheers, Neil 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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