M_Sinclair Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) My first completed model of 2018! And it's not even December! Here is the very fun and very little Meng Kids Lancaster. Obviously inspired by the classic egg planes of the past. This is more of a cartoony or "chibi" style. The inspiration for this build once again came from Andy Moore who has built a couple of these in the past. The model is essentially OOB. The tires supplied are have very square shoulders so those were sanded to round them off. The bottom of each tire was also sanded to give the impression of weight. The three turrets come molded completely clear so I masked and sprayed on some simplified framing. The guns were drilled out and the decals came from Kits-World. I used a mix of 1/72 and 1/144 to fit the non scale nature of this model. There was a little silvering on the larger decals with clear sections but I'm sure that was more my fault as the decals seem to be of very high quality. The decals I used were only fractionally bigger than the markings provided in the kit. But due to the tiny size of the compressed fuselage there was VERY little room for decals of any kind! The aircraft serial number had to be located underneath the horizontal stabilizers. In reality, Ropey (KB772) was a Lancaster Mk.X operated by 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. She was built in Canada and flew out of RAF Middleton St George. She survived the war and was brought back to Canada in anticipation of being used in the Pacific. But the war ended with Ropey in Canada and there KB772 would remain until being scrapped in 1947. The bombs were painted OD and given some non historically correct yellow stripes just to add a little visual interest. It really is a tiny little thing. This was a lot of fun and I would absolutely build another. Thanks for looking! -matt Edited February 3, 2018 by M_Sinclair 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Nice! Good idea with the decals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Excellent build Matt. The subtle weathering looks just right. Glad those Kits World decals worked out. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 That's a fun build and very well executed. I like it a lot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Nice. Love the authentic bomb load complete with "Cookie". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Great stuff! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Sinclair Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 4:54 PM, AndyRM101 said: Excellent build Matt. The subtle weathering looks just right. Glad those Kits World decals worked out. Andy Thanks a lot everyone! Feels great getting the first one out of the way so early in the year. Andy I was quite impressed with the decals from Kits-World. They were thin and snuggled into the panel lines quite easily. And I was really surprised how close in size they were with the stickers included in the kit. I mean they were within about a millimeter of each other. -matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 that looks fun, great looking build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 That is a little cracker, I haven’t built the Lanc yet but know the whole range are really nice kits to make. Love it! Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T8247741 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Absolutely FANTASTIC, great paint job !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Sinclair Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 Thanks gentlemen! -matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 That's really cool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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