Roman Schilhart Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Dear fellow Britmodellers, after a long time in-the-making (half a year, actually) my 1/72 Revell Lancaster B.III is finished. I added Aires resin wheels, Quickboost gun barrels and Eduard exterior set. Only few parts of the Eduard set were used, like the antennas. The model was painted with Gunze acrylics, decals are from the box, representing a machine of 100.Squadron in 1945. Main wings were cut on the upper sides for corrected dihedral. The Revell kit allows you to display the inner engines in an "open" position. To my disappointment, I made a series of mistakes, that spoil the results somehow. First, some dust residue from sanding has contaminated the inside of the canopy. Then, I only partially masked the front turret, forgetting the middle section (I still have no clue how I did this...) which is now Black instead of Clear. Also, the decal code letters on the fuselage side show some unpleasant 'silvering'. Well, we all know, sometimes you succeed, sometimes not! Even if this is not the best I ever presented in this forum, I hope you find my Lancaster acceptable. All photographs taken by Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes. Exhaust stains created with Gunze H95 Smoke + H12 Black (outside lines) and Gunze Sand for the inner streaks Nose art - and the masking error on the front turret. Note the silvering of the individual code "Z". On the above image, you can see there's some dust settled inside the canopy. And the following image reveals silvering on the fuselage side decals: Left side engine displayed open, as provided by Revell. A very nice feature! Fully equipped bomb bay. Thanks for your interest, best greetings from Vienna! Roman 66 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Excellent work Roman! Great paintwork, congratulations 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Beautifully made Lanc, congratulations on the excellent result! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 A really nice Lancaster, you should be happy with the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Great Lancaster Roman 👍 ... I wouldnt have noticed if you hadnt pointed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Great Lancaster Roman 👍 ... I wouldnt have noticed if you hadnt pointed out. Me too! Great build, paint work and weathering look excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 A very acceptable build of the Lancaster, particularly of one of my squadron. I am impressed with the Revell bomb-bay. Shame about the silvering, happens to us all but it still looks good. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grab Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Looks great! This model is also on my near future build list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) That really is impressive. With decals, especially with codes with large straight sides of the letters, it's often worth using a craft knife and straight edge to cut away any film between the letters. It's tedious but avoids silvering like that. The letters will require careful alignment but it is worth the effort. Kind regards, Stix Edited May 9, 2018 by PlaStix 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 3 hours ago, Roman Schilhart said: Even if this is not the best I ever presented in this forum, I hope you find my Lancaster acceptable. Roman, don't be so hard on yourself, your Lancaster is excellent. I know many modellers who would be proud to have one as good as yours in their collection. If mine turns out half as good, I'll be a happy chap. Keep up the good work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselweasel Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Roman, i agree with cnaero, yours is an excellent build, i can only dream of my Lancaster coming out half as good as yous, i will be a happy chap. All the Best Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 BEAUTIFUL Lancaster Weathering is perfect Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_w Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Fantastic! I can appreciate the amount of work that went into this. Exceptional finish, even with the decals, sometimes there is nothing that can be done to prevent silvering.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Lovley job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 A very nice Lanc indeed. Must get get mine out of the pending file. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Very nicely made and finished, interesting scheme to. gazza l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Superb work all round Roman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Excellent model and finish. It's a shame the small silvering but this will not detract such a beautiful build. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Excellent Lancaster! I admire your honesty about mistakes/mishaps, though I likely would not have noticed. Overall, I'd be happy to do a Lancaster half as good as yours. I especially love the subtle toning in the exhaust stains over the wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Great Lancaster Roman I wish my builds were half as good!! Have you thought of gently using the tip of a wooden toothpick to very carefully scrape and remove the black paint from the canopy that wasn't masked correctly? Often if I have overspray or paint creep on canopies I tidy up the windows back to the canopy framing using this technique.....it works pretty well .....might be worth a try??? Cheers Bruce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Great looking model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Superb!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Absolutely perfect, great work, the paint and weathering are first class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanmi Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Great work, Roman and great photos indeed. I like the colors, since Gunze is my choice for British upper cammo and you did a great job in masking camouflage pattern, it looks spot-on. Weathering is nice and black color is really nicely painted, it is very hard to achieve it. Silvering looks the same like one of my previous builds, Bf-110 nightfighter. I blame Future to be the cause of it. I managed to tone the silvering down a bit by carefully mist-spray it with the black color between letters slowly in many light coats, and than drybrush it with paintbrush. Overall, it is a minor fault since the rest of the model looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Very nice Lanc Roman! I always get a bit of silvering with red serials on black. One method to fix it is to make very light strokes over the area with a new scalpel blade and keep soaking the area with Microsol. After a few days of repeated applications you can sometimes see quite an improvement. Another dodge - on small areas - is to apply a little Tamiya extra thin liquid cement. Anyway, it's a superb model. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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