Lancaster BIII 50 Squadron mid 1943

[RussG 645]

Hi,

 

Here are a few photos of my latest model, Revell's Lancaster B III in 1/72 scale dressed in the livery of a 50 Squadron machine which took part in such raids as Peenemunde, Hamburg and Berlin during mid 1943. It took a while to build, approx 5 months but went together beautifully and a thoroughly recommended model.

 

I hope you like it,

 

Russ

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle 23,502]

Excellent Lancaster 

[kapam 1,639]

A very tidy build indeed.

Nicely finished and weathered as well - especially the prominent exhaust stains.

Not having studied photos of the real plane that carefully, I am curious about the exhaust staining - the outer engines only have one stain each.

Did the outside exhausts point slightly downwards, or was there some aerodynamic forces in play?  If you know.  Just asking.

 

[tomprobert 6,225]

18 minutes ago, kapam said:

A very tidy build indeed.

Nicely finished and weathered as well - especially the prominent exhaust stains.

Not having studied photos of the real plane that carefully, I am curious about the exhaust staining - the outer engines only have one stain each.

Did the outside exhausts point slightly downwards, or was there some aerodynamic forces in play?  If you know.  Just asking.

 

The outboard section of the wing has a greater dihedral than the inboard section (which is flat) and therefore the outboard exhausts on the outer engines pass under the wing rather than over it.

 

A lovely looking Lanc, by the way!

 

Tom

[kapam 1,639]

Just now, tomprobert said:

The outboard section of the wing has a greater dihedral than the inboard section (which is flat) and therefore the outboard exhausts on the outer engines pass under the wing rather than over it.

Thanks - that makes perfect sense and I should have figured it out, without asking. 

Nonetheless I'm glad you cleared it up.

[stevej60 37,342]

Always a treat to see a Lancaster build,excellent result.

[TonyW 10,077]

 A beautiful build. The framing of all the glass work is especially impressive.

[F-32 4,601]

Great work, really nice!

[Mancunian airman 2,883]

Good all round build . . . impressive Lancaster

 

Surprised not to see any bomb symbols to represent the Ops. flown by the aircraft. (?)

Edited August 20, 2018 by Mancunian airman

[RussG 645]

Thank you for all your kind comments, they are much appreciated!

 

In answer to the question regarding the bomb symbols, it is likely that the Lancaster I have tried to represent, DV217 'C' was the replacement of Lancaster DV156 'C' which was lost with all crew on 12/13 July 1943. So although I had symbols from other kits I decided (rightly or wrongly) not to apply them.

 

Cheers,

 

Russ

[Vinnie 2,057]

Beautifully presented Lancaster. Well done.

[Tim Reynaga 834]

Russ,

That Lanc may have taken you five months to complete, but I can assure you that it was time well spent. Neat and tidy, but it still looks like a veteran aircraft. That is one beautiful build!