Revell 1/72 Lancaster B.III. "Dambuster"

[AliGauld]

Hi There,

 

This was being built in parallel to the Firefox but this one is for the wee man's roof, so wheels up.

 

When I started I thought that the dihedral fix wouldn't make that much of a difference so decided not to bother.....Wrong!

 

Primed with UMP Grey

Painted with the magnificent Colourcoats Dark Earth, Dark Green and Night Bomber Black. These are fantastic paints, utterly bombproof and so easy to spray on........ Thanks Jamie.

Finished with W&N Galeria Matt varnish

Aerials with Uschi Fine Rigging line.

 

Had a bit of a slip with the canopy which decided to move slightly but eagle-eyes here didn't notice until the paint was done as and as it's going on the roof left it rather than ruin the finish.

When I was unmasking the various bits of glasswork I managed to knock three of the large Tail-fin Balances off and could only find two.

Stretched sprue and a dollop of PVA to the rescue. It's approximate but looks OK from three feet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It'll be heading for Innis' roof on my way to work today.

 

Thanks for looking and did I mention how good Colourcoats are.

 

Cheers,

 

Alistair

 

[Mark Joyce]

Looks great Alistair, and that paintwork and those exhaust stains really turned out nice.  Yes, Colourcoats are wonderful paints.

 

Is that its ground crew standing next to it?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

[AliGauld]

2 minutes ago, Mark Joyce said:

Looks great Alistair, and that paintwork and those exhaust stains really turned out nice.  Yes, Colourcoats are wonderful paints.

 

Is that its ground crew standing next to it?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

Hi There,

Thank-you for your kind comments.

 

The chaps in the rear are a couple of my son's custom wrestling figures.

It's him doing these that got me back into modelling. 

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[Aces High]

Great build! I loved the film as a kid and did build a Lancaster, but wasn't able to find a kit with a bouncing bomb.

[AliGauld]

Just now, Aces High said:

Great build! I loved the film as a kid and did build a Lancaster, but wasn't able to find a kit with a bouncing bomb.

Hi There,

 

Thanks very much.

 

I loved the film when I was younger and still watch it at times with my nephew.

 

Cheers,

 

Alistair