bigbadbadge Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Oh wow the fuselage interior detailing on the port rear fuselage looks great. So does the PE work. Great job. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Looking good. I have to say I do love a Manchester, looks much nippier than the Lancaster, and I really liked the look of your model a while back. I completely agree about deciding to ignore some inaccuracies. It’s a hobby! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 That's some lovely neat work there and it's beautifully photographed. Coming along very nicely indeed SD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 That interior is looking brilliant, really nice details. the Manchester is very nice and would love to build one but the Lancaster wins out every time for me. Probably a nostalgia thing, it was the first proper big kit I had when I was little, I built two actually and was just in love. Also one flew low level over my house after doing a fly over at a charity cricket match near my house, it’s a stand out moment for me 😂 Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 On 2/17/2021 at 9:53 AM, rob85 said: That interior is looking brilliant, really nice details. the Manchester is very nice and would love to build one but the Lancaster wins out every time for me. Probably a nostalgia thing, it was the first proper big kit I had when I was little, I built two actually and was just in love. Also one flew low level over my house after doing a fly over at a charity cricket match near my house, it’s a stand out moment for me 😂 Rob I know what you mean about nostalgia although despite building one of these as a youngster, it's the old Matchbox kits that do it for me. Managed a bit more progress last weekend but never got round to posting the pics. As this is an early one, I've done the interior all green. There's a bit more detail to sort out but its largely there. I'm going to add two of the crew members partly to busy the cockpit up a bit and partly to add some life...and an excuse to have the map on the table 😂 Here's where it's up to, not touched it for a week... Getting the figures in is a tight squeeze so they've been on the slimfast in a few places! Cheers Neil 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Looks fantastic Neil, great job on the internals. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Great details in the interior, looks very realistic. Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Superb work on that grotto of green those two are sitting in Neil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Very nice, I was going to part with my Tamiya Lancaster with the news of the HK Lanc. Then I took a look at what I gathered for my Tamiya kit and decided against it. And now Neil has provided further inspiration to carry on! I still pre-ordered a HK Lanc! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 12 hours ago, Scooby said: Very nice, I was going to part with my Tamiya Lancaster with the news of the HK Lanc. Then I took a look at what I gathered for my Tamiya kit and decided against it. And now Neil has provided further inspiration to carry on! I still pre-ordered a HK Lanc! The Tamiya kit still builds up into a nice kit but I would of held fire if I'd of known about the new kit coming, the build rate is too slow to knock two Lancs out in a year! Looking forwards to seeing what others do with it however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Very nice indeed, the rear fuselage interior is great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 Thanks Mark, After an age of procrastination, I finally painted the figures yesterday. Perhaps the trousers should be leather rather than uniform blue but lets pretend it's a summer test flight and they've just stuck their jackets on! The pilots seat is just resting there at the moment, I'll glue it into place just before the canopy goes on. The Nav needed top be done before gluing the bomb bay floor in place so progress should speed up now that's done. I cut the navs legs down to get a better fit between the seat and his desk. Looks a bit weird here but you'll only be able to look vertically down on him once it's all together. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Excellent job there on the figure painting! Lookin' good... SD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian airman Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Crew look excellent . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Great job on the crew figures, they look fab. Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 12 hours ago, SafetyDad said: Excellent job there on the figure painting! Lookin' good... SD 11 hours ago, Mancunian airman said: Crew look excellent . . . 2 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Great job on the crew figures, they look fab. Chris Thanks guys, it's been a good while since I painted a figure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Cracking job as per usual. Looking forward to seeing more progress. Be interesting to see how the 1/48th HKM Lancaster measures up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 4:30 PM, crobinsonh said: Cracking job as per usual. Looking forward to seeing more progress. Be interesting to see how the 1/48th HKM Lancaster measures up. Thanks Colin, yes, I might sit back and watch a few before getting one but it looks rather good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOX Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 looking great , good job on the interior. Now that you have part of the crew in place, I noticed that the lancaster has only one pilot ? I always assumed large planes had a pilot and a co pilot with 2 control sticks. Is there a reason the lancaster did not have this ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 fantastic work! love those interiors! really captures the colors and atmosphere! a bit of tension.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 47 minutes ago, LOX said: Is there a reason the lancaster did not have this ? Yes, just the one Pilot, who had the Flight Engineer to help out, especially on Take off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 8:02 PM, LOX said: looking great , good job on the interior. Now that you have part of the crew in place, I noticed that the lancaster has only one pilot ? I always assumed large planes had a pilot and a co pilot with 2 control sticks. Is there a reason the lancaster did not have this ? Sorry, I've just noticed your question, Pete answers it below. Some did have two control columns and I think it was a bolt on option for the standard aircraft but the RAF did away with a second pilot, certainly for night ops. On 3/11/2021 at 8:24 PM, exdraken said: fantastic work! love those interiors! really captures the colors and atmosphere! a bit of tension.... Thanks, adding a couple of aircrew gives it a bit more character, just a pain painting them! On 3/11/2021 at 8:52 PM, Pete in Lincs said: Yes, just the one Pilot, who had the Flight Engineer to help out, especially on Take off. Thanks Pete I've been a bit lazy on the photographs but got the fuselage zipped up over the weekend between other jobs. Some of the side windows have been permanently fitted but the forward ones will be pushed out (well, pushed in and removed via the rear turret hole) at the end of the build and Krystal Klear added instead. It's been primed to check for seam issues, there were several but all sorted now. The fuselage still needs its rivets adding so I'll get round to that over the next week prior to painting. Beginning to look like a Lanc! Still some more detail to go in the nose yet. And looking like a Lanc here... Cheers Neil 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Very neat rescribing job and seamless work!👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 That does look nice Neil, I like your rescribing too, I have been using the fineline tape since I asked previously and have been pleased with the results. Thanks for the tip. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Lovely work on the figures too. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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