timmah Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Hi All I'm going to join in with this..... I bought these near Christmas when M&S were clearing them out and has to have been THE modelling bargain of last year! One of the kit's decal options is for W4964 Johnny Walker WS J which was a 9sqn aircraft that flew with No.5 group Bomber command. With the help of this link here I knew that 9sqn Lancaster flew in support of the D Day operations but I was not sure if W4964 Johnny Walker - WS J was involved so I purchased this book..... The book lists every operation that all the 100+ Ops Lancasters flew and is packed full of useful information. The book confirms that W4964 Johnny Walker - WS J was used throughout the D Day operations and flew 2 ops on the 6th June itself(her 71st and 72nd ops). I will be building it almost OOB, the only planned additions at the moment are a set of Quickboost gun barrels to replace the awful kit ones. I intend to tackle the flattish wings and hopefully lower the rear turret which I belieive sits too high. Box contents about to be opened..... The sprues have been washed (never done that before) Does it make a difference to how acrylic paint stick? Onwards with the building........ Thanks for looking Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Nice one Tim, I was half expecting a 617 lanc, Excellent addition. I'll add you to the confirmed entries list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebos Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I never wash the sprues and I've never had issues with acrylics sticking to plastic. I often use vallejo which are meant to be pretty fragile. I do always prime though, I wouldn't use acrylics without priming. I find it can pool & run on bare plastic, even with brush painting. Are you going to fiddle with the controversial wing dihedral? I would recommend replacing the wheels with resin ones as well. I picked up a set for my build and they look so much better than the kits effort. You don't notice it until you compare them. (the kit wheels are scaled funny and have a weird rounded 'squareness' to them. Definitely the bargain of last year though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmah Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 I was half expecting a 617 lanc, Excellent addition.I'll add you to the confirmed entries list. Thank you Mish, I thought about doing a 617sqn aircraft but could only find Dambuster decals and no info on specific aircraft that took part in the D Day operations Are you going to fiddle with the controversial wing dihedral? Yes I'm going to try and use the Ted Taylor method to alter the wings I would recommend replacing the wheels with resin ones as well. I picked up a set for my build and they look so much better than the kits effort. You don't notice it until you compare them. (the kit wheels are scaled funny and have a weird rounded 'squareness' to them. I was looking at the wheels only this morning and they do look odd, far too square, so I think I will be changing them. More progress soon....... Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Tim, Nice choice for the GB. When I built mine, I found the parts liberally coated in the release agent to help separate the sprue trees from the moulds. So washing this kit wouldseem to be a very good idea. I agree with you regarding the wheels - the kit offerings aren't very good, so source some others, and maybe some Quickboost gun barrels, as the kit .303's are a bit poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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