Simon Cornes Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I am thinking of scratchbuilding a fuselage using the Airfix Lancaster book drawings. A lot of plastic and filing/sanding! The only fiddley bit is the canopy. Does anyone have a spare one they could let me have in order to avoid getting my fingers burnt under the grill?!!!! Any offer of help would be much appreciated. The alternative is the CMR kit bought at SMW in November this year so that I can get 10% off the horrendous price from Hannants and avoid postage as well!!! Many thanks in advance, Regards Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I am thinking of scratchbuilding a fuselage using the Airfix Lancaster book drawings. A lot of plastic and filing/sanding! The only fiddley bit is the canopy. Does anyone have a spare one they could let me have in order to avoid getting my fingers burnt under the grill?!!!!Any offer of help would be much appreciated. The alternative is the CMR kit bought at SMW in November this year so that I can get 10% off the horrendous price from Hannants and avoid postage as well!!! Many thanks in advance, Regards Simon Simon Why not try for one of the old vacform conversions from Contrail or Sutcliffe? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Simon I scratch built a 1:48 Avro Yourk fuselage using balsa wood and plastic card. 1:48 Avro York Should work in 1:72 - less balsa to carve for a start. I would be happy to vac-form a few clear canopies for you if you could provide a balsa master. Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 The CMR York conversion may be pricey but it is a large casting and much of the cost would be in the mould. I'd advise investing in one of these rather than the full kit. It's cheaper and will take any of the wings by Airfix, Hasegawa or Revell. Some surgery to the donor kit parts will be required. The Contrail conversion is frankly s***e, being very rough. They did a full kit later which is far superior and that's also long gone but second hand examples of both can and do turn up under the tables or from the second hand traders. Your other conversion option is by a (thankfully) defunct company called Final Touch. It's even worse than the original contrail conversion, being a solid fuselage and somewhat mis-shapen. Most of their stuff was pirated from elsewhere, if you ever got it as the proprietor was well known for defrauding his customers and spent some time at her Majesties pleasure. Avoid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Many thanks of the offer to mould a canopy! I may well take you up on that but I have a lot on anyway so I'm in no rush - but I know where to come now when I get my act together! Simon SimonI scratch built a 1:48 Avro Yourk fuselage using balsa wood and plastic card. 1:48 Avro York Should work in 1:72 - less balsa to carve for a start. I would be happy to vac-form a few clear canopies for you if you could provide a balsa master. Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Thanks Wooks, Having seen reviews of the CMR kit I know it looks very nice but £55 is a lot of dosh. I have a spare Airfix Lanc to provide the mainplanes and tail feathers so no worries there but scratchbuilding a fuselage should be posible, sdo long as I can get some proper clear styrene to do the fuselage glazing. You really must tell me the Final Touch story one of these days, I have some Spit stuff that I acquired years ago Cheers Simon The CMR York conversion may be pricey but it is a large casting and much of the cost would be in the mould. I'd advise investing in one of these rather than the full kit. It's cheaper and will take any of the wings by Airfix, Hasegawa or Revell. Some surgery to the donor kit parts will be required.The Contrail conversion is frankly s***e, being very rough. They did a full kit later which is far superior and that's also long gone but second hand examples of both can and do turn up under the tables or from the second hand traders. Your other conversion option is by a (thankfully) defunct company called Final Touch. It's even worse than the original contrail conversion, being a solid fuselage and somewhat mis-shapen. Most of their stuff was pirated from elsewhere, if you ever got it as the proprietor was well known for defrauding his customers and spent some time at her Majesties pleasure. Avoid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CockneyCol Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Having seen reviews of the CMR kit I know it looks very nice but £55 is a lot of dosh. I have a spare Airfix Lanc to provide the mainplanes and tail feathers so no worries there but scratchbuilding a fuselage should be posible, sdo long as I can get some proper clear styrene to do the fuselage glazing. The CMR kit is a thing of beauty and if you consider the bits in the box and the time it will take to scratch build one it suddenly "don't seem so expensive" with etch, canopy and decals etc....that was my excuse for getting one anyway, that and having a spare (M&S) Lancaster to rob for bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZKIWI Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Your other conversion option is by a (thankfully) defunct company called Final Touch. It's even worse than the original contrail conversion, being a solid fuselage and somewhat mis-shapen. Most of their stuff was pirated from elsewhere, if you ever got it as the proprietor was well known for defrauding his customers and spent some time at her Majesties pleasure. Avoid! Yes I remember Final Touch , the mongrel had a bad habit of not sending ordered stuff and then charging your credit card several times for the undelivered items , I am so pleased to hear her Majesty took pleasure in locking him up . There is also the Historic Wings rework of the Contrail full kit , this was done by Aircraft in Miniature , and was an improvement on the original Contrail kit being made in thicker plastic and including W/M detail parts and decals for a Hunting Clan aircraft . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Graham Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I think I still have Airmodel York fuselage halves, trimmed from sheet but not further worked. No canopy. If you are interested get in touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Can't remember Airmodel doing a York, but there's a lot of the kits that they did in the 70s that I never even heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZKIWI Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I think I still have Airmodel York fuselage halves, trimmed from sheet but not further worked. No canopy. If you are interested get in touch. Among the very first Contrail kits were a couple that provided parts to convert Airfix kits , these were listed as Heavy Conversion Units or something similar and one certainly had a pair of fuselage halves for the York . From memory you got three conversion per set and the other two were possibly the LB-30 and Privateer for the B24 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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