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And the last one. Unbelievable that nose section was build by one craftsman in 12 months.

Thanks to Tony Cotton for taking these recent pics at the MBCC Cosford. That nose section looks magnificent.

Hi Paulo, How could we, that is a very nice looking model. I like the finish you have achieved. Cees

Indeed, I wonder when you start using lithoplate to represent the skinning.

Hi Red, What a great model. And welcome to LSM. Cheers Cees

It actually is, the designer was known for his laziness and put some wings on his gemüse-shed.

Pity that the stand was so full with boxes and models that we didn't had the room to do some modelling. But motivation has soared again and I have been working on the Manchester since monday. Planning on the cockpit details which will have to be scratch built and yesterday I have been drilling the holes for the axles in the tyres and undercarriage struts. This will make painting easier. Will post pics as soon as visible progress has emerged. Now that the Lancaster is expected in March 2017-ish there is no rush.

I like the very nicely worn paint at the root. Great model.

It shows Tom, what a fantastic model.

Was that a smartphone in my pocket or was I just happy to see Fransisco? Yes it was great fun and we spoke to a lot of people. Interest in the B17 and Lancaster is high. The Junkers 52 came as a surprise to a lot of the visitors and there were also questions about the Phantom.

Indeed, I really like the two types of models of the same aircraft next to each other.

Well couldn't bring myself to work on the Manchester the past few days with Telfort coming up. But the good thing is that I will spend two full days working on it during the show. So, I'm looking forward to that. Cees

Sorry but I don't get a harde plasser from either of these.

Wow indeed, this Tempest really looks great. Having built the PCM kit it would be nice to do this as a comparison. Great review Geronimo. Cees

I guess as I can see them now. Looking good.

Very very very nice work. It's alive!

Welcome to LSM Clostermann, can't see the pic unfortunately. What do you use, photobucket or otherwise? Cees

About time for a good quality 1/32 kit, not meaning the old ID Models vacuum formed attempt. Cees

Nice and clean scratchbuilding.

Hi Chamelion (obviously not your correct name) Welcome to LSM and what an entrance. What fantastic modelling and scratchbuilding too. What other types will be respresented on the flightdeck? Cheers Cees

Robert Kirby is one, he wrote the book on the subject. I have met him once, nice chap, and he also put the old story to bed that triple tail Manchesters had smaller span tailplanes than Lancs. Only the first twenty production machines, after that they all had the 33 foot span similar to the Lanc, and the triple fins were changed for the Lancaster ones. If I had known before it would have saved me a lot of grief cutting down the tailplanes and then restoring them again Pencilling in the lines is nearly finished (no boring pics) and then it's time to start scribing them. Hope to get some done before Telford. As I mentioned before I will be working on the Machester during Telford.

Nice start Jimbo, the cardoor Tiffy has a lot of character, even when compared to the bubbletop.

Think so too. Having two sets of conflicting drawings does not make it easy to pencil in the panellines. I decided to go for the Caruana drawings as these have more detail. Don't know if this is totally accurate but I go for effect instead of accuracy. Nobody would know anyway.

Doing some more work on pencilling in the undersurface panellines.

A classic