Clunkmeister

This is the real reason we do this. The builds are ALWAYS secondary. History is the real reason.

Of all the Eastern European companies, Eduard takes the longest. I expect it’s a mailroom problem at their warehouse, as HGW, HPH, and CMK are super quick.

There was a guy on the other site that had bought a high end laboratory HazMat HEPA vent booth. Usually used to keep hazmat and bacteria out of the air, he bought one for use as a hobby paint booth. Does anyone remember that thread? The booth was super spendy, as in $3500.00, but I’m curious how it worked out. The cool thing with that one was it didn’t need to be vented outside.

Another clinic by the master.

Didn't they use the rear turret cupola as a handy dandy lookout area?

Yep, that's the one. I saw the wing of the taxiing PB4Y-2 sticking out and I went,... hmmmmm

Agreed. I keep thinking of wanting to do the Mother of all Kingfisher builds, but I must resist. Lanc is number 1 for the next bit. Then there's a Sabre Dog, a big ol' Dak, a Mug-15, and a PBJ-1H. No rest for the weary

That explains the active duty Privateer and the line of old Corsairs.

I NEVER have a problem shipping from Eastern Europe. Packages arrive quickly, actually much quicker than Canada. Czech Republic, Slovakia, Rumania, Poland, Ukraine, or Russia, I order from all Nations quite often, and they always arrive withing 10 days, safe and sound. Canada on the other hand takes forever. Martin once sent me a CD and a card,... it took 10 months from his postmark to my door.

Ron I think the curvature of the fuselage is all different

Jeff I'd love to know where that third picture down was take. That looks like a lineup of F4U-1A's all parked with their wings folded, and it appears the Lanc is in the way of a PB4Y-2 that wants to get by.

I had read that before. Extremely sad end for these great warriors.

It'd last 2 or 3 seconds.

I hope that little box at the rear isn't the single fuel tank...

If I squirt some on the screen, will you see it then? Funnyman. As the Horten turns to dust from unbuilt age....

So not much to show tonight other than turning the kit’s seat into rubble.

The seat back is quite Plain Jane, so again following Nige’s lead, I tried doctoring up the back with some lightening holes and general clean up to see how it looks. I have precious nothing for Canadian reference materials, so the only thing I can say for sure is that this seat will lose its armor plating Im not liking the moulded on details, so I might just trash this and scratch up a seatback, but I’ll sleep on that thought and decide tomorrow. I’m not sure the end will justify the labor, we’ll see. And from what I can see, that lower extension past the bottom cross support needs to be 86’d as well.

Well, I’m for an inch, in for a mile. I emulated Nige’s initial cutson the seat, looking to follow in his footsteps and get a feel for what he did. I just mocked up the floor into the port side cockpit wall and will check out the fit. But, unlike Nige, I’m a whittler, so out came a fresh #11 and away I went. Sure enough, I whittled right down into my fingers. Yep, I see first blood. It took less than an hour.

Agreed!

Interesting that. So all Hamilton props would have had to come by convoy from the USA. Pretty tenuous supply chain for such a critical assembly.

I’d sure appreciate any you can provide, Nige. You’re obviously well read in the subject of A.V. Roe and Co., so any info you can offer, go for it. I’m a sponge...

Ha! And no going back for me, either. I ju st cut the bottom off the seat. Nige, did you end up shortening the seat pan as well? 4.5mm was what I read. That’s a lot. And your seat looks spot on to me. I’m gonna build the latticework for the pilots seat floor as well. The way I see it is that this are needs the love. It’s 100% visible when completed.

Okay, having not followed the development of this kit, am I safe to assume that the designers used late production Lanc Mk.X versions as patterns and for exterior detail? Unless shown or told otherwise, I’m gonna assume as much, sooooo,... this kit, after doing the previous changes discussed already, should be pretty darn close to the 50s-early 60s RCAF ships. So putting on some good tunes and away we go.

Smitty the spoiler. Your RCAF Lanc looks like most others, AND, it's a Brit built bird as well.

Gonna give Nige's seat and platform fix a try tonight. Mine's a postwar Lanc, so I expect the armor plate is gone, but it still needs lowering.