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Thanks Dennis, yes it works for me on such a big aircraft, I have templates for the camouflage pattern so it will always match . . Something simple but it needed to be done . . You will note the in-perfect painting of the black . . . . I noticed that on the real aircraft there are streaks and odd marks due to weather conditions being flown through plus, the odd panel replaced due to flak damage; not something you see modeled so for me personally, its more authentic . . .

Finally took delivery of some glue so I now have the fuselage halves together, tried to eliminate the seam joint along the spine and it been given another coat of paint. Somebody mentions air-brushing the whole camouflage when done but I still brush paint and do sub-assemblies when I can. Next up will be all the turrets with a few additions such as the turret internals but also the cockpit canopy's need re-framing . . More to do as time passes by . . . Ian

I have run out of Tamiya thin so have turned to painting the aircrew figures . . . Got a few tweaks to bring them up to the full dress code . . . Only six figures cos the W/op. cant be seen . . The 'standing figure' will be the flight engineer

Some progress . . .

Fuselage of both aircraft painted so now I can install the fuselage windows as required. I will also start on the cockpit interiors and then close the fuselage(s) up and commence to eliminate the joint seams . .

With a second Tamiya Lancaster aircraft found its my usual practice to paint around the fuselage windows before inserting the window glazing and joining up the fuselage halves; it saves an awful amount of time . . The second picture shows the engines fully fettled into the main wings. Now I shall concentrate on the turrets which I shall mod slightly to my required detailing . . .

Thank You for your kind words . . .

Hi to one and all, its been a while . . . I have recently started to build the old Tamiya Lancaster 48th kit and I am really enjoying getting back to modelling the larger stuff. I have been busy writing since the loss of my partner and recently had the book published. I am spurred on to pick up the HK 32nd Lancaster that has been 'out at dispersal' for quite some time . . .

I love the weathering on the chassis but the condition of the vehicles cab for me, I find to be over done. These vehicles were not that old and to see what appears to be 'rust' on the base of the doors, I am not convinced. The rear body looks good with replacement planks quite possible. As to the load that could be virtually anything . . .

I was really enjoying following the build, the busy setting added lots of interest for me . . .

Some weekend painting: Walk way lines on the main wings . . . Took the time out to paint a number of 500Ib bombs and the 'new' 4000Ibs bomb

Trying to build up the engine nacelle fittings to minimise the amount of filler that shall be required . . .

Yes Dennis its a decent kit although there are a few things amiss with it. If one is prepared to make a number of alterations then it can become impressive. Wrongly or rightly HK have introduced a scale down version of their 32nd Lancaster into a 48th which I believe is far superior to the Tamiya 1974 release . . . ( I have two of their Lancaster kits in 48th) . . . I shall be pleased to display this example when finished in my coffee table along with the other Tamiya I finished some years back . .

I only post the large stuff, even though I also build 72nd, cos I thought that was what THIS forum group is all about . .

I started this around 2018 but thinking back I put it to one side as it was around the time my mother took ill and sadly pass-away. However, I 'found it' in its box and decided to take a look and catch up where I had left off . . . . . I had filled the windows to eliminate them as I had decided that it was going to be a late production aircraft . . . Recently I moved the wireless operators window rearward nearer to its correct position. There are also two escape hatches on the top of the fuselage with the rearmost being small so this too was altered a few days back . . . The kit bomb-bay comes with four pegs line abreast in place and as this configuration is wrong so again, recently I removed the pegs and tried a small amount of re-instating of the detail; the aircraft will have its bombs in place . . . PLUS the kits 4000Ib is under scale so I am scratching a new one to the correct dimensions Finally, I know the engines are a poor fit so I have made the first inroad to getting these to sit better before the next installment . .. More to come as time goes by . . . Ian