[1/32 Short Stirling]

Thomas 

What a great project.

I saw this and thought of you, you may have seen it but worth takin the photos as it is a long way from me  . . .

 

As always, I look forward to seeing your progress with this terrific build

Ian

 

[Frazer Nash FN5 gun-turrets]

I certainly miss your updates on the Wimpy but I guess you have to learn how to fly by going from single to twin engines flying . . . . 

Keep at it, I think you've got something there . . . .

[Hawker Hurricanes found in Ukraine]

Like to think of the eight they found they could make good at least four of them !!

[USAAF Beaufighter Mk VIf]

That paintwork is so convincing  . . . great attention to detail 

Looking forward to see what you do with the rest of the airframe, particularly the engines  . . .

Ian 

[1:32 Scale RAF David Brown Tractor 'Tugmaster']

Thought I would pop my build in here  . . . slightly modified . . .

Excellent kit and it went together really well, highly recommended  . . .

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A bit of an update on the 35th Austin K2 

a bit of chipping on the cab floor

Some painting on the front wings and single fuel tank 

A hip ring for the cab added and sub assembly on the cab . . .

 

[My life....]

Its never a good thing when you have to go your separate ways but life goes on . . .

After being together with my ex for nearly 30 yrs, its take time to adjust but adjust you will . . .

Good luck with the move, I hope you soon settle down and start the modelling process once again  . . .

Ian 

[What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)]

Decided to give this ago . . .

Its been some time since I put glue to plastic so I hope this will kick start a new phrase of interest which will lead me back to my 32nd scale Lancaster  . . .

Some progress from the last couple of days  . . .

best regards to all

Ian 

 

[1:32 HK Lancaster "G. Gibsons' Lancaster prior to takeoff on Op. Chastise]

I think you will find that the rear turret was the early type and thus the rear glazing at the rear of the turret would have been sheet metal painted black rather than the two small section in the kit  . . . I looked at ED825 and ED817 and this apparently shows this type turret  . . .

[Lancaster ND644 in 32nd scale]

4 hours ago, Iain King said:

My grandfather E.D King piloted this lanc III ND.644 on 18/19th April 1944 against the marshalling yards at Rouen with 100 sqdn RAF.

I have the service record. There are markings also contain CAN.J.23711.

What was his christian name Iain? I have written the history of 100 and its always nice to have a full name rather than Pilot Officer 'Kite' etc

I take it Can.J.23711 was his Service Number RCAF

Ian

[Lancaster ND644 in 32nd scale]

On 9/11/2022 at 4:49 AM, Stirling said:

My grandfather was flight engineer on this historic aircraft and flew 31 successful sorties.  Thank you for keeping the history alive!

Any details you can share would be wonderful, a crew photo perhaps ?? 

 

[Lancaster ND644 in 32nd scale]

G.

I formed the RAF Waltham Association and met with Roy Bailey who told me he and Bruce were the sole survivors from being shot down.

Bruce wrote to me with his memories  and added to the story of the events of that night.

I only have the photo of the ground crew in front of the aircraft and this will hopefully be in my  book which is currently at a publishers  . . .

Ian 

[RCAF Liberator GR Mk VI]

Well done Carl

Its been a pleasure to have been along the ride  . . .

Ian

[RCAF Liberator GR Mk VI]

Carl

I just read through the whole of the build so far  . . .

What a size she is and after a number of issues you have turned this into a beauty . . . 

Feel inspired to get back onto my Lancaster as its been a while . . .

I look forward to seeing the completed aircraft, cracking artwork as well 

Ian

[1:32 HK Lancaster "G. Gibsons' Lancaster prior to takeoff on Op. Chastise]

Craig

Something I spotted awhile back, no camera on the Dambuster aircraft as that was the forward position for the spot-lamp . . . .

[Early wartime lorries coming soon . . . 1/35th scale]

I followed a link that gave details of new kits coming out and thought how useful they might be for crew transport, particularly the second example  (thinking more along the lines of twin and four engine jobbies) to compliment a Mosquito or Lancaster . . . .

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3207997686195183&set=p.3207997686195183&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3208012392860379&set=p.3208012392860379&type=3

 

[Lancaster mk1 done]

Mark

Its great to see this build, I have a couple in the wings awaiting the day when I can put them together and your build seems so straight forward so hopefully no issues for the rest of us to worry about . . . .

[1:32 HK Lancaster "G. Gibsons' Lancaster prior to takeoff on Op. Chastise]

Craig

I am  a little further on than you, my build is here 

You are correct about the pilots seat and the platform it sits on  . . .

[1:32 HK Lancaster "G. Gibsons' Lancaster prior to takeoff on Op. Chastise]

I found the Resin 2 Detail seat to be rather small and more suitable to the 48th scale Lancaster unless he has upgraded the size with his printed . . .

I hope its been improved  . .. 

 

[Lancaster ND644 in 32nd scale]

I have started a small mojo booster build so I think the Lancaster will be making a return quite soon  . . .

[HK Lancaster with Iconicair Dambusters conversion]

Enjoying your build Carl, spotted many mods that I also have carried out.

I'm hoping by reading your thread it may get me back to the bench . . . .

 

Carry on the good work

Ian 

[Border Models New Lancaster]

In case you guys haven't seen this yet  . . . .

I altered the settings to obtain English sub-titles but you dont need them to appreciate the detailing . . .  WOW 

[Bronco to make 1/32 vehicles??]

If such a fuel vehicle isnt available, scratch build your own . . . 

sadly we cant wait for manufacturer to always produce what we want/need

I'm in the throws of buildin a crew bus as well  . . .

Truth is that these are 35th scale but as a back drop to the hugh Lancaster I dont think anybody will notice  . . . .

[1/32 WNW Lancaster]

Apparently the 0.5 were prone to stoppages (?)  whereas the .303 were very reliable plus, even the RAF gunners considered that havin a bank of four machine guns concentrating fire at close range was pretty good. I cant remember the firing rate but it was a lot of bullets (rounds) for a short burst. Night combats lasted but seconds and usually at close range so it was exceptable . . . 

[Lancaster ND644 in 32nd scale]

I'm sorry there have been no updates,

In recent weeks I lost my partner due to a heart condition  . . .