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These arrived yesterday from Jersey USA. Beautifully crafted resin seat for the Lancaster showing quite exquisite fine detail . . . Some CAREFUL trimming from the base will be needed . . . . back as soon as I can Ian

Progress has been slow because I have been doing extra hours at work . . . . The bomb-aimers position down in the front of the aircraft, extra wiring and a modified bombsight framing added . . . I have also been putting together a bomb load and to that end You really should improve the 4000Ib-er by adding an outer skin to create the lip seen at the front end and also to make the 'empty' end better in appearance by adding a circular disc to hid the joint seam and a couple of photos showing the load . . . The painting of the bombs was taken from the film 'Night Bombers' I should be receiving the AM 3D pilots seat any day now as I have received notification that they are with a courier Thanks for looking in Ian

I too would like to know where in the UK cos I need some new blades . . .

I have been adding a touch of color to the Airscale Cockpit set. I have virtually finished adding bits into the nose and cockpit sections as seen above but I am now waiting for the new seat to arrive . . . . More to come soon Ian

What detailing for a book, it must cover all aspects of painting that would be beneficial to every modeller out there . . . For me, the casual modeller, its rather expensive for so few models I build . . . that combined with overseas postage and import tax these days

A good starting point . . .

I have slowly been adding wiring and rebuilding the bomb sight frame. Not much to show a photo just yet but the big exciting news is that I have just ordered one of these from New Jersey . . . https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-32-Lancaster-DELUXE-Resin-Pilots-Seat-No-Belts-Resin-Upgrade-for-HK-NEW/184675081819?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D230925%26meid%3De4a029a46c3946c98ea6ffc2d77eeccf%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D184675086911%26itm%3D184675081819%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv9PairwiseUnbiasedWeb&_trksid=p2047675.c101195.m1851 I'm sure it will greatly improve the look within the cockpit area Ian

I spotted those yesterday Carl but as I have already converted mine . . . . I do like the extra detail so will be interested in your view of them. I was a little put off with all the additional 'sprue' ?? I dont think they are badly priced either so thats encouraging . . .. Ian

Apparently WNW are coming to be an airshow at Hood Airfield, Masterton . . . .

Key players may have left the company but who is to say that WNW has closed down altogether ???

I used Hum 90. Hum 78 Interior Green is just too Green and although Hu 90 might be lighter, I think it may looked better . . . You may be right but the other colour I considered was Tamiya SKY . .. .

Little progress is better than No progress and to date I have been doing the Nose section. I have also been indulging in a GB on another forum, another Lancaster that is no yet finished . . . G-George This is HK's second choice of aircraft, W4783 Getting back to the front nose sections . . . Apart from painting the interiors note also that the navigators small window has gone. Small bits of wiring added and the white square is the beginning of the bomb sight frame holder . . . I plan to add more detail in the nose and of course I have the Airscale panels to fit fairly soon . .. . On the port side of the fuselage, there are two Control rods visible between the pilots platform and the navigators table. There are also three pipes visible at a lower level between the same positions. More to come and thanks for looking in Ian

Were routin for ya Harv . ..

Wishing him all the best . . .

I think it was to give strength to the wing root as there is a plan to build the two Vulture engines from resin . . . .

Nice to see the tail comparisons . . . I spotted the cockpit section already completed (?) in the background . . . you are really motoring on with this Look forward to seeing a bit more Ian

Ordered this on 'pre-order' before Xmas and the ship recently docked having been delayed at sea . . . Informed by email last Friday that I could complete payment and by jove it was here on Monday (8th Feb.) Every aircraft relies on transport at some point and this will help . . . best to all Ian

Its a shame when, with much enthusiasm, one starts an ambitious project of building multi-number of kits simultaneously only to fall back due to the dreaded mojo decline . . . . Like most, I have only ever attempted two aircraft at once, although I did build several small scale vehicles collectively, and I found that manageable. I am building two Lancasters now and I find that I can work on one then the other . . . . You seem to have dropped off the radar Mark, I trust things are well with you ? It would be nice to see an update on what are nice aircraft even if the kits are fighting back . . . .

I also have the aircrew figure set, I must have over looked the British Ground personal, I will order some in pretty soon . . . Thanks for the heads up Kai Ian

Phil You would need either a Bedord OX or a Commer tractor units which would have to be scratch built along with the Queen Mary trailer . . . It would be massive . . . . Time is not yet available to build such a tractor unit, (would prefer the Commer) but I do think the trailer would be fairly straight forward . . . Ian

As a avid vehicle modeller this kit will be useful along with 32nd scale aircraft as long as it doesnt sit too close . . . I received this today and thought I would share some of the details. New tool of a Bedford Mwd with a hard top, previous version have been an early wartime with aero screens and another version is a water bowser. A few photos . . . Four decal version included Box includes a lot of PE fitting particularly for the distinctive front grill and a driver with two heads, a side cap or beret . . . The molding is in grey plastic and although there are TEN bags, a couple of bags have two differing frets . . . I dare say once this becomes readily available it will adorn many a photo platform with the appropriate RAF aircraft . .. best to all Ian

Out of interest, are the ground crew figures from the German tank crew sets ? I have a couple of them already, seen repairing my damaged Lancaster, as there are VERY few RAF ground bods Ian

Kai First thing . . . Bloody marvellous I too have this set and will probably be the last thing that gets painted. Patience's is indeed the requirement to get these young fellas looking the part. The two pigeon boxes are Yellow as clearly seen in the authentic shot with the airmen carrying two under his arms . . . I am hoping to take them from their base and peg them into drilled holes in the base board Great job and perfect for the diorama Ian

What an eye-catcher that is . . . Certainly cant miss seing that when formatting Cracking paint work so far, will the fuselage be brightly covered ?? Ian

Rob Thank you for the generous comments I think alot of modellers put a great deal of effort into the interiors especially with PE, covered with paint then all enclosed as the fuselage goes together. I know what is in there and the photos are always available to show people the detail should the need arise . . . Ian