NigelR32

Tell you what guys, when it arrives I'll do a quick book review on You Tube. It certainly does look stunning in the ads..

I see you mention "old" Revell boxing. Did you know you can get this exact kit, but in a soft and floppy end opening Revell box? I think mine cost about £10 at an under the bench show sale? Kit no is:- 04711

Thanks James.. more money I dont have!! EDIT:- Bought it.. what a lovely book!! Cant wait for it to be delivered.

After much consideration I have decided to plump for one of these conversions, so will be building my Lanc as a Dambuster. I am looking for some reference material for it, so if anyone can guide me to some good reference that tells what was removed/replaced from the original Mk.B1/111 I will be eternally grateful. Obviously, I will be doing a review of this in my Lancaster upgrade series over on You Tube.

Oh yeah!! Gonna pull up a chair for this one. I have the Revell boxing of this kit along with Eduard PE sets for it.. you may inspire me to get it on the bench?

All looks like a distasteful pair of socks to me.. Who wants to bet Drifter will be asking for donations of Tamiya Masking tape pretty soon.... he's gonna need plenty!!

Did you not look at Johns post? FS34098 I would use Tamiya XF71, but you want to use Vallejo and I tried to find an equivalent with no luck.

Hey Ron, If I were you I would go for a slightly lighter shade than the actual correct colour as it's gonna be dark in there, and then it'll darken more when you give it a wash.

Nice work Mike.. looking at that, one could use the tail end of a spare Mk81 bomb or similar?

I'm sure you're all aware that Bronco has made a new kit of the T-34 tank in 1/32 scale, what I hadn't noticed was the kit number.. 32001. Does this mean we will see a range of 1/32 vehicles to go with our aircraft now?? I'm praying for a Ford GPW or Willys Jeep and a Matador fuel truck to go next to the Lanc. An airfield Tractor and an Austin ambulance would be cool too. Come on guys, join me on your knees with your palms together and pray.. please!!

You're welcome. Thanks for the compliment.

Here you go guys.. I looked at how to fix this, and stuck a video on You Tube so that new guys can follow along. As I say in my video, I'm no expert, but what i've done worked first time!!

I'm in for whatever gets made..

Here you go Tom..

Oh yeah, oh yeah... I'm gonna enjoy this!!

Odd?? I was thinking a different word....

I have a little bad news guys.. One of my subscribers on You Tube has spotted an issue that'll need a little work. In the pic below you can see there are different panel and access ports on top and bottom of the tailplanes. The upper half in this image is the underside, with the access panels. In the next pic you can see one lower and one upper panel next to each other in pairs.. Trouble is, the starboard side halves both have the location pins on them!! The pins are 4mm diameter so probably the best way to fix this is to remove one pair of pins and fit some 4mm tube to the port side once assembled.

Hey guys.. me again. Back with another little update, on engines this time. I have opened up the exhausts to add some realism to them and have put a how i do it video up for those newer to the hobby to follow. https://youtu.be/Wteq4-CYdT0 Overall, I think HK could have done a little better on the engine front, but it is what it is.. as i say in my video, manufacturers have to juggle between accuracy vs injection moulding restrictions on plastic thickness. I also found something a little strange today.. I saw a video of the BBMF Lanc under major overhaul and a shot of the rear intrior showed the interior colour like a sky blue?? I find this interesting because the initial Tamiya 1/48 kit called for the interior to be painted "Sky"??? Of course, it could have been the camera settings??

Looking forward to seeing this come together John. i just know you'll build her beautiful!!

Beautiful, clean and interesting build. I love this aircraft, and have had this in my stash for years. I bought the American resin set for it to convert it to a nightfighter.. oh dear, what a mess!! I think I reviewed it here or on the other site many years ago. I wasn't aware Revell were gonna rebox it.. I hope they do an accurate nightfighter.

Looks great!! Big old bird aint she!!

Here's my little tip for today. EPM's removed from bomb bay roof front section, all 41 of them!! In the background is the bare cockpit floor, ready for some plastic card mods. You will also notice i opened up the holes on the plain section and thinned down the plastic to get a more refined look.. Think I might hang fire with the bomb bay right now as I want to see what Eduard come up with. I can imagine they will do a complete rerplacement.. just imagine all the folding involved!! Thanks for looking..

You could use any blade David. I have used 10A and the larger one is 24. I have only used the smaller one on my model.

More along the tips than tweaks guys, but i put together a little video on getting rid of the EPM's on the bomb bay roof. It was suggested a while back we use a fibreglass pencil.. it is a little too fat to get in there unfortunately, and isn't man enough to do the whole job. AND, this little tip is free!!!

Sorry to go off topic, but I HAVE to ask.. what is going on with that Rudder??