Winnie Posted August 24, 2022 Posted August 24, 2022 As I have recently received this amazing kit, I shall have to start it! First little bits attached to the seat, found a broken part, the armrest on the bulkhead side is broken, I'll attempt to repair, but may just leave off. There WILL be paint and chipping before I attach the seat yes! Cheers H. 12 1
Martinnfb Posted August 25, 2022 Posted August 25, 2022 This is going to be cool. Pulling out my comfy chair Cheers Martin 4
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted August 25, 2022 Administrators Posted August 25, 2022 Resin 2 Detail has a STUNNING 3D printed seat for the 1/32 Lancs… 4
BlrwestSiR Posted August 25, 2022 Posted August 25, 2022 47 minutes ago, Clunkmeister said: Resin 2 Detail has a STUNNING 3D printed seat for the 1/32 Lancs… They do indeed. Not a great pic but here's the one for my HK Lanc. 7
BlrwestSiR Posted August 25, 2022 Posted August 25, 2022 Forgot to mention, if you're using Kits World decal sheet for Victorious Virgin, the cookie bomb decal is undersized. My LHS built the HK kit and found that out. It looks ok but is smaller compared to the pic of the bomb. Carl 3
Winnie Posted August 25, 2022 Author Posted August 25, 2022 I'll have to do it with a parts repair, I just have no funds for AM at the moment, this move killed us financially... But hey, the details out of the box are out of this world! 6
Winnie Posted August 25, 2022 Author Posted August 25, 2022 cockpit parts cleaned up and getting ready for painting basics. Floors need 3 coats... black base, aluminium, then interior green for chipping... Surprised at the amount of flash on the parts, nothing real big, but separation lines on nearly all the parts so far... armrest repaired. It's the left side of the seat if the seat is facing forward. 9 1
The Dude Posted August 26, 2022 Posted August 26, 2022 Wait a minute.. I thought this kit was supposed to be a future priceless commodity and not to be built?? Actually, I am glad that one of these will be built and see the shelf soon! I will check in often on this one! 👍 7
Drifter Posted August 26, 2022 Posted August 26, 2022 You lucky fish!!! Hope you enjoy the build and I will be following. 4
Peterpools Posted August 26, 2022 Posted August 26, 2022 Nice start to a very impressive model and build. The details are amazing and straight out of the box it a museum piece for sure. I'm front and center for the whole journey, start to finish. 2
Winnie Posted August 27, 2022 Author Posted August 27, 2022 A dab of paint. For you who have the kit, be careful, the tolerances are super tight! 8 1
Bomber_County Posted August 27, 2022 Posted August 27, 2022 38 minutes ago, Winnie said: A dab of paint. For you who have the kit, be careful, the tolerances are super tight! https://i.imgur.com/L4vU6W6.jpg Winnie, can put your pics directly in the forum here on LSM, looking really clean….. 1
Winnie Posted August 27, 2022 Author Posted August 27, 2022 I don't know what happened, i was doing the same process... I'll redo when I get good internet in a few hours! 3
mark31 Posted August 27, 2022 Posted August 27, 2022 Great work on that kit I whas thinking to get one but where to put it when done Mark 4
Winnie Posted August 28, 2022 Author Posted August 28, 2022 There are SO many detail in the cockpit. I keep going back and forth on the second page and keep finding stuff to add. I'm not a Lanc expert, actually know very little about it, so most of the colors are fantasy, but hey, it looks like a Lanc to me! I've spent probably 4 hours today and there seems to be not much progress. Cheers Harald 10 1
BlrwestSiR Posted August 29, 2022 Posted August 29, 2022 Nice bit of progress Harald. The recent Wingleader books are quite nice references if you're thinking of getting some. https://www.wingleader.co.uk/shop/lancasterlatewpa15 Carl 3
Winnie Posted September 4, 2022 Author Posted September 4, 2022 Thanks for the comments folks, I have done a stint of dayshifts, so not much work time, but got my hands on it this weekend! More paint, and assembling sub-assemblies. progress is happening but s l o w. As I think the end is near on this part, I get slapped back to reality! Anyway, cockpit is about to be put together, next is the bomb-aimer/ nose gun turret area. there were some punch mark on the forward facing bulkheads, which was strange, but I filled with some Surfacer 500, so the hope is that it will be subdued enough! Cheers H 11 1
BlrwestSiR Posted September 5, 2022 Posted September 5, 2022 Really nice work. Are you hand painting all the various instruments and boxes? It's so neat and tidy. Carl 2
Peterpools Posted September 5, 2022 Posted September 5, 2022 Terrific progress and some mighty fine work brush painting all the details. I hope you are following Nige's Modeling Bench Channel, as he is building the Lancaster and doing an amazing job - loads if how too's and 'rivet counting' in the right way: an amazing build and channel to follow. 1
Winnie Posted September 6, 2022 Author Posted September 6, 2022 Looks better on camera than in real life! anyhow, I did paint all the larger surfaces etc, some by hand some with airbrushing. I used the kit decals where applicable (except the 2 i broke) so I had to use some airscale instruments to help. thankfully nobody will be reading them so they won't notice that the Tachometers are actually altimeters... the kit decals are super-fine, they look strange on the paper, but they conform nicely using the newly acquired Mig Decal solution. Awesome stuff! of course I got a chest cold, so haven't really felt like sitting at the bench, but hope to get back to it shortly! I have followed Nigel's build, just need to catch up to the new ones! Cheers! 5
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