Tamiya 1/48 Lancaster

[Kit Basher]

This kit thoroughly challenged my limited skills, but I guess it came out OK.

[64Comet404]

Looking good! I built one of these for a client years ago, and have thought about getting another one for the stash.

[Snake45]

Not bad at all! 

[martin9428]

Planes. A whole other animal and skill set, great job

[Dave Van]

Looks good to me!! I built the Airfix 1/72 years ago....it was big....this must be huge! 

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Ken!

Thanks, Snake!

Thanks, Scott!

6 minutes ago, Dave Van said:

....this must be huge! 

It is!  Thanks, Dave!

[Jim N]

Looks very nice.  Great job, particularly on the camo paint.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Jim!

[showrods]

My father, as a teenager/young man, flew in Lancasters during WWII.  He was one of the few to make it out alive.

I had the privilege of getting in one of the remaining still flying Lancasters when it landed in Ottawa a few years ago and after seeing the insides, I don't know how any of the crew survived.  Cramped; thin skinned; no insulation; interior noise must have been incredible; attack from enemy aircraft; flak; bad weather; etc  - brave boys/men all.

[High octane]

Wow Hugh, that build turned out better than okay. Great job!

[Kit Basher]

7 hours ago, showrods said:

My father, as a teenager/young man, flew in Lancasters during WWII.  He was one of the few to make it out alive.

I had the privilege of getting in one of the remaining still flying Lancasters when it landed in Ottawa a few years ago and after seeing the insides, I don't know how any of the crew survived.  Cramped; thin skinned; no insulation; interior noise must have been incredible; attack from enemy aircraft; flak; bad weather; etc  - brave boys/men all.

I had the same idea after touring the inside of a B-17. They were truly the Greatest Generation.

Thanks, Peter!

Thanks, Nick!

[showrods]

Forgot to say that you did a great job on this kit...

[the goon]

Looks great.

 

Mark

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Mark!

[unclescott58]

As Mark above said, "Looks great." I agree 100%. 

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Scott!

[bisc63]

Nice job! Challenging your skills is exactly what makes you better!

[Belugawrx]

Nice work on the Avro Lancaster Hugh.

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum has one of the last, flying Lancasters, and you can hear it coming for miles.

They do flyovers almost every weekend in the summer months.

[Kit Basher]

11 hours ago, bisc63 said:

 Challenging your skills is exactly what makes you better!

Thanks Rusty!  I need more challenges, I have lots of room to improve.

1 hour ago, Belugawrx said:

 

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum has one of the last, flying Lancasters, and you can hear it coming for miles.

Thanks, Bruce!  I have never heard four Merlins, but we occasionally get flyovers with four Wright radials. What a wonderful sound!