1/72 Airfix Avro Lancaster GR.3 SM555 "Coastal Command"

This is more or less what I'm going for.
The registration will be SM555. 

Please note!:
This is not my model, this is the scheme I will be having on my model.
This is Raymond Hambleton's model and photo.
He posted this photo on Facebook "Airfix Model Group" page on the 8th of August and I saved it without his prior permission just for a reference.
I am only saving this in this album as I have mental health issues and my memory will not allow me to remember I have this photo in months or years to come. 

Here she is after the first nights work.
Everything I could remove, I did.
The wings and outer engines are only dry fitted. 

I managed to separate the 2 fuselage halves, there was about half a centimetre of plastic which just wouldn't give up and I had to let it snap to remove the bomb bay interior.
I couldn't leave it as it was installed the wrong way around and about 3mm too far forward.
I added the 2 half bulkheads to the bomb bay interior as it left huge holes! 

This is a test I did to see were this lump fitted and it fits beautifully on the fuselage raised line!
I'm still unsure if to put it at the front, middle or back! 

I finished sanding down the filler in the bomb bay and painted over it with a brush to give it the same texture as the original black paint that was thrown on when I was a younger lad. 

After seeing that the raised detail marked out the outline of the access door something just told me to go for it and I began to cut into the fuselage.
Before I knew it the door was out, filled and sanded, I normally hesitate but for some reason I just did it and really enjoyed doing it.
Dont worry all the run off cut lines have been filled and sanded too.
I also decided to sand off all the rivets on the rear of the fuselage to show an experimental new skin over the aircraft which deviates away from the Lanc's crazy rivit count! 

Building the structure for the crew seat behind the Pilot seat was a little tricky.
Its the first time I've done anything like this but I'm happy with the progress so far.
I cut down some left over parts of a helicopter kit and glued them all into place, I then filled all the holes and joins to give me an idea of what it looked like, I'll be putting some squadron putty on it and really making it look more solid soon. 

The yellow seat came from the spares of a helo and the 2 ejection seats are from the Dragon Sea Vixen which I replaced. 

Canopy is dry fitted to give an idea of what can be seen when built. 

An over view of what's been achieved so far. 

As I'm scratch building the entire interior I had to get rid of all the sink marks.
The first step was to fill them, which I did with tipex.
I also filled all the gaps on the newly built cockpit floor structure and filled in the big holes underneath to support it all. 

All the internal ejector pin marks have been filled and sanded. 

I used nail varnish remover to remove all the acrylic paint from the internal fuselage walls so now I can work towards getting the supplies to create the interior detail. 

One side of the fuselage has had all of its raised surface detail gently sanded back using an old piece of sandpaper. 

So this is were the cookie starts to crumble......
First step is putting 2 together then when I find the other add the third. 

And ofcourse the next step is to triple it! 

Here she is with her currently 3, soon to be 4 test ordinance with some very appropriate books 

I accidentally found a way of dry test fitting the A400M Props. 

There massive! 

I decided to test the original engi es and have them changeable.
Only for it to completely change my mind! 

A change of heart lead to a change of colour choices.... 

The cockpit is owed 4 crew seats, I've added a large maritime duty table and a small, fold away Navigators table. 

I added the latter for a currently unknown reason and I've extended the floor in the rear of the pain cabin. 

Fuselage overview. 

Props painted. 

Wings mostly painted with the engines all sanded down.