1/72 Airfix Avro Lancaster GR.3 SM555 "Coastal Command"
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May 25, 2023This is more or less what I'm going for.
The registration will be SM555.2
August 10, 2022Please 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.3
December 9, 2020Here she is after the first nights work.
Everything I could remove, I did.
The wings and outer engines are only dry fitted.4
December 9, 2020I 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!5
December 10, 2020This 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!6
December 10, 2020I 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.7
December 10, 2020After 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!8
December 11, 2020Building 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.9
December 11, 2020The yellow seat came from the spares of a helo and the 2 ejection seats are from the Dragon Sea Vixen which I replaced.10
December 11, 2020Canopy is dry fitted to give an idea of what can be seen when built.11
December 11, 2020An over view of what's been achieved so far.12
December 14, 2020As 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.13
December 19, 2020All the internal ejector pin marks have been filled and sanded.14
December 19, 2020I 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.15
January 2, 2021One side of the fuselage has had all of its raised surface detail gently sanded back using an old piece of sandpaper.16
November 28, 2021So this is were the cookie starts to crumble......
First step is putting 2 together then when I find the other add the third.17
November 28, 2021And ofcourse the next step is to triple it!18
November 28, 2021Here she is with her currently 3, soon to be 4 test ordinance with some very appropriate books19
May 23, 2023I accidentally found a way of dry test fitting the A400M Props.20
May 23, 2023There massive!21
May 25, 2023I decided to test the original engi es and have them changeable.
Only for it to completely change my mind!22
May 25, 2023A change of heart lead to a change of colour choices....23
May 25, 2023The cockpit is owed 4 crew seats, I've added a large maritime duty table and a small, fold away Navigators table.24
May 25, 2023I added the latter for a currently unknown reason and I've extended the floor in the rear of the pain cabin.25
May 25, 2023Fuselage overview.26
May 25, 2023Props painted.27
May 25, 2023Wings mostly painted with the engines all sanded down.
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10 9 December 2020, 00:11