Tamiya 1/48 Lanc

[Guest]

This is my current project - might be a slow one because of all the Eduard add-ons!

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Before you ask - Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth! The wireless op obviously gets a bit bored on those long flights...









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[Guest]

Fantastic subject Snapper, a beautiful iconic aircraft. Some awsome detailing going on buddy, love the pin ups, the maps, seat belts etc. This is ganna be huge aint it at 1/48th scale? I will enjoy watching this build, regards Martin :-)

[Guest]

Snapper this looks very very nice - the interior is very detailed and you have done a wonderful job on it. I've never had an interest in Lancs til now...

Stuart

[Guest]

Martin - yep, rather large. In fact, I'm not sure it'll fit inside the spray booth...may have to think about that one!

[Guest]

One day I WILL make an aircraft kit....you heard it here first lol :-) Does the Tamiya kit come well equipped with extras? I notice you said you have the Eduard extras i take it that was a mixture of PE and resin? Ive been looking at the Eduard kits in 1/48 they seem very nice, one of these could well turn out to be my first serious attempt at a plane, rather fancy a 109 :-)

[AlanG]

BB... the older Tamiya kits don't come with the extra parts but the new updated versions do and the bits are;

Larger bomb aimer's blister.

Needle-blade propellors.

Smooth, bulged tyres.

Unshrouded exhausts.

Later type twin 0.5" rear gun turret

[Guest]

Wow, stunning work so far

[Guest]

Nice one Allyne, cheers dude :-)

[Guest]

BB - no Tamiya extras on this; it's a 30-year old kit that's been tidied up a bit. So, for all the extra detailing, Eduard bits are the way to go - I've also got Quickboost resin .303 barrels as the Tamiya ones are awful. This will be my first attempt at painting on the markings, rather than using decals - Montex Masks have arrived!

And the CBX was waaaayyyyyy cooler than the Z1300!!!oster_offtopic:

[Guest]

A bit of progress today - the fuselage is together:

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and finally managed to finish the Eduard bomb racks - this really was a labour of love!

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fiddly little b****rs, but way better than the simple round lugs that Tamiya give you.









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[Guest]

After a 3-week pause (hols), a bit more work - all the Eduard PE done for the undercarriage:

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I've decided not to do the Eduard landing flaps - too difficult for my ham-fists!

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[Guest]

awesome work, can't wait to see more progress !

[Guest]

Well, as I suspected, this beast is too large to fit into my spraybooth whole, so I'm doing it in sections. Wings first, then fuselage - I did random spots & streaks of lightened base colour which you can just make out in the pic. Next, my first attempt at masking with blutack:

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I'll paint Maskol on the brown parts I want to keep. Then, it'll be time for my virgin attempt with Montex Masks!!!

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[Guest]

What an amazing kit and great to see it put together in so much detail. Many thanks for taking the time to share this with us it really is interesting.

I remember the days, just, when I thought the Airfix Lancaster was a huge kit! Things have moved on.

[Guest]

Last night's/today's progress:

First, the maskol on the bits I wanted to keep brown:

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Then spray on the green, followed by random spots of a slightly lighter shade:

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And then the moment of truth after peeling off the maskol/blutack; spraying on the wing-walks; and a dry fit of wings to fuselage:

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