Spanner's Revell 1/72 Dam Buster Lancaster. 1958 tooling.

[spanner570]

The green, applied earlier has dried just nice in hardly any time, so after marking the camo. lines with a pencil, I've pushed on and brushed on the brown.
Having been close up and personal to a Lancaster, I prefer a soft, rather than hard line to the two colours.

i haven't been too fussy when applying the paint as most of the action will obviously be at night, so I can get away with murder.......Ee sez!





I've decided to leave painting the fuselage camouflage until I've joined the two halves of the model together. This will make lining up the brown straight forward.

Cheers.
Ron

[flyjoe180]

Wow, that's coming along fast and very nicely Ron. Can't wait to see it all lit up!

[Jim R]

Good progress Ron. It will be interesting to see the night time lighting. Hope Mrs Ron has practiced her night time chucking. Don't want the kite landing in the drink 😀

[spanner570]

Thanks boys...

Lighting rigged up and two holes drilled into the fuselage belly.
Bit of a jumble, but the set up is only of a temporary nature because once I've taken pictures of the night time stuff, I need to take the aircraft apart.



The silicone blobs are the two LED spotlights. The tiny switch is hanging loose at the bottom. Once the lights are switched on, I will just tuck this up into the fuselage.


Now I can button it all up and add the wings etc.

Cheers.
Ron

[HAWKERHUNTER]

This is a really interesting build Ron. Knowing your photography skills I just know you will do it justice. Great work so far.

Steve

[scottie3158]

Looking forward to seeing this all come together Ron.

[spanner570]

Thanks boys!

I'm looking forward to seeing how it comes together too, 'cos at the minute I haven't got a clue!

Jim, I've insisted the wife wears night goggles throughout the day ( Kinky or what?), so at least she will be prepared for any chucking at a later time.

Cheers all.
Ron

[yak face]

Cant wait to see the night time pics complete with spotlights , this is going to be special , cheers tony

[spanner570]

Thanks Tony.
Update.
I've joined the two halves of the fuselage together.

Prop. blades cut off too.

Please don't look closely at the ham fisted joints and the like. It'll be dark!

The very old decals were almost worse than useless, they all collapsed into 'Millions' of bits! I've stuck them on as best I can. Due to the theme of the build (Night time) I could probably have left them all off. But, bad though they all were, I thought it best to fix them on - Just in case some might be seen through the murk.....

Thankfully, after joining the fuselage together, the lights still work.









Next up will be the canopies. this will complete the aircraft. Then I can have me a thunk about the bases and various surroundings.....Big Sweat!

Cheers.
Ron

[Graeme C.]

I've just found this Ron, It's an interesting idea, looking forward to seeing how you make it work.

[spanner570]

I've just found this Ron, It's an interesting idea, looking forward to seeing how you make it work.

Thanks Graeme.
You can sit in the front gunners seat, if you want.

Guess what? I'm looking forward to seeing how it works too, 'cos as I've rit earlier, I have only a sketchy idea if, or how I can do it.......period!

Ron

[HAWKERHUNTER]

This next bit will be interesting Ron. Good luck with it.

[spanner570]

Thanks Steve. I'll need all the luck I can muster!

Update.....
The aircraft is now finished.

Please note, there are decals I've omitted, some seams could be better. The list is a long one, but as most shots will be in dark or semi dark, all short comings should be hidden from prying eyes and zoom merchants!







A close up of the bomb




...and the lights still work!


Now I can work on the surroundings and the dam. etc.

Cheers.
Ron

[Richard48]

Cor cool Ron.Thats super Chris Boatman would approve very much im sure.Nice model

[scottie3158]

Great job Ron, looking forward to the setting.