First up is this Airfix example in Tiger Force colours. Any future Lancs in this livery will be done using automotive rattle cans for the white bits if nothing else - because airbrushing white primer was an absolute pig to get right. I now remember why I don't do it! This has since sold at the end of last year.
Next up was a tandem build - that is, putting together two similar kits at the same time.
Building a gaggle of single-engine types like Folland Gnats, Spitfires, etc. is one thing - but assembling, painting and finishing a pair of Lancaster simultaneously?
You can indeed build 2 big models together with some organisation and planning. The painting of both was completed in one go, as was the decaling, final assembly and finishing touches. Only a few specific modifications were needed for the Dambuster; mainly the deleted upper turret and unique bomb cradle underneath.
One is a Mk III and the other is a Mk I (Special) - both Revell 1/72 scale. The finished Special is immediately below - the Mk III was pictured lying in bits on the side while the decal solution dried off.
One of the advantages of building the Revell tooling is that the wings can be built up as their own sub-assembly - then attached at quite a late stage in the build. It makes masking/painting so much easier.
Next up - perhaps the ultimate relative of the Lancaster - the Avro Shackleton.
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