Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Lame Lancaster - part 3 - liftoff!

Now as complete as it's getting, the appalling monstrosity that is this rescued Airfix Lancaster is ready to have a game contrived around it.  Actually it doesn't look too bad in the photos - all of which have been carefully angled to hide the particularly bad bits.  The last aircraft model of this size I dealt with was probably the Airfix He-177.  In 1977....

The Lancaster is part of my Winter Aircraft Project - click here for more such sadness.
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18 comments:

  1. Sean6 March 2013 at 10:36

    Another nice salvage job.

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  2. Tim Gow6 March 2013 at 10:37

    Sean
    Thanks. It's gone from being a badly built model to a badly built model with some paint on it!

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  3. Don M6 March 2013 at 16:03

    Paint can cover many sins!
    Nice job Tim!

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  4. Wargame News and Terrain Blog6 March 2013 at 18:49

    It looks great and as Sean said great salvage job!

    Cheers

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  5. Milgeek6 March 2013 at 19:38

    I can understand why so many war gamers prefer to paint the canopies in aircraft - just finished my Me 109 and I've had a nightmare trying to paint the canopy...!

    I think you are being modest, the Lanc looks just fine.

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  6. Arthur6 March 2013 at 20:42

    Ah ha, well done.

    It's complete, finally the tension is gone; the relief is palpable.

    Dog, strangely, is non-committal, but then, he is in Kenya and I am currently in South Africa.

    Regards

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  7. Giano6 March 2013 at 23:49

    Good salvage operation, now it looks like a Lanc. I may copy the canopy overpainting trick for my planned salvage operations (a He 111 and some post-war wrecks)

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  8. The Dancing Cake Tin7 March 2013 at 00:15

    Ever thought of a job in Propaganda? You're a natural ;-)

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  9. Paul7 March 2013 at 03:30

    Well done Tim, I am glad it did not turn into a Lincoln given the timeline of the rebuild.

    I think the canopy looks sweet.

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  10. Tim Gow7 March 2013 at 16:57

    Don M
    It's a very sinful model....

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  11. Tim Gow7 March 2013 at 16:58

    Wargame News & Terrain
    It did look really hideous before I started on it.

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  12. Tim Gow7 March 2013 at 16:58

    Stephen Beat
    The painted canopy is probably the best bit!

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  13. Tim Gow7 March 2013 at 16:59

    Arthur
    Has the dog gone on safari without you?

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  14. Tim Gow7 March 2013 at 17:00

    Giano
    I was a bit hesitant about painting the canopy on such a big model but it worked OK.

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  15. Tim Gow7 March 2013 at 17:01

    Dancing Cake Tin
    That's what I wanted you to think. Oh I see what you mean...

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  16. Tim Gow7 March 2013 at 17:01

    Paul
    Lincoln? Any longer and it would have ended up as a Washington!

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  17. Geordie an Exiled FoG8 March 2013 at 00:05

    Good work Tim
    The size of this one looked quite daunting

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  18. Tim Gow8 March 2013 at 12:24

    Geordie
    Daunting it was! It seemed to take forever to paint.

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