Nice work so far Daniel. Are you opening up the bomb bays in the wings too? BTW, I think I spotted a stamp on the box tying-in the model to the Yorkshire Air Museum, so that's probably why Airfix say Elvington based, meaning the one there now.
Cheers guys , agree on that too Terry , there was a stamp on the box - idiots
Originally Posted by lesofprimus
Excellent choice Daniel, goin whole hog with this Build man....
I fixed ur thread title and stuck it....
Cheers mate
Originally Posted by Heinz
Didnt realise the H2S radar bulge was moulded as part of the fueslage!
Ya so are the bombay doors which surprised me , came off easily enough tho
Originally Posted by Airframes
Are you opening up the bomb bays in the wings too?
Proberly not , don't know if you know but the airfix kit doesn't come with any bombs so to make it easier for myself Il just stick with the main bombay ( only found out it had the wing bombays' in the wing like the Stirling yesterday) This way Il only have to make a few bombs and do abit less cutting
Just gotta finish up my brother's christmas pressie and Il be ripping into 'Belle' and 'Friday'
Last night's bit on 'Friday' was just on abita downtime while waiting for paint to dry
That's looking very nice Daniel! But why do I have the feeling that you'll be looking around for a missing instruction sheet shortly - then finding it - covered in paint!!
Just a though, but as the Halifax kit is well over forty years old, and they didn't do things like open bomb bay doors on kits in those days, as a rule, are you going to scratch-build the actual bay? I seem to recall the fuselage is just empty aft of the Flight Engineer's station. BTW, you probably know, but the bomb doors are in four sections, split two either side, and fold in on themselves.
Cheers Terry , I couldn't find anything to mask it with and my revell zero instructions weren't being of use elsewhere
I realised the 'missing' bombay and engineers station problem last night and was wondering what to do? scratching building will be a must , dunno what I'm gonna do about this Engineer's station?
Thanks for the info on the bombay doors , knew they were 4 pieces but didn't know they folded that way ( was wondering about that too)
I should have some pics of the open bomb doors, and probably of the bulkheads aft of the nose section. I know I've got scale plan and a couple of cutaway drawings, but they might be a bit big to scan. Leave it with me and I'll sort something out over the weekend and e-mail you. The bomb bay should be straightforward. Just make a bulkhead front and rear, and a roof, more or less the same depth as the Lanc's bomb bay. Once installed, nothing will be seen of the interior front or back - unless you cut open the small entrance hatch on the curve of the port rear fuselage. Even then, all that will be visible is the opposite wall!
Gotta watch how deep I make the bomb bay , don't think il be able to make it the same as 'George's' cause the wing joins are right above where the bombay starts basically
Changed my mind about the wing bombays , gonna open em up
Pic 1 The pic that changed my mind , kindly supplied by Alex source: Australian War Museum
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