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09-22-2007, 08:40 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: East end
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| >besides Thanks. The pic was, I think, taken last fall. quote; An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality. You must, nevertheless, suffer for it. Richard Bach Last edited by ppopsie; 09-22-2007 at 08:58 AM. |
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09-23-2007, 06:29 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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| wow havent been online for a while and this is great! Love your work plus the backdrop of the 'dambusters' 
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09-25-2007, 09:58 AM
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| Fortunately there are a host of photos and information of the aircraft available on the internet and I have been without much difficulties in detailing the model, in 1/48 scale. But at the same time I found the information about the Dam Buster Lancasters are very scarce. The engine which I made and duplicated by using resin and scillicone rubber molding shall be added with more details such as the engine mountings. |
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09-25-2007, 02:14 PM
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| I think you have made a superb job on the aircraft. Having tryed scratchbuilding i know how hard it is .Best of luck and keep up the hard work |
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09-25-2007, 06:27 PM
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| To me, this is like restoring a real Lancaster. If there is such a restration taking place at an airport hangar or an air museum nearby, I would've give up all the modeling and join it. Unfortunately my house is not sufficiently large enough to hold an airplane like the Lanc. I got a DIY etching kit to make various instrument panels in the aircraft. Last edited by ppopsie; 09-25-2007 at 10:51 PM. |
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09-25-2007, 09:32 PM
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09-25-2007, 09:32 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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| Wow is all I can say. A superb piece of work/art!!
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09-25-2007, 10:12 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Zealand
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 | That looks like a really awesome Lancaster! Keep up the good work!
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09-25-2007, 10:24 PM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | NIce job! 
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09-25-2007, 11:45 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: East end
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| I started it by having the DVD "The Dam Busters" first, in early 2005. Then I got some wood pieces from a DIY shop nearby. The grain-less wood material is reasonably soft (not as soft as balsa), has uniform density and is suited for hand-carving. Information about the Lancaster gathered included the plans scanned from the Lancaster Manual book. I found that THESE are very accurate by comparing them with various photographs, and I could use them by simply resizing into 1/48 scale on the PC and print them on the paper. Shaping the wood blocks were not very complicated job thanks to the simplicity of the aircraft's shape. I mainly used a middle sized plane and coarse grained sand paper and no magics. |
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09-26-2007, 06:58 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Excellent.
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09-27-2007, 02:35 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado, USA
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|  It looks like a tough thing to think out. How did you make the inner struts of the wing so well? And how about all the bolts, screws, and fine lines? Exo knife? 
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09-27-2007, 08:24 AM
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| I used 0.2mm thick PET plastic films to reproduce the mushroom rivet heads. Rivet head tool is made with 25 hand sewing needles. Each wing sectiones were drawn on the PC and printed onto an adhesive paper. The sheet then was to put on a stylene sheet which can be cut easily. |
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09-27-2007, 03:43 PM
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11-14-2007, 06:49 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: East end
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| Just a little progress. Plane shape of the X like part fitted between the bomb sling arms is from my guess, as deduced from German documents. Note: not superbly painted markings.
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