That was a great build. I used to build models for other folks in the past. I had to stop doing it because it made the hobby I love into a job. Now I enjoy building for myself.
The audio at the end of your video gives me chills, to think Dad was only 20 yrs old when he and his crew went through that hell all those years ago.. You built a lovely Lanc Sir, have a lovely day
I just purchased this model today because theres a D-Day group build coming up on a Facebook page I'm a member of. It's for brush painted midels only, so I'm gonna have some fun trying to keep the paint smooth on such large flat areas!! 🤣 The audio at the end was a nice touch. It's good to be reminded of what the kit is all about. Theres mote important things than ejector pin marks, fitment issues and the wrong number of rivits. We need to remember that thousands of crewmen died in these planes.
Another great build. I'm particularly pleased to see only one exhaust stain on each of the outboard engines. This seems to be something that quite a few modellers get wrong.
What a great build. I would prefer the model with all propellers mounted like it’s frozen in a millisecond in time. Without the propeller blades the holes for them in the spinners kind of reveals that they’re not spinning anyway. Chilling to hear that live sound clip from a mission. British people always seem to keep their cool. So the got a German night fighter, ehh...
@@ModelNerd I recently built a 1/72 airfix Zero and I deleted the prop by fitting the blades then snipping them off with sprue cutters. I then filled the holes with some putty, sanded and painted it. It looks perfectly fine in a diving pose.
If you're going to have a stopped prop, you need to feather the blades. Turn them parallel with the airstream. If they're left in normal pitch they'd spin due to windmilling and not be stopped. At least until the bearings fail and the whole prop rips off... There are photo etch "prop-blur" items available. That might be something to investigate. I've got a Hasegawa Lanc. in the stash but I've got to engineer some display space before I can do any more multi-engine jobs.
Reckon if you're going to replicate damage at this scale you need to go balls deep; big gaping holes, exposed framework, missing cowls, maybe one damaged gear down, flaps down, escape hatch gone, one spinning prop, the others feathered and possibly burnt out, guns jettisoned, smashed front perspex... But great work, Nerd, once again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Looks awesome! I built this one a few years back - all hand painted though which made it a bit of a challenge (but perhaps a bit easier as there was less masking to do). Love the display stand too :)
Hi there! Nice build! I recently picked up the old version of this kit from my hobby shop's 'bargain bin' for about ten bucks. It was tooled in 1963. The plastic is green, and there's a lot of flash, but otherwise it looks good. It also came with five figures...
Great build. I have built the Airfix Dambuster kit and it fit together very well. The parts for the bomb bay to hold the upkeep bomb fit very well and no warped bomb bay doors to attach to the model.😊
Beautiful build.I am currently building the old FROG 1/72 Lancaster, which has the bulged bomb bay doors to accommodate the 12,000-pound tallboy bomb.I am only using the parts and decals supplied with the kit and limiting myself to only using materials available from when the kit was originally released,and,to be honest,I haven't had as much fun building a kit in a long time!.
Fantastic! It can be so much fun building these older kits, and by limiting ourselves to OOB it can also reduce the stress, I find. I'm surprised there hasn't been a modern release of the Tallboy equipped Lancaster. I have a 3D printed conversion for the Grand Slam (which is essentially just the bomb - no bomb bays needed). I read some quite intense debate online about whether the bulged bomb bay doors for the Lancaster Mk II (as supplied by Airfix) are the same as the Tallboy doors. Anyway, enjoy your build!
@ModelNerd I have the HK models 1/32 grandslam Lancaster in the stash,but as you say I am also surprised that there hasn't been a 1/72 offering yet,the Airfix 1/72 grandslam Lanc was a very welcome addition to the Lancaster family,perhaps they will see fit to release their latest Lancaster tooling as a grandslam or a tallboy version,here's hoping!.
Very nice build. Bravo, and I'm glad it's not just me....I too had huge problems with the Airfix Lanc's warped fuselage and bomb bay. The one noticeable flaw with the Revell kit is the FN 50 mid upper. They captured the complex curves of the cupola really well, but it sits too high.
G'day Stu, I truly like your Revell build of this iconic bomber. Airfix plastic has been too 'soft' for quite some time and this leads to warping and bending either by poor mould ejection or due to packaging and handling issues in the supply chain. If I can offer up my 2 bob's worth: as the underside of the Lanc is black, a black stand, to my eye, makes it look too similar to part of the aircraft. Of course, I know it isn't but the first impression of models is dependent on those first few seconds when something is seen for the first time. I would suggest either a white stand or, preferably, a clear stand. I don't know if clear material can be done in 3D printing; that technology being a mystery to me. Apart from that, your Revell Lanc is a great build of my, all time, favourite heavy bomber of WW2. The design of the Lanc is far more 'logical' and balanced than the B-17, yet I am fond of the 'Fortress' too. I've got squadrons of them either built or still in my stash. Happily, I've got 3 Revell Lancs unbuilt and I want to do at least one as an aircraft from a RAAF Sqn., having been in the RAAF myself. I'm also saving up for a 1/48 Lanc which, down here in Australia can be had for a small fortune! 😉 I've been a subscriber for quite a while now and I always look forward to your builds. Cheers, and all the best for 2024. Bill H. P.S. Briefly, my pet peeve about model manufacturers is that most of them provide 'in-flight' options but a scant few companies provide pilot models. I could be wrong but I can't recall seeing pilots or aircrew figures in Airfix kits for years. In fact the last Airfix pilot I saw looked like the poor bloke had been dipped in a vat of acid; so I didn't use him. Airfix was not very good at figures, perhaps that's why they stopped them. The level of minute detail possible with 3D printing is amazing. I predict that plastic model kits will undergo a 'revolution'; entire kits, one day, being done via 3D printing. I just hope I'm still around when that happens. B.H.
Thanks Bill. Yes, it should be possible to print the stand in clear resin. I agree about the pilots - a lot of the Vintage Classics kits from Airfix include them still, but at some point Airfix seem to have stopped including them in new releases. Happy new year!
Hey Stu looks fantastic- love the Lanc best WW2 warbird - like to see spinning props and one stalled. I’d like to get Dam Busters version and have another go a building, cheers Liam
Another great build of a great bomber and brave crews And I think the only bomber in WW2 with a " loo". I'd be interesting to know if anybody tried to use it dodging AAA, and wearing high altitude gear. This video is also an excellent tutorial as I have the two Airfix. Kits, radial and Merlin engines.They are in my stash hanger along with Airfix ground support kit for hopefully a winter, build, I'm still working on all these new paints and washes. BTW, I do have the VMS varnished. Excellent 3D stand. For a challenge regarding aircraft damage diorama I've never seen a modeler attempt a diorama of the B24D Lady Be Good I have no idea how to go about creating damage like that on plastic. I have had some success with ICM 1/48, crews both German and British I believe they also might have 1/72 as well. Recently received an ICM 109 and crew. The officer in trench coat looks like Galland. TAMIYA AND ITALEARI TEAMED up on a Hurricane that is very nice. Japanese called the crew " dolls". I went that route over the ARMA. Cheers till the next video.
Cheers - thanks for watching. That kind of damage must take a lot of skill to recreate, using aluminium foil or similar and cutting away parts of the plastic. They do look good when done though!
Thank you. I don't think the VMS varnish, although like you I have had many issues with it gumming up. Some things I have found help: Sometimes a lower air pressure sprays better than a higher one. I work on a 'production line' basis. I get everything lined up that will need varnishing and then I spray. And I don't stop until they're all done. I've found even a minute or two pause and it starts gumming the needle. If the needle gets gummed I dip a cotton bud in Tamiya lacquer thing and dab it on the end of the needle. I never use the VMS as the last thing I spray that session. I always try to have something else to paint afterwards, to help flush out any remaining varnish. If I've been spraying the varnish I always have a thorough clean and disassemble straight afterwards (this is another reason to spray many things at one time, to do this as few times as possible) I hope this helps!
In my opinion I think you should either leave the propellers on or use clear plastic, with blurred effects, in your next one. The propellers off just looks wrong.
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Thank You for Your prompt replay. First I'm going to open a channel about perspective drawings in black & white and artistic drawings with beautiful colours and after a channel like yours ( I'm a clever artist). For models I have a lot of space in my two big houses and I live alone (I feel so well without disturbating people). Are You American? I love America.❤❤❤ Here in Italy Is night; I wish to sleep. So, to the next. Ciao.😊
Ah excuse me! You are from Britain. I adore the Supermarine Spitfire; It's the best WW2 aeroplane. I already bought some building boxes about this wonderful plane. I adore the Lancaster too. I pratically know all the models of the WWII very well, sincerely. I don't want to disturb You anymore. Thanks for Your patience. Ciao.😊
Hallo. Die Version mit einem Propeller und der Rest ohne Blätter finde ich die beste Lösung. Nur würde ich den stehenden Propeller auf den Motor mit den Beschussschäden setzen, denn da ergibt es Sinn das dieser abgeschaltet ist.
That was a great build. I used to build models for other folks in the past. I had to stop doing it because it made the hobby I love into a job. Now I enjoy building for myself.
Yes, I know what you mean! :)
The audio at the end of your video gives me chills, to think Dad was only 20 yrs old when he and his crew went through that hell all those years ago..
You built a lovely Lanc Sir, have a lovely day
Thank you. Yes, incredible audio.
I just purchased this model today because theres a D-Day group build coming up on a Facebook page I'm a member of. It's for brush painted midels only, so I'm gonna have some fun trying to keep the paint smooth on such large flat areas!! 🤣
The audio at the end was a nice touch. It's good to be reminded of what the kit is all about. Theres mote important things than ejector pin marks, fitment issues and the wrong number of rivits. We need to remember that thousands of crewmen died in these planes.
Absolutely. Lest we forget. Enjoy the group build.
Hello mister nerd!very nice to see a build with your passion.
👏👏👏.thank you for sharing.with sticky greetings from good ol'germany. Christian
Thank you Christian!
Another great build. I'm particularly pleased to see only one exhaust stain on each of the outboard engines. This seems to be something that quite a few modellers get wrong.
Thank you. Yes, I've made that mistake myself in the past!
'Australian War Memorial (public domain)'
Quality vid and nice to see us Aussies getting 'Mentioned in Despatches.'😊
The full audio is available from the AWM page - it's much longer than the clip I used here.
What a great build.
I would prefer the model with all propellers mounted like it’s frozen in a millisecond in time. Without the propeller blades the holes for them in the spinners kind of reveals that they’re not spinning anyway.
Chilling to hear that live sound clip from a mission. British people always seem to keep their cool. So the got a German night fighter, ehh...
Thank you, I appreciate the feedback. Yes, the holes are a problem with no propeller blades. I'm still looking for a perfect spinning prop effect :)
@@ModelNerd
I recently built a 1/72 airfix Zero and I deleted the prop by fitting the blades then snipping them off with sprue cutters. I then filled the holes with some putty, sanded and painted it. It looks perfectly fine in a diving pose.
If you're going to have a stopped prop, you need to feather the blades. Turn them parallel with the airstream. If they're left in normal pitch they'd spin due to windmilling and not be stopped. At least until the bearings fail and the whole prop rips off... There are photo etch "prop-blur" items available. That might be something to investigate. I've got a Hasegawa Lanc. in the stash but I've got to engineer some display space before I can do any more multi-engine jobs.
Thanks - that's good advice. I hadn't thought about the pitch before - good point!
Great Work, i love Revell kits and shes a gem.
Yeah, this is certainly a nice one
Great work, I have the same model waiting to be done 😊
Thank you
I have the same kit from Revell, waiting to be assembled, very good job.
Thank you. Enjoy the kit - it's right up there with the Airfix Lancaster and doesn't suffer from the horrible warping that Airfix's version does
Reckon if you're going to replicate damage at this scale you need to go balls deep; big gaping holes, exposed framework, missing cowls, maybe one damaged gear down, flaps down, escape hatch gone, one spinning prop, the others feathered and possibly burnt out, guns jettisoned, smashed front perspex...
But great work, Nerd, once again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yeah, I think you might be right. But I don't have the guts to do that to a kit!
I do like it with the propellers on as it leaves the rest to the imagination.
Thanks - I appreciate the feedback :)
Looks awesome! I built this one a few years back - all hand painted though which made it a bit of a challenge (but perhaps a bit easier as there was less masking to do). Love the display stand too :)
Thanks. Yes, I remember your video and the diorama & figures too!
Hi there! Nice build! I recently picked up the old version of this kit from my hobby shop's 'bargain bin' for about ten bucks. It was tooled in 1963. The plastic is green, and there's a lot of flash, but otherwise it looks good. It also came with five figures...
Oh nice! I wish more modern kits had crew figures.
Beautifull great job i love airmodel scale 2 war i love revell too
Thank you
Great build. I have built the Airfix Dambuster kit and it fit together very well. The parts for the bomb bay to hold the upkeep bomb fit very well and no warped bomb bay doors to attach to the model.😊
Yes, that did occur to me as a big benefit of the Dambusters version 🙂
I have this kit it's sat in a box with meny other kits ha .. keep your vids coming always enjoy . 👍
Thank you mate. Yes, I'm trying to reduce my stash (and my buying new kits!). Not always successfully!
Beautiful build.I am currently building the old FROG 1/72 Lancaster, which has the bulged bomb bay doors to accommodate the 12,000-pound tallboy bomb.I am only using the parts and decals supplied with the kit and limiting myself to only using materials available from when the kit was originally released,and,to be honest,I haven't had as much fun building a kit in a long time!.
Fantastic! It can be so much fun building these older kits, and by limiting ourselves to OOB it can also reduce the stress, I find. I'm surprised there hasn't been a modern release of the Tallboy equipped Lancaster. I have a 3D printed conversion for the Grand Slam (which is essentially just the bomb - no bomb bays needed). I read some quite intense debate online about whether the bulged bomb bay doors for the Lancaster Mk II (as supplied by Airfix) are the same as the Tallboy doors. Anyway, enjoy your build!
@ModelNerd I have the HK models 1/32 grandslam Lancaster in the stash,but as you say I am also surprised that there hasn't been a 1/72 offering yet,the Airfix 1/72 grandslam Lanc was a very welcome addition to the Lancaster family,perhaps they will see fit to release their latest Lancaster tooling as a grandslam or a tallboy version,here's hoping!.
Very nice build. Bravo, and I'm glad it's not just me....I too had huge problems with the Airfix Lanc's warped fuselage and bomb bay. The one noticeable flaw with the Revell kit is the FN 50 mid upper. They captured the complex curves of the cupola really well, but it sits too high.
Thank you. I thought something didn't quite look right with the mid upper turret...that's what it is. Thanks!
Very nice! I see (hear, and feel lol) one fly over my house every few days. Beautiful machine. You did a wonderful job.
Thanks! That must be awesome seeing them so often.
Nice work Stu, looks very nice.
Thanks John
Nice build! Looks better with all the props on.
Thanks Paul - I appreciate the feedback
looks great on the stand
Thanks Mark
My vote is props on. Perhaps for photos use a fan to spin the propellers? Overall nice looking build, the yellow gives it a bit of unique personality.
Thanks mate
Beautiful…props on for me
Thanks!
Thats a nice looking model. Think you need the prop blur if your going to do 1 stopped engine.
Thanks. Yes, I think you're right
G'day Stu, I truly like your Revell build of this iconic bomber. Airfix plastic has been too 'soft' for quite some time and this leads to warping and bending either by poor mould ejection or due to packaging and handling issues in the supply chain.
If I can offer up my 2 bob's worth: as the underside of the Lanc is black, a black stand, to my eye, makes it look too similar to part of the aircraft. Of course, I know it isn't but the first impression of models is dependent on those first few seconds when something is seen for the first time.
I would suggest either a white stand or, preferably, a clear stand. I don't know if clear material can be done in 3D printing; that technology being a mystery to me.
Apart from that, your Revell Lanc is a great build of my, all time, favourite heavy bomber of WW2. The design of the Lanc is far more 'logical' and balanced than the B-17, yet I am fond of the 'Fortress' too. I've got squadrons of them either built or still in my stash. Happily, I've got 3 Revell Lancs unbuilt and I want to do at least one as an aircraft from a RAAF Sqn., having been in the RAAF myself. I'm also saving up for a 1/48 Lanc which, down here in Australia can be had for a small fortune! 😉
I've been a subscriber for quite a while now and I always look forward to your builds.
Cheers, and all the best for 2024. Bill H.
P.S. Briefly, my pet peeve about model manufacturers is that most of them provide 'in-flight' options but a scant few companies provide pilot models. I could be wrong but I can't recall seeing pilots or aircrew figures in Airfix kits for years. In fact the last Airfix pilot I saw looked like the poor bloke had been dipped in a vat of acid; so I didn't use him.
Airfix was not very good at figures, perhaps that's why they stopped them.
The level of minute detail possible with 3D printing is amazing.
I predict that plastic model kits will undergo a 'revolution'; entire kits, one day, being done via 3D printing. I just hope I'm still around when that happens. B.H.
Thanks Bill. Yes, it should be possible to print the stand in clear resin. I agree about the pilots - a lot of the Vintage Classics kits from Airfix include them still, but at some point Airfix seem to have stopped including them in new releases. Happy new year!
Hey Stu looks fantastic- love the Lanc best WW2 warbird - like to see spinning props and one stalled. I’d like to get Dam Busters version and have another go a building, cheers Liam
Thanks Liam. Do it - you can't beat a Lancaster! :)
very nice result
Thank you
The Revell Lancaster is a nice kit if you can live with the fact that the wings are all wrong. That aside, you have made a nice job of it.
Yeah, I'm happy with it. I didn't notice significant differences between the wings on this and the Airfix kit.
@@ModelNerd The Lancaster wings are angled if you look straight on at them. The Revell kit wings are straight. The Airfix kit is correct.
The Revell kit is perfectly accurate for this scale.
great modeller
Thank you - I'm glad you liked it. The Lancaster is one of my favourite aircraft.
Thanks!
Thank you! I really appreciate your support :)
Another great build of a great bomber and brave crews And I think the only bomber in WW2 with a " loo". I'd be interesting to know if anybody tried to use it dodging AAA, and wearing high altitude gear. This video is also an excellent tutorial as I have the two Airfix. Kits, radial and Merlin engines.They are in my stash hanger along with Airfix ground support kit for hopefully a winter, build, I'm still working on all these new paints and washes. BTW, I do have the VMS varnished. Excellent 3D stand. For a challenge regarding aircraft damage diorama I've never seen a modeler attempt a diorama of the B24D Lady Be Good I have no idea how to go about creating damage like that on plastic. I have had some success with ICM 1/48, crews both German and British I believe they also might have 1/72 as well. Recently received an ICM 109 and crew. The officer in trench coat looks like Galland. TAMIYA AND ITALEARI TEAMED up on a Hurricane that is very nice. Japanese called the crew " dolls". I went that route over the ARMA. Cheers till the next video.
Cheers - thanks for watching. That kind of damage must take a lot of skill to recreate, using aluminium foil or similar and cutting away parts of the plastic. They do look good when done though!
To paraphrase a major manufacturer, "if it's Revell, I ain't going" 😂
I've built very few of their kits but I do have the Halifax in the stash
A lovely in flight model. What do you use to thin VMS varnish? I have tried VMS but it made a sticky mess of both the model and the airbrush.
Thank you. I don't think the VMS varnish, although like you I have had many issues with it gumming up. Some things I have found help:
Sometimes a lower air pressure sprays better than a higher one.
I work on a 'production line' basis. I get everything lined up that will need varnishing and then I spray. And I don't stop until they're all done. I've found even a minute or two pause and it starts gumming the needle.
If the needle gets gummed I dip a cotton bud in Tamiya lacquer thing and dab it on the end of the needle.
I never use the VMS as the last thing I spray that session. I always try to have something else to paint afterwards, to help flush out any remaining varnish.
If I've been spraying the varnish I always have a thorough clean and disassemble straight afterwards (this is another reason to spray many things at one time, to do this as few times as possible)
I hope this helps!
In my opinion I think you should either leave the propellers on or use clear plastic, with blurred effects, in your next one. The propellers off just looks wrong.
Thanks - I appreciate the feedback
Good work ,were the pilot's American? The Border 1\32 and nose kit would look good in the stash 😎😎👍👍.
Thank you. The pilots are RAF :) I've been tempted by the Lancaster nose - maybe one day...
@@ModelNerd Looking forward to the video 😂😂it's a stunning kit,not got myself 😭😭.
🤝👍
If your gonna have one engine out, you have to feather the prop. Nobody ever feathers the prop....
Good point, thanks :)
Lancaster TAMIYA 1/48 em..
Hello dear Artist,
I'm an Italian man, your subscriber.
I deeply appreciate your great Work.
I have decided to activate a channel about plastic models, like yours ... I hope better ...
You are simply Fantastic! 😃😉
Please, write me something nice ... I'm sincerely without job and I have little money, but I have already bought many building plastic models and a lot of materials.
Thanks in advance.❤
Hi. Thank you for watching and for your support! I wish you all the best with your channel - send me a message or a comment when you upload your first video!
Thank You for Your prompt replay. First I'm going to open
a channel about perspective drawings in black & white and artistic drawings with beautiful colours and after a channel like yours ( I'm a clever artist).
For models I have a lot of space in my two big houses and I live alone (I feel so well without disturbating people).
Are You American? I love America.❤❤❤
Here in Italy Is night; I wish to sleep.
So, to the next.
Ciao.😊
Ah excuse me! You are from Britain. I adore the Supermarine Spitfire; It's the best WW2 aeroplane.
I already bought some building boxes about this wonderful plane.
I adore the Lancaster too.
I pratically know all the models of the WWII very well, sincerely.
I don't want to disturb You anymore.
Thanks for Your patience.
Ciao.😊
Hallo.
Die Version mit einem Propeller und der Rest ohne Blätter finde ich die beste Lösung. Nur würde ich den stehenden Propeller auf den Motor mit den Beschussschäden setzen, denn da ergibt es Sinn das dieser abgeschaltet ist.
Thanks!
Yes you cant go wrong with a Lancaster! I have the Revell Dambuster in the stash....so I'll wait to see how you do it. Lovely build!
Thanks Paul! Yes, I'm looking forward to building the two side by side.