Hi. This looks like a very nice and well presented kit. The detail is fine but I don,t understand why they give you a set of engines and the you can,t see them, very strange indeed. But it all looks good to me. If you ever get the chance to go to the Brooklands air museum you will see a Tallboy and a Grandslam standing out side, they also have a bouncing bomb inside too. There is als Sir Barnes Wallec's offic to look at as well. I think the aircraft that you were thinking of is called the Vickers Warwick, it was to be a high altitude pressurised bomber made with the same geodetic airframe as the Wellington. Wallace designed this too. It was only after the Dams raid that he started to get more of his own way on certain things. They dropped a few of these bombs at the Beilefeld viaduct and shook it to pieces, if you ever get to see the photos you will see that it was plastered with bomb craters to no avail. Then they dropped these bombs, job done. They also dropped these bombs at the canal south of Kiel and emptied it of water. These were truly game changing weapons that could have changed the course of the war earlier if only they had got the go ahead. There is a book called the Tallboys and Grandslam bombs. As you might have guessed I have this book. Good luck with th build.
I have done some research and they do seem like very capable weapons. The kit looks like it will represent the machine very well but I’m not sure on some of the colour call outs, more research is required. 👍
@@creativetimewasting Hi. I have the Airfix version of this kit and yes the colour is correct. They replaced the Earth brown colour with a more tan colour. As for the camoflage scheme well it still remained in the A and B standard RAF pattern scheme. If you ever watch the footage of them bombing the Tirpitz notice how much the wing is bent before and after release. That bomb must have put an awful strain on the airframe. I think that it was at the Lancasters absolute limit. Good luck.
@@BrianSanders-tn7piThe Lancaster did prove very durable and adaptable, superb design. The colour call outs seem mostly correct although I do question the colour call out for the interior as ‘Brass’, not quite right I’m sure. But the fun also in the research.
@@anjkovo2138 I have put a few up but most people seem to want to see Matchbox builds, two of which are on the go. I may upgrade camera/editing equipment and do a multi-part build. I would want to do the build justice for people’s viewing pleasure. My videos are a bit ad-hoc without much planning at the moment.
Hm, dilemma, dilemma, dilemma. I can't really get behind 1/48 as a scale. It's a Marmite scale for me. Some 1/48 kits I've built were fantastic, some early Airfix productions, but others weren't that good. However, this kit looks so well engineered it may change my point of view. Thanks for giving me the proverbial choice headache mate.
I built loads of 1/48 scale years ago then moved to 1/72 scale. However eyesight not what it was so I’ve built a few 1/48 scale models in the last few years and it’s working for me but I still have 1/72 scale stuff on the go. Oddly I moved down from 1/35 to 1/48 for AFVs so no hard and fast rules.
The other thing about these aircraft,from the bouncing bomb,to the tall boy and grand slam,all the aircraft were delivered BRAND NEW from the manufacturer.so little or no weathering was on these aircraft,(I worked at Avro at Woodford,where these (abortions) were build,the name (abortion),was originally applied to the Dambuster Lancaster and stuck to all 617sqdn aircraft
I built the HK 1/48 Dambuster kit recently. Goes together really well. You won't be disappointed.
Been waiting for this kit. Thanks for the review!.
Big Kit with very good details. May buy one to build over the dark winter months👍
Hi. This looks like a very nice and well presented kit. The detail is fine but I don,t understand why they give you a set of engines and the you can,t see them, very strange indeed. But it all looks good to me. If you ever get the chance to go to the Brooklands air museum you will see a Tallboy and a Grandslam standing out side, they also have a bouncing bomb inside too. There is als Sir Barnes Wallec's offic to look at as well. I think the aircraft that you were thinking of is called the Vickers Warwick, it was to be a high altitude pressurised bomber made with the same geodetic airframe as the Wellington. Wallace designed this too. It was only after the Dams raid that he started to get more of his own way on certain things. They dropped a few of these bombs at the Beilefeld viaduct and shook it to pieces, if you ever get to see the photos you will see that it was plastered with bomb craters to no avail. Then they dropped these bombs, job done. They also dropped these bombs at the canal south of Kiel and emptied it of water. These were truly game changing weapons that could have changed the course of the war earlier if only they had got the go ahead. There is a book called the Tallboys and Grandslam bombs. As you might have guessed I have this book. Good luck with th build.
I have done some research and they do seem like very capable weapons.
The kit looks like it will represent the machine very well but I’m not sure on some of the colour call outs, more research is required. 👍
@@creativetimewasting Hi. I have the Airfix version of this kit and yes the colour is correct. They replaced the Earth brown colour with a more tan colour. As for the camoflage scheme well it still remained in the A and B standard RAF pattern scheme. If you ever watch the footage of them bombing the Tirpitz notice how much the wing is bent before and after release. That bomb must have put an awful strain on the airframe. I think that it was at the Lancasters absolute limit. Good luck.
@@BrianSanders-tn7piThe Lancaster did prove very durable and adaptable, superb design.
The colour call outs seem mostly correct although I do question the colour call out for the interior as ‘Brass’, not quite right I’m sure.
But the fun also in the research.
Very Good Review. 👍
Thank you, nothing too in-depth just a taster. 👍
@@creativetimewasting Any chance of seeing a build?
@@anjkovo2138 I have put a few up but most people seem to want to see Matchbox builds, two of which are on the go.
I may upgrade camera/editing equipment and do a multi-part build.
I would want to do the build justice for people’s viewing pleasure.
My videos are a bit ad-hoc without much planning at the moment.
Hm, dilemma, dilemma, dilemma. I can't really get behind 1/48 as a scale. It's a Marmite scale for me. Some 1/48 kits I've built were fantastic, some early Airfix productions, but others weren't that good. However, this kit looks so well engineered it may change my point of view. Thanks for giving me the proverbial choice headache mate.
I built loads of 1/48 scale years ago then moved to 1/72 scale. However eyesight not what it was so I’ve built a few 1/48 scale models in the last few years and it’s working for me but I still have 1/72 scale stuff on the go.
Oddly I moved down from 1/35 to 1/48 for AFVs so no hard and fast rules.
I've got the 1/32 HK B Mk1in the stash, a bit of ambition over skill level tbh.
@@nigelpickett2471 must be a monster.
The other thing about these aircraft,from the bouncing bomb,to the tall boy and grand slam,all the aircraft were delivered BRAND NEW from the manufacturer.so little or no weathering was on these aircraft,(I worked at Avro at Woodford,where these (abortions) were build,the name (abortion),was originally applied to the Dambuster Lancaster and stuck to all 617sqdn aircraft