As some of you may know I bought this kit a while back and was waiting for some things and now I have all the pieces of the puzzle, this one will be started - soon!! - as I have been itching to get into it.
The additions
Eduard does not make Pe or masks for this Airfix kit so will do with Hasegawa sets
Two things that I felt need to be changed are the props in flight, and the kit Mg barrels, prop blurs should look the part with the Lanc skimming over the dam wall
Today I cut the dio board edging, here is the dry fitted pieces set against the board with the vac formed dam sitting inside, this gives many pluses including a solid base to mount the ''A'' frame aircraft mount, protection of the dam piece which is fairly thin, much easier to pick up and move, and I think will look much better than the whole thing just sitting displayed as the box photo shows.
The box photo of the completed kit also shows a flat vac formed base on the dam, this has been removed at the factory where it was made - the instructions show and tell the modeller to cut this off.
The water level is the same height as the top of the edging, two towers go onto the rectangles on the dam incase you are wondering why it looks a bit odd at the moment, and I will be doing a little built up area on the sides of the dam wall up to the edging to try and simulate the land leading down to the water run off in front of the wall.
The aircraft is Guy Gibson's, and on a side note, all the upkeep mines were painted dark green, with the exception of P - Popsie, after the weapon was loaded it was accidentally released, falling to the ground under the aircraft causing everyone nearby to run for their lives - luckily it wasn't armed!
It was winched back into place and then painted black to match the aircraft underside color - why is unknown.
After it's release it was seen to veer sharply left and explode well wide of it's intended position.
Did it veer off target because of the accidental drop or was it because the Lancaster's wings were not level at the point of release - this is just one of Operation Chastise's unanswered questions.
The additions
Eduard does not make Pe or masks for this Airfix kit so will do with Hasegawa sets
Two things that I felt need to be changed are the props in flight, and the kit Mg barrels, prop blurs should look the part with the Lanc skimming over the dam wall
Today I cut the dio board edging, here is the dry fitted pieces set against the board with the vac formed dam sitting inside, this gives many pluses including a solid base to mount the ''A'' frame aircraft mount, protection of the dam piece which is fairly thin, much easier to pick up and move, and I think will look much better than the whole thing just sitting displayed as the box photo shows.
The box photo of the completed kit also shows a flat vac formed base on the dam, this has been removed at the factory where it was made - the instructions show and tell the modeller to cut this off.
The water level is the same height as the top of the edging, two towers go onto the rectangles on the dam incase you are wondering why it looks a bit odd at the moment, and I will be doing a little built up area on the sides of the dam wall up to the edging to try and simulate the land leading down to the water run off in front of the wall.
The aircraft is Guy Gibson's, and on a side note, all the upkeep mines were painted dark green, with the exception of P - Popsie, after the weapon was loaded it was accidentally released, falling to the ground under the aircraft causing everyone nearby to run for their lives - luckily it wasn't armed!
It was winched back into place and then painted black to match the aircraft underside color - why is unknown.
After it's release it was seen to veer sharply left and explode well wide of it's intended position.
Did it veer off target because of the accidental drop or was it because the Lancaster's wings were not level at the point of release - this is just one of Operation Chastise's unanswered questions.
