After building a modern day jet, the Skyhawk of which was a fun build and something different for a change. I decided on going back to WWII aircraft. I picked a classic in that of a Tamiya 1:48 Avro Lancaster.
The instrutions are vague at best and I’m going to have to read and decipher the Japanese instructions to concur and verify the English instructions. Wish me luck!
Toshi
These are the Japanese assembly instructions.
This is a PDF File for the assembly instructions in English.
Styrene cement? WOW!
This kit is equivalent in size to the Monogram B-17G. It’s definately a huge project.
You can go Tamiyausa.com site and find the Lancaster kit. Some have links for the manual guide that you can print out in English version. It can’t be any different than the old one you have compared to the Lancaster kits of today.
Cool, this should be interesting, as you said a real classic kit there. And unlike an American heavy bomber the RAF painted their planes so no annoying NM finish. Plus those Eduard masks should make the masking much, much, easier.
The decals looks usable though I don’t think I’d try using that plastic cement!
Hmm, considering the apparent age of the kit, it might be a good idea to get hold of some Microscale Liquid Decal Film (or something similar) as a precaution in case the decals break up when they hit the water.
Yes, I noticed that there are no MNF allied bombers, at least I didn’t find one. That’s interesting trivia Gamera! Oh no, the styrene cement will not be utilized. I did purchase some AM decals. Thanks for the read and reply.
Tohsi, I don’t know my British bombers that well but the shot of the fuselage seems to me to have a lot of windows in it. I know the Brits made a airliner version of the Lancaster, could this kit represent that or does this version have that many windows? Tim
