[:)][:)]This is my Lancaster of the 617 squadron of Scampton airfield U.K
It was modified to take place on the bombing raid of the dams and industrial complex at the Ruhr Valley.
Two nasty things-
The background is horrible,and the ambulance is german,but it´s going to be replace by a Austin.Every thing is in 1/72 scale.
Hope you like it,it was my first dio .
Pedro
Nice build and a good dio, nicely laid out, the Lancaster had the letter ‘G’ with their serial number which ment the aircraft where guarded, 24 hours which ment they where classed as secret, on the night of the raid the ‘G’ was painted out.
Rob.
very impressive. great pics.
joe
Yes Rob it was the AJG E0932 of Wing Cdr Gibson,the total operation envolved 23 Lancasters
Thanks for your words Rob and Fightnjoe
Pedro
well the guys who flew them would be proud [bow][bow][bow][bow][bow]
love all the action in the pic. Great job
Thad
great pics thanks for sharing. thats the revell kit isn’t it?. i’m building one at the moment and its a real bear of a kit to make look good. i’ll post pics of mine here when its done. a dio may be on the cards for this one too.
Greg
nice madspaniard!![tup][tup][tup][:D]
GREAT diorama! And great pix! I have the 1:48 Tamiya Lanc kit up in the closet, and have been too chicken to attempt the build. I had thought to do the bouncing bomb conversion, as well, but again, I’m scared to mess up an expensive kit!
looks really good, thanks for the pics
Great job on your airfield dio,
I have seen that control tower somewhere before, can’t remember where exactly.
Matrixone
Your diorama looks great. Thanks for the pics.
Nice job on the Lancaster. I’ve started mine in 48th scale with Tamiya’s Dambuster Lanc been working on it slowly for more than a year now. Mostly because of a move packing things away. And rescribing the fuselage is rather tedious.
Your diorama setting looks really busy. I always did like that for some reason. Just gives it a more realistic touch. Nice work.
Chuck
Fly Navy
very nice. you can see the pride of workmanship. semper fi, mike
outstanding mate.
I just visited the RAAF Aviation Museum in Perth (that’s in the land of Oz), were they have a fully restored Lanc - first time I saw one and bloody beautiful too.
Fantastic! I’ve been reading up on the bomber offensive against Nazi Germany, and special mention was paid to the boys of 617 squadron. These guys were incredibly brave, and on one of the runs, 2 of the Lancs that had dropped already, escorted a third lancaster in so as to draw enemy fire away from the one bombing! A great tribute to such fine gentlemen! [:D]
Oh, and what kit is that 1/72 lanc in?
Thanks everybody for your kind words,I was very pleased that you like it.
This is a Revell 1/72 model, and the control tower is Airfix 1/72 as also the Matador fuel tanker.
I agree also that this boys of the 617 Squadron deserves a tribute.
Thanks again to all of you
Pedro
I went with the Airfix version as I heard it was a slightly better build. I have got my perspex shower screen reservoir surface and just need to figure out how to replicate that big splash of the bomb hitting the water.
Lolok the big splash in the water is not easy.look at the dio posted by the name of D-day,perhaps gives you an idea.
Regards
Pedro