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Purchased in the New Year of
2010 this was a model I bought more out of curiosity than anything else. I
purchased it mail order over the internet. The box is enormous. The contents
are disappointing as you can imagine. Shiny white vacuum-formed sheet
without any panels lines. Poorly defined shapes. Poor quality resin and
laughably-bad white metal. I was disappointed. This is the epitome of
short-run vacuum-moulded kits of yesteryear. Certainly one for the
collectors. This is not an
impossible kit to make. To do so I reckon you need to do the following:
build it at the same time as building the Tamiya 1/48th scale kit. Use the
Tamiya kit is a model taking all its internal components and scratchbuilding
them by simply doubling the size of the Tamiya example. Get yourself some
good scale drawings and pay to have them blown up to the scale of the kit.
Be prepared to build a meaty wing spar! For storage you may well need to
make the wings detachable. Buy the Airfix 1/24th scale Mosquito and any
aftermarket accessories. It is likely you will be able to use items for that
project on the HAM Lancaster. For example HAM supply NO engine exhausts. You
may be able to copy these from the Airfix versions? Worth a try! Good luck. |
