This is
another commission build, but a commission build which caused no end of trouble.
The customer wanted a Lancaster as flown by a family member with number 12
squadron RAF. The Lancaster was around a month old when lost and is believed to
have only flown 6 missions. The with weathering is much less then other Lancs I
have built in the past.
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The kit
itself is the well known Tamiya kit. However THIS one caused me no end of
trouble. The thing MUST be from the early 70s. The plastic is very brittle. The
landing gear broke at least 6 times on the port side alone. In fact it shattered
as I gently put it down yesterday. It ended up that it had been patched SO many
times now one leg HAD to be replaced with a coat hanger for strength. The gun
barrels the customer supplied just did not look right. They were very small. In
fact you could not even see them in the tail turret. Of course the nose guns
broke off. I had to replace them with some spares I had laying around.