Lancaster!

[Roger]

This looks lovely to me.

http://www.simsoftware.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=160

 

[Nick C]

Is that one of Dan's Roger? Can you post some VC shots please?

 

[Scratch]

I've got my eye on this one. Thanks for the heads up Roger. VC shots please and please let them look as good as the outside does.

 

[Roger]

Nick and Scratch,
I borrowed the image from their website so I haven't seen a vc shot yet.

If it's a good as Dan's Wimpy then I'll be happy with the vc.

 

[calypsos]

If it is Dan's, he'll love me for saying this, please do not make a bomb aimer (bombadier) on the couch as part of the model, let him get into place when the bomb doors are open for example.

The AH Lanc has a guy in place all the time, this is wrong, (the same for the turrets) all aircrew took up landing positions (near the mainspar) and were forbidden to remain in their operational positions.

Just a little nitpick to get in early, if Dan is making her, I am sure she will be great!!

 

[letsgetrowdy]

That's a really nice exterior model, just get a spitfire and hurricane and we'll have a BBMF fleet....

 

[HenryW]

This is a bold statement:

This product will be availble from Friday 11 September, 2009.

Looking beautifull though..

 

[peter12213]

That's a really nice exterior model, just get a spitfire and hurricane and we'll have a BBMF fleet....

Bagsie the Hurricaine lol

 

[gajit]

The real thing flew over our place yesterday from Bournemouth Airport - got to get this one :ernae:

 

[stiz]

1 major flaw (in my opion) .... lancs are canvas covered, not metal .. so they shouldnt be glossy,it really shows on the shot of the coastie and the nose shot, looks great otherwise

 

[krazycolin]

I would say that it's actually pretty glossy... Just took a look over at airliners and almost all of the shots are pretty darned shiny...

Nice work btw... This is one I would buy for sure...

 

[peter12213]

I had no idea this was coming out, if the Wellington was anything to go by I'm sure I'll be getting this too!!

 

[stiz]

I would say that it's actually pretty glossy... Just took a look over at airliners and almost all of the shots are pretty darned shiny...

maybe because the BBMF one is painted in gloss paint and not matt Just Jane is a better example

 

[Roger]

1 major flaw (in my opion) .... lancs are canvas covered, not metal .. so they shouldnt be glossy,it really shows on the shot of the coastie and the nose shot, looks great otherwise

Don't think so Stiz. http://www.avrosys.demon.co.uk/bomber/specifications.htm click on "Specifications".

 

[Mickey D]

Yep Lancs stressed aluminium skin Wellingtons fabric. And a little bird told me it could be one of Dan's.

 

[kilo delta]

Well both,really ....mostly aluminium skin with the elevators and parts of the ailerons fabric covered.

Wings/Fuselage/Tail Unit: The wings are of a mid-wing cantilever monoplane type. The wing is made up of five main sections, comprising a centre-section of parallel chord and thickness which is integral with the fuselage centre-section, two tapering outer sections and two semi-circular wing-tips. Subsidiary wing units consist of detachable leading and trailing-edge sections of outer wings and centre-section, flaps and ailerons. All units are built up individually with all fittings and equipment before assembly. Two-spar wing structure, each spar consisting of a top and bottom extruded boom bolted on to a single thick gauge webplate. Ribs are aluminium-alloy pressings suitably flanged and swaged for stiffness. The entire wing is covered with a smooth aluminium-alloy skin. Ailerons on outer wing sections have metal noses and are fabric covered aft of the hinges. Trimming tabs in ailerons. Split trailing-edge flaps between ailerons and fuselage. The fuselage in an oval all-metal structure in five separately assembled main sections. The fuselage backbone is formed by pairs of extruded longerons located halfway down the cross-section of the three middle sections. Cross beams between these longerons support the floor and form the roof of the bomb compartment. "U"-frames and formers bolted to the longerons carry the smooth skin plating. The remaining sections are built up of oval frames and formers and longitudinal stringers, covered with flush riveted metal skin. All equipment and fittings are installed before final assembly of the separate units. The tail unit is a cantilever monoplane type with twin oval fins and rudders. Tailplane in two sections built up in similar manner to the wings, the tailplane spars being joined together within the fuselage on the centreline. Tailplane, fins and rudders are metal covered with the elevators covered in fabric. Trimming tabs in elevators and rudders.

from here.. http://www.pilotfriend.com/photo_albums/timeline/ww2/Avro%20Lancaster.htm

 

[Pips]

That is a beautiful aircraft. A must have. And with that great big glasshouse it will have excellent visibility.

 

[Paul K]

1 major flaw (in my opion) .... lancs are canvas covered, not metal .. so they shouldnt be glossy,it really shows on the shot of the coastie and the nose shot, looks great otherwise

They are all metal, nose to tail, apart from some control surfaces.

 

[peter12213]

Yip I agree all the lanc's I saw were pretty shinny in museums, but Mickey The Moocher is not so shinny though, neither is the Canadian one.

The thing is, Its supposed to be a matt finish but there is still some shine on it, its a hard finish to replicate in fsx I would imagine, although I'm no repainter!
Either way I want it, its the most Iconic aircraft of WW2 for me and should never be forgotten, I'm over the moon its got the FSX treatment and I'm thoroughly looking forward to getting it!

 

[TeaSea]

Iconic....absolutely!

In my opinion one of the oddly most beautiful aircraft of the war....

I say oddly because the individual parts don't seem all that aesthetically appealing, yet taken as a whole it's quite a stunner.