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I wish I didn't get frustrated with painting the containers, as I see in these pics a little carelessness, but I suppose I can still touch these areas up. I like the options though of being able to display this ship without or with as many stacks of containers as you wish.

Well..after the tedious task of painting the containers I have taken the next steps of putting decals on the containers. I used some from the kits and others are aftermarket. It appears that a section of containers has gone missing on me...I'll blame rough seas. I also experimented with Tamiya panel liner to help accentuate the different containers....you can tell how thick the paint went on by using this. Overall I enjoyed building this kit aside from painting the containers. At such a small scale it made some areas challenging but I'd do it again. On to the next one...what shall it be.

I just realized how much the camera on my phone picked up what looks like a bunch of speckles, etc on the hull! WOW!!!! I really doesn't look that bad when I look at it or took these pics last night.

Getting down to the fine details like decals..touching up containers....

Not to hijack this thread, but I recently visited a fellow Great Lakes freighter model builder here, and in showing me his paper model collection, he also showed me his brass locomotive collection........they are very impressive - he has them in a display case and it was really beautiful to look at.

Love the work on this Roger!

Welcome to Model Ship World Andrew!

This plane is called "Bad Penny". This Lancaster was ABC equipped (Airborne Cigar radio jamming). Here is a snippet from our club newsletter: While transmissions from A.B.C. (Airborne Cigar radio jamming) equipped Lancasters like the Bad Penny protected the rest of the planes in the bomber stream, it simultaneously made 101 Squadron’s Lancasters highly vulnerable to attack. A German night fighter could home in on an A.B.C. transmission and track it back to its source. The enemy could also visually identify A.B.C. equipped Lancasters. Their three, very distinctive seven foot tall transmission masts made them easily recognizable, and after realizing their significance, Luffwaffe pilots began targeting these 101 bombers first. Flying a mission in an A.B.C. equipped Lancaster quickly became one of the most dangerous things an airman could do. Flying a mission in an A.B.C. equipped Lancaster quickly became one of the most dangerous things an airman could do. Squadron’s tactical significance to prosecuting Bomber Command’s air-war, was one of the reasons why 101’s Lancasters would be some of the first bombers fitted with duck .50 caliber machine guns in their rear turrets’ this upgrade would replace the standard four 303 caliber machine guns in most Lancasters at the time. The kit came with brass barrels to replace the poorly detailed plastic barrels of the model’s eight 303s. Unfortunately these brass barrels came incomplete, without their cooling jackets. To remedy this, the Scale Model Club purchased new, highly detailed 303 and .50 caliber barrels for the build. Work has now begun on the Bad Penny model’s three Fraser Nash turrets. One of our builders is working on the bomber’s mid-upper turret. It was an FN50 with two 303 machine guns. Up front, the bomber’s nose turret was an FN5A, and was also equipped with two 303 machine guns. The rear turret the kit came with is an FN120, with four 303 machine guns. This turret will be modified and converted into an FN82, which was equipped with two .50 caliber machine guns. 7hmjrvch.bmp 2fjbkvp4.bmp h89dps35.bmp le80trn6.bmp

Did I mention how tedious the containers are.... They're coming along very slowly. I have installed the anchors and rudde and prop as well as touched up the paint on the hull.

Did I mention how tedious it is painting the containers........this is going to take long to do than the entire ship and building of the containers

So...painting the containers is a tedious process to say the least...

This is exactly what is happening. It will be impressive once complete!

The following pics show the first two buld meetings as well as the first cutting of the parts off the sprue. Getting organized and laying everything out. We have ordered extra PE parts and decals that will make this buld the only of its kind. The first thing I noticed when we opened the kit at the one club meeting aside from the size of the box was the detail on same of the parts like the wings and fuselage. You can see the details of all the ribs, etc. under the skin....amazing. This will be painted to represent the one at the museum.

Just started a thread on the Lanc - will post some pics tonight or in the next day or so. Here's hoping someone (likely Kinetic) comes out with a qualify Avro Arrow kit - they just released the Tutor trainer (Snowbirds) kit.

This model is being built, not by me, but as a group build by the scale model club I belong too, which is part of the Canadian Aviation Museum here in Windsor, Ontario. The museum is also restoring a Lancaster bomber that was on display at a city park here, and it should be complete in time for the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force in 2024. The kit we are doing is a 1/32 scale kit from Border Model, but we will be modifying it to coincide with the real plane at the hanger. One of our members knows someone who is donating their basement space for us to work on it, as well as members taking certain parts home to work on them at their convenience as well. I will be posting updates with pictures as the build progresses, as well as any information that may be interesting in regards to the build. Here is a short new article talking about the actual plane.... Lancaster bomber restoration nearing completion in Windsor, Ont. I will do my best to answer any questions anyone may have. First set of pics to follow soon!

Gotta love these difficult decisions! Personal preference for me is the left side........the right seems almost too blue. That being said, will be following this build for sure. I've gone down a rabbit hole of model plane kits while I decide what freighter to do next (although I did get slightly started on the Robert S Pierson and Tim S Dool - Andy will know these). I'm starting to wonder if maybe my impression that there is not a lot of WWII Canadian aircraft models is false....not a lot of RCAF markings are offered, yet our pilots mostly flew under RAF colours, if I a not mistaken, as I am certainly not up my Canadian military history. I will get a thread started on our club Lanc build in the next day or so.

Well, sure enough, it appears that my barely used Amazon special has broken. I cleaned it up good each time with airbrush cleaner, and made sure to take care of it. I went to use it the other day, and when I attempted to spray my parts I was painting it kept wanting to back up out of the tiny hole in the tap of the cap for the paint reservoir (I guess you can call it), or try to push the cap off and paint sprayed everywhere but out the tip of the nozzle. After cleaning up my mess and taking the airbrush apart, it looks like the threads on the small part that tip of the needle goes into where the paint comes out are stripped, and the nip of the needle would push this out essentially blocking the nozzle. This is my best guess as far as diagnosing the problem goes. I can screw the tip back in, but it just pulls out, so I think it is done. Goes to show you.....if the price looks too good to be true, it almost certainly is. Some things it's worth spending the little bit extra on. Good thing it's my 50th birthday coming up!

Looks like the airbrush is all good. Painted the deck and quickly the bottom of the hull. This paint is Tamiyas hull red but it is quite brown...but close enough. Slowly putting the container stacks together as well as the pilot house and decks.

I built this kit a couple years back. The guy who makes these has them pretty detailed. I don't think they are to a specific scale, but they do have a decent offering of Great Lakes freighters. I might check out some of their other models one day. Too bad they don't have any Canadian fleet boats. Have fun with this though....looks like you are making good progress!

May have an issue with my airbrush. Maybe a small clog? Took it apart and tried to clean it up.....will see what happens. Primed the main deck and tried to start painting but it didn't seem to be flowing right.

Main deck is essentially complete aside from.paint. Fairly easy build so far.

Well we are steaming along with this.....the 2 hull halves are attached with 2 bulkheads providing strength. The main deck is full piece so that went easy with the f'csle deck and the transom (I believe it's called) at stern all coming together. It does call for some parts to be painted in between but I am going to do that in different steps as I see fit.

The kit has 5 bags of parts as well as a fairly decent sized instruction kit and decals which allow you to use 6 different names. You could very easily looks at vessels specs and name the shop whatever you wanted and under any of the many shipping companies that are out there. Plus...these ships change names often.

One of the few kits that are available that are close to my main interest These ships are the backbone of our supply chain for pretty much everything in our daily lives. This is a level 4 kit but I don't foresee many potential issues. Hoping this will kill some time until warmer weather sets in for spring here in Southern Ontario so I can get to my next laker.

My wife got me a lower end airbrush for Christmas from Amazon this past Christmas. It's my first one, and am quite happy with it. I took it my local hobby shop and talked to owner about it, and he thought it looked like an AK knockoff. It's super basic, but for me it seems like a good introduction into the airbrush world. It came with a small compressor even. Brand is MEEDEN. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09MHBB1FZ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details Looks like a basic, all-purpose low end product. As my hobby shop guy told me...once I get used to this one, as it should get me started, and I want to upgrade, come see him and he will hook me up - he carries a lot of the major manufacturers and different models of each. I've used it a couple times, once just to toy with it and get the feel for it, but I've done 2 painting sessions on a cheaper model kit I got for Christmas as well, and it is pretty cool what you can do, and so much faster, and neater than using a brush. Not sure how this brush is for doing really fine details or lines yet, but again......I will monkey around with it and see what it can do.