RevellGermany Avro Lancaster B.III Model Kit

As expected on time no damageGood value

Kept my husband quiet for hours. A good range of kits and good quality.

It was with a bit of trepidation that I ordered this model. Revell and Airfix have a bit of a hit and miss system with models where sometimes you get a really decent model and once in a while utter rubbish.This thankfully is one of the better models. Revell have done a nice job here, the Lancaster is moulded in decent plastic and has a fair amount of surface detail which comes out nicely when painted. Allowing for the scale of this model, you can't expect huge amounts of minute detail but they have done extremely well I think and this is no insult to the crews that flew this incredible aircraft.As a representation of the Dam Busters bomber I feel that Revell have managed to capture the spirit of the aircraft and provide enough detail that it's a satisfying build and looks nice when finished.There are quite a few small parts for this, and a some care will need to be taken painting this model. You will get a better finish on the camouflage with an airbrush if you have one, but careful brush painting will not disappoint. The turrets rotate, the guns elevate - the bomb does not spin though. If you decide to have this with gear down, you might want to consider filing the wheels flat in one area to indicate weight from the plane, but that's your choice. The hardest part to paint is going to be the main cockpit area as that has a fairly complex gridwork of metal to pick out, so if you don't have a steady hand; either gradually paint it using thin masking tape or employ one of the many other masking products that are available to make your life easier.The internal detail is minimal, but that's no surprising on a model of this scale, but there is some effort made with the seats and control panel. You will need to look at a larger scale or one of the vastly more expensive Japanese models if you want higher detail levels.At the end of the day, this is a good model for the price, it looks extremely nice if you take care assembling and painting it and it's worth the effort to make. It is quite a large aircraft, even at this scale, so you will need space to display it, or, have it wheels up and hang from the ceiling as a flight model. Either way it's going to look good.

I got this right after making several other Revell kits and thought it was a good model to make. Lots of detail and quite a challenge in putting together the engines and smaller parts.However when it came to the decals for this kit I was not so happy. They silver something rotten when you put them on so you will need to give your model a good coat of gloss and use microset and mirosol to insure they go down well.First time the Revell kit decals have done this to me so found that a bit odd.Any way apart from that the rest of the kit is very nice and it looks great when its all done, just watch out for the silvering on the decals and take extra care putting them on.Take your time putting the engines together they are quite fiddly and you will need to pay close attention to there parts.Also watch out for the propellers as they are different sizes 4 small ones and 4 bigger ones don't mix them up.Revells A10 thunderbolt was a much nicer kit to put together and I found the black molding a pain to see when gluing up the parts so this model was ok in the end but took some extra work to get it just right.

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