OUTSTANDING!

That ended up even better than our imagined hype after all your build problems, its SUPERB!

I'm off to the 2024 Whiffies thread right now!

Photo's (in this instance) hide a thousand flaws!

Thank you, Kit!

Worth the wait.
 

It's immediately recognisable as a Lancaster but then the brain says "hang on, two engines" and so you think Manchester but then...

Very good.

Thanks, Fred!

Great build. I think you have been over critical about your work as this is Fantastic!

Gondor

I'm a small guy and i like small airplanes...  but that doesn't matter here cause that is excellent work and no one deny that...   

Thank you, gentlemen!  

Quote from: Gondor on May 14, 2023, 04:48:18 AMI think you have been over critical about your work

Oh, believe me, I'm not! I'm lucky because they're mostly black on black & there's a reason I didn't take any close-ups from the rear quarter views.

Really, really worth the wait   

Thank you, Chris!  

I just realised that my only, slightly drunken, stern view didn't get posted in the main completed post.

So, here it is:

We are our own worst critics matey and looking at what you've built here ..dude your over critical..this looks brilliant..the bombs looks superb...the engines make this look even better with the 4 bladed porps.
Mate this is a awesome build and definitely getting a wiffy vote from me that's for sure 👍 😄

Subtle brilliance.

Awesome work

Fantastic looking build, very well done indeed, especially like the red           

Thank you all very much, gentlemen! Greatly appreciated!    

Quote from: Wardukw on May 14, 2023, 12:28:44 PMWe are our own worst critics matey

If you click on the posted images you get a bigger view & the worst of it is along the starboard bomb bay door join, & it's bad! However, from a distance, she does fulfil her mission.

Quote from: Vostoc7 on May 14, 2023, 05:01:35 PMespecially like the red

These are markings for the fictitious No. 35 (Bomber) Group RAF (the first unallocated Group number I could find).


While 465 Sqn was an RAAF Article XV squadron it was, like the TZ squadron code, unallocated during WW2.

Interesting that while you lost the mid upper turret, keeping the nose and tail guns, when I built my twin engined Lanc (Avro Albany) I did the opposite (mainly because I had used the tail turret on a gunboat).
Yours looks better than mine.
 

Well, I thought the Albany looked great then & I still do, although I'll admit that the Winchester may have a slight edge in the looks department & have a slightly better chance of surviving contact with an enemy aircraft (ie: the  Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann ).