Gondor's Lancaster Mk XL

[PR19_Kit]

Don't complain too much Alastair, at least it'll have a crew installed when you manage to carry on with it. 

[ChrisF]

Come on man get it done !!

[Gondor]

Don't complain too much Alastair, at least it'll have a crew installed when you manage to carry on with it. 

Thanks Kit for that, I had a good chuckle at what you had written.

Going to buy a small sander next month for a domestic project I have on hold. It should also work wonders for the amount of PSR I have to do on the wings.

Gondor

[Gondor]

So only a 2 & 1/4 year pause in this thread 

Engine nasals have had the filler sanded back and some work has also been carried out one of the inner wing sections.

So now I am de-dusting my model room. I always put far too much filler on my work, far far too much for what is needed mostly but I look at it as being better to sand back too much filler than continuously having to add more.

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

Sounds good, and I agree with those sentiments.

Got any pics ?

[TsrJoe]

An impressive build indeed, some nifty engineering too, def looking forward to seeing it progressing, having seen it 'in the plastic' so to speak, it kindv reminds me of the big 'Victory Bomber' studies, itd def look good in a 1945/46 bomber scheme 

cheers, Joe

[Captain Canada]

Got any pics ?

I remind me to remind myself to not look at threads at work....as the pics are almost always blocked, and it's not a red x or black square, just no pics !

That thing is huge ! Looks awesome. Going to look wierd when she's up on her feet !

[Gondor]

Got any pics ?

I remind me to remind myself to not look at threads at work....as the pics are almost always blocked, and it's not a red x or black square, just no pics !

That thing is huge ! Looks awesome. Going to look wierd when she's up on her feet !

Maybe this would have been better to do in 1/144 than 1/72 but at the time I started this build Revell had recently released their new Lancaster so I was wondering what to do with all the Airfix kits of the Lancaster that I had. At least three Lancaster's have donated parts to this build along with numerous others. The latest donor could be the PV-1 that I received today.

Gondor

[Gondor]

I was getting a little fed up with the length of time it was taking to do the PSR on the wings so I broke out my Draper 230V 100W Tri-Palm Sander! This worked as well as I could have spent days getting to where I am after only a few minutes!

A down side was that some pieces of filler came off!  The problem I believe the problem is similar to what can happen to plastering a wall. The areas that have come away or are cracked have probably not been keyed to the underlying plastic thus allowing the filler to lift just like loose plaster on a wall.

At least its progress!

Gondor

[Gondor]

So this is the result of my little sanding session





Rather a mess.    The good thing though is that the majority of the filler is now sanded to its final or near final depth.

Liquid Polly, not a Monty Python sketch, will be applied in copious amounts to ensure the plastic is tacky before the filler is applied, thus keying the surface for the filler to adhere to.

Gondor

[kitnut617]

I had a similar experience with a tube of that Revell plastic putty, it had been opened and was about half used when I went to use it and the putty looked a bit 'dry' when I applied it but seemed to be ok --- until I sanded it --- then it came off just like that.  A new un-opened tube I used next didn't have any problem when I went to replace what had come off the first time.  Since then though, I tend to use putty sparingly, making up big differences by using styrene card first.

[Captain Canada]

Looks like a bit of a PIA, but as you said it's almost at the correct depth now so the rest should be easy.

[Gondor]

Liquid Polly, not a Monty Python sketch, will be applied in copious amounts to ensure the plastic is tacky before the filler is applied, thus keying the surface for the filler to adhere to.

I can now say that the method I thought of and mentioned above was successful   

I have sanded flush the filler I had applied in small areas prepared with Liquid Polly and it worked! There are still a few areas that require holes filled and the like but I can see the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel!

Once the wing surface has been finished to my satisfaction I will add the engines making the wings complete sub assemblies which considering the size of this aircraft is probably a good idea.

Work on the cockpit will follow after that along with the turrets then assembling the fuselage into one homogeneous whole 

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

Cool. Always nice to learn of a new trick !

[Gondor]

I think I have the PSR cracked, or rather filled on the upper surfaces of both wings now. White plastic primer when I get some dry weather to spray the stuff on outside so until then it will just have to be by touch alone.

I think I better start on the cockpit and other interior areas soon.

Gondor