Only thing is - you have to buy all the magazines at £4.99 each - and there's 125 of them
http://www.lancasterbombercollection.co.uk/index.html
if anyone is interested
I could just fancy building the model Lancaster Bomber which is currently advertised on TV...
Only thing is - you have to buy all the magazines at £4.99 each - and there's 125 of them
http://www.lancasterbombercollection.co.uk/index.html
if anyone is interested
These magazines are a total scam
I doubt you would ever be able to get the full 125 editions, even if you did want to pay that sort of money.
I bet you could find a similar model at a good model shop anyway - or build one yourself.
where do i sign! 
really though, why do people actually do it?!
my favourite is still 'i love horses' had a cracking theme tune
Would it help if I bought you issue 1
Cheers
R
Here we go. Some free plans:
http://www.freemodelplans.com/plane_plans/avro_lancaster_b1_bomber_plans.html
I would love to have done that with my lad.
But over £600 I would want full rc for that
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Originally posted by RichardK
Would it help if I bought you issue 1
Cheers
R
if you are really serious about building one. i have a set of scale plans for the rc version. drawn by the legend Brian Taylor. wing span is around
6m.
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Originally posted by ashg
if you are really serious about building one. i have a set of scale plans for the rc version. drawn by the legend Brian Taylor. wing span is around 6m.
its not to bad to transport. each wing half unbolts from the fuz all you have to do is un bolt it and unhook a few control wires.
only took 2 years to build that one. that will be the same time span as the magazine one. cost is a little bit more but look what your getting.
[Edited on 30/8/09 by ashg]
If people go to so much effort to build something like that, why on earth wouldn't they put on three blade props so it at least looks like
they belong on the plane?
Those twin blade props look awful on a Lancaster.
I wouldnt like to have to pay the insurance on that, ie it falling out the sky and landing on a group of spectating kids.
I know there are rules about flying etc, but accidents happen, and that model would do more than a simple injury.
It could write my car off
Nice model though.
insurance is £22 a year and covers up to 5 million in damages.
not the same plane but its an identical model in flight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL7PlWgfXj8
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Originally posted by Metal Hippy
If people go to so much effort to build something like that, why on earth wouldn't they put on three blade props so it at least looks like they belong on the plane?
Those twin blade props look awful on a Lancaster.
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Originally posted by mookaloid
Only thing is - you have to buy all the magazines at £4.99 each - and there's 125 of them
I'd want two spot lights on the wings and a spinning payload and go and frighten the dejesus out of the local dams!
Once the props were spinning I couldn't tell the difference
I reckon this one is even bigger!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5-mjglse5E
Yeah I saw that advert on the telly too. The model looks quite good but its all just laser cut wood parts, which is a very quick and cheap process. I
build r/c planes and that’s how I get mine cut these days as I’m just too lazy to spend ages cutting bits of wood.
The total price of that model is put simply, outrageous and you could very easily build a nice flying model of a Lancaster of around 2m wing span for
that amount. My advice is to have a look through one of the scale model plane mags and you’ll see loads of companies who supply both plans and kits of
parts.
I use to buy mags on plastic models and laughed when they referred to a model as huge when it was only like a foot long. Most of my flying ones are at
least 2m some over 4m wingspan and cost me less than some of those plastic kits. Each to their own I suppose.
For my £624.25 i would want something a little more like this
LINKY
Add a zero to the end and you might start to approach the total cost of the engines...
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Originally posted by iscmatt
For my £624.25 i would want something a little more like this
LINKY
At least they changed the rules so these magazines have to make it known from the getgo how many magazines you have to collect.
But it's a blatant rip 
I agree that 3 blades look better but they're also less efficient- only reason they were fitted on the original was because otherwise they would
have dug up the runway with the props as they took off. Now such a problem with R/C engines which have less torque but spin faster...
quality model that ash, I keep thinking of getting back into modeling but this hobby strips me of every penny
given the number of stringers in the airframe I’d say that most of your parts will be masses of little sticks of wood lol
Doesn’t even look suitable for flying with micro r/c gear as its just too fragile.
Total waste of money imo and will take almost 2 1/2 years to build what a total drag
plane
[Edited on 31/8/09 by Mr Whippy]
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Originally posted by iscmatt
For my £624.25 i would want something a little more like this
LINKY
How about 2 planes for the price of one
LINKY1
Guy flying the bomber has got some b@lls at the end.
Not that hard to fly inverted, but one silly pull on the stick and it's all over
Why not build a Depon foamie Lancaster
LINKY2
LINKY3
LINKY4
Matrin
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Originally posted by ashg
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Originally posted by iscmatt
For my £624.25 i would want something a little more like this
LINKY
you wouldnt even get half an engine for that much. :-)