Many years ago I got a very old Revell Avro Lancaster. The way I got it can´t be remembered, as it was a friend´s gift or it came in a lot of 2nd hand kits bought somewhere in a fair. Its state was appalling as someone had built it using all purpose glue (as we did with our first models) and plenty of parts were missing something I only found out last week. Searching in the web I found this Revell kit as the one from 1982, so over 40 years old, in the mean time retooled in 1994 and again in the 2000s.
The interest of this model for me lies in some heavy bomber support for operations like Goodwood, something I´m around for decades and largely done in terms of models.
One of the rear tail rudders was gone it was copied in 2mm card dipped in super glue for strenght. The same for the rear wheel which is an Altaya one from an unknown aircraft.
Several of the Brownings 1919 were missing and replaced by pieces of plastic broomstick.
Two of the propellers were also missing and were replaced by some slightly smaller Matchbox Heinkel He 111 rotors and plastic card blades.
But the biggest problem was the absence of the big bomb bay. A piece of hard styrofoam was used to fill the hole. A bit of plaster was used in the end to give it a smoother look.
Next: more Vietnam or a video on the Allied aircraft from mid to late war.
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