(TAM 61105) Reissue with revised tooling and extra bits
1:48 scale construction kit that requires assembly and painting.
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The Avro Lancaster design evolved from the less successful Manchester bomber. The Manchester was a twin-engined bomber powered by a pair of Rolls Royce Vulture 24-cylinder engines initially rated at 1760 horsepower each. On paper, the design was sound, but in operation, the Rolls Royce engine had reliability problems that led to the short operational life of both engine and aircraft.
Avro's chief designer, Roy Chadwick, came up with an alternative to the problem, the Manchester Mk.III. The Mk.III replaced the two Vultures with four Merlins mounted on a wider span wing. The result was successful and renamed Lancaster Mk.I.
The Lancaster proved to be the heavy lifter of Bomber Command, able to carry not only a mixed bomb load of 14,000 pounds, it could loft the 12,000 pound Tallboy, 22,000 pound Grand Slam, and the dam-busting Upkeep.
- Scale. 1:48
- Wingspan 648mm
- Length 433mm
- No of parts
Model details,
*Kit enables assembly of either MK.I or MK.III (early to late production) variants
*Detailed interior for the pilot's and wireless operator's area, as well as jump seats for the bomb aimer and nose gunner.
*Includes 5 figures in various poses
*Two different bomb aimers blisters provided, one to replace the kit and one of a different type.
*Turrets are designed to be rotatable and to allow you to elevate the guns.
*Late-model rear 12.7mm machine gun turret.
*Engine nacelles come with no exhaust covers and newly designed exhausts are included.
*Detailed main landing gear with structural details that make up the interior of the wheel wells that in turn become the interior of the inboard engine nacelles.
*Optional retracted landing gear.
*Extra set of weighted main wheels. Either smooth or treaded.
*Bomb bay doors can be posed open or closed, lots of bombs included.
*Large decal sheet with markings for 4 aircraft
*Illustrated instructions
Decals for the following aircraft,
1) Lancaster B.III, ED888, 103 Sqn, PM-M²
2) Lancaster B.III, ED905, 550 Sqn, BQ-F, 'Ad Extremum'
3) Lancaster B.I, NG347, 424 Sqn, QB-P, 'Picadilly Princess'
4) Lancaster B.I(FE), TW880, 35 Sqn, TL-F
REQUIRES
Glue, paints and tools for assembly.
Our price £67.99
POSTAGE RATE B
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