The Avro Lancaster, commonly known as the Lancaster Bomber, is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engine heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same era.
The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester, which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a medium bomber for "world-wide use", to carry a torpedo internally and make shallow dive-bombing attacks. Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester, which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942, the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and in one of the versions, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling, two other commonly used bombers. Wikipedia
4/12/2025
I started this model about a month ago. With all of the glass I figured I needed masks for this. I purchased the Eduard mask set for it.
4/25/2026 I have now finished the wings and fuselage. There are still some external bits to add.
5/2/2026 Here are a few more photos. I've attached the wings and started on the camo. I still have some work to do on it.
I've now finished painting the upper surfaces. The vertical stabilizers still need some Nato Black touchup. I've also sprayed the top with a very diluted Vallejo white to try to achieve a faded look. As shown in the first photo – the top surfaces were sprayed with Vallejo 71.291 and 71.324 for the camo. the bottom was sprayed with Tamiya XF-69 Nato Black. The fading effect was achieved with a very diluted solution of Vallejo 71.279 and AK thinner. All of the Vallejo paints were thinned with the AK acrylic thinner. The Tamiya paint was thinned with Tamiya lacquer thinner. Some of the top coats were also added using the Vallejo retarder medium. I used my Iwata High Performance HP-SB Plus Side Feed Dual Action Airbrush and my Harder & Steenbeck Infinity 2 in 1 CRplus #1 with .15mm nozzle for airbrushing.
