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Best Lancaster
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 7, 2003 1:59 AM
Who produces the best Lancaster in 1:72 (taking into account accuracy, ease of construction, cost, etc etc)?
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 7, 2003 7:34 AM
I can't tell you the best but I can say keep clear of the original Revel offering. The side windows were about the same size as airliner windows and as far as I can remember it had a seat for a copilot!
Anyhow who are producing 1:72 Lancasters?
Dai
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 7, 2003 6:34 PM
Airfix makes the best Lancaster in 1/72nd scale. It really is a gem and much nicer than Revell or Matchbox ever produced. When it was released in the mid 80's (?) it was said to be almost like the Tamiya 1/48th kit scaled down to 1/72nd.
Cheers
Bob S.
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    April 2003
  • From: Netherlands
Posted by mossieramm on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 3:15 AM
I've built the Matchbox one, and it was ok to build, no real build problems. Once finished, it looks good. Haven't done the Airfix one, maybe I should try it one of these days.
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    February 2003
  • From: UK
Posted by gregers on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 1:49 PM
Anyone ever build the old Frog Lancaster? i heard that it was quite good. as for airfix watch out that you don't get the first one that they did as it was pretty average. it's a pity that tamia didn't do a lanc in 1/72 but maybe they will one day, lets face it who would have thought they would do a mossie and beaufighter. Greg
Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 4:30 PM
Burt!

Arf Arf!

Beers,

Rob M.
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    December 2002
Posted by lpolpo22 on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 10:27 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by team_tornado

Burt!

Arf Arf!

Beers,

Rob M.
Damn it TT - you beat me to it.
Rich
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