Lancaster paints
Posted: 17 Jul 2016, 20:13
I have done a repaint pack for the FCS Lancaster. The FCS products have got a lot of critics, but I were very pleasantly surprised over the FCS Lancaster. It is a nice model indeed.
-B.I "KM-B" No 44 Sqn RAF, 1942.
Flown by Sqn Leader John Nettleton on the famous Augsburg raid. Only surviver from 44 Sqn.
-B.I "KC-H" No 617 Sqn RAF, 1944
-B.I "KC-D" No 617 Sqn RAF, 1944
Flown by Wg Cdr Tait with Tallboy bomb for the 3rd and final attack on Tirpitz on November 12th 1944.
-B.I "KC-M" No 617 Sqn RAF, 1945
Flown by Flt Lt Lancey loaded with Tallboy bomb on the attack at the Neinburg rail bridge on 22 March 1945.
Attacked by Me-262, but survived with damage to the nose.
-B.I (S) "YZ-O" No 617 Sqn RAF, 1945
Used to drop the massive Grand Slam and Tallboy bombs on high value targets in Germany during the last months of the war.
-B.I FE "WS-S" No 9 Sqn RAF, 1946
"Black/white "Tiger force" scheme.Together with No 617 Sqn it was deployed to India in 1946 to cover departing British troops as India gained independence.
-B.I FE "TL-F" No 35 Sqn RAF, 1946
"Black/white "Tiger force" scheme. Took part in "Operation Goodwill", a coast to coast visit to the USA.
A big thank to Dave Q for letting me use his paintkit! It was a great starting point for my own interpretation of details and colours.
-B.I "KM-B" No 44 Sqn RAF, 1942.
Flown by Sqn Leader John Nettleton on the famous Augsburg raid. Only surviver from 44 Sqn.
-B.I "KC-H" No 617 Sqn RAF, 1944
-B.I "KC-D" No 617 Sqn RAF, 1944
Flown by Wg Cdr Tait with Tallboy bomb for the 3rd and final attack on Tirpitz on November 12th 1944.
-B.I "KC-M" No 617 Sqn RAF, 1945
Flown by Flt Lt Lancey loaded with Tallboy bomb on the attack at the Neinburg rail bridge on 22 March 1945.
Attacked by Me-262, but survived with damage to the nose.
-B.I (S) "YZ-O" No 617 Sqn RAF, 1945
Used to drop the massive Grand Slam and Tallboy bombs on high value targets in Germany during the last months of the war.
-B.I FE "WS-S" No 9 Sqn RAF, 1946
"Black/white "Tiger force" scheme.Together with No 617 Sqn it was deployed to India in 1946 to cover departing British troops as India gained independence.
-B.I FE "TL-F" No 35 Sqn RAF, 1946
"Black/white "Tiger force" scheme. Took part in "Operation Goodwill", a coast to coast visit to the USA.
A big thank to Dave Q for letting me use his paintkit! It was a great starting point for my own interpretation of details and colours.
I've been wearing my mouse out by checking back at SoH every 10mins to see if they're in the library yet!! 
