Avro Lancaster

[JMSmith]

oh my good God GM,

what colours do you call that! never mind the roundel being wrong i refer you here,

http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/foru...07/index4.html

[gamary]

But fix the red code letters, they don't look intergrated. No wing shadow on the B and I see no skin and panel detail in them. That could just be the reduced size though.

That is because they aren't integrated. There was no code at all and I just slapped "BB A" on it with PhotoFiltre. This being the template, I don't wan't to post an unmarked version which people can easily modify and use. I've already had the problem, and since Lancs had a fairly standard pattern...

oh my good God GM,

what colours do you call that! never mind the roundel being wrong i refer you here,

I like it when you call me your good God GM.

I'd say green, brown and black but that is speculative and personal. Alright, I'll change the colours of the roundel. Do the camo colours look that bad, or are you just bullying me for a change? And what about the enlarged bomb bay doors? You're supposed to know that sort of stuff...

[JMSmith]

the camouflage colours would be fine,
if you reduced the bloody lighting layer, its like looking at it through semi opaque glass ( your washing the colours out to far)

will find the stuff for the bomb bay in a minute

[JMSmith]

i can only find evidence of bulged bomb bay doors on MK11 aircraft,

but i am still looking

[gamary]

OK, I will look into reducing the light layer. Thanks for pointing it out. But it's probably the weathering more than the lighting that is doing it.

i can only find evidence of bulged bomb bay doors on MK11 aircraft,

but i am still looking

I've had the same problem. I'm not sure the enlarged bomb bay was the same on the I/III.

I've done this, based on what is in Osprey's "Lanc Sqdns 42-43" but it is only a profile from Chris Davey. I've seen no pictures yet and I don't like working from second-hand stuff.



Looks like a pregnant Lanc. At least I'd like to find some sort of confirmation.

[Supah]

Looks like a pregnant Lanc. At least I'd like to find some sort of confirmation.

Buy a predictor stick and you and the missus read the instructions

[JMSmith]

thats what i meant this morning,

your weathering layer

[JMSmith]

ok,

bit more of the saga,

B1 built in canada had the deeper bomb bay, how many i dont know.
also british built B1 were coming of the line with the deeper bomb bay, and i don't know how many, then there are the B1 (FE)

list of drawings and images,

1, B1
2, B11
3, B1 (FE)
4, photo of a Canadian built B1

[JMSmith]

couple more,

1, B 1 (FE)
2, BV11 (FE)

you will notice the late war FE type was smoother at the front

[gamary]

Buy a predictor stick and you and the missus read the instructions

LMAO.

@John: thanks a million! I knew most of these different line drawings but I was somewhat sceptical since they show different designs. That photo of KB783 seems to confirm that the bulged bay is of that type. You're the best!