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HK Models Avro Lancaster 1/32 HK01IE10

Product Code: HK01IE10

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The extra fuselage and nose section (clear plastic sections) will only be available with the first run of this kit and will NOT be included in additional runs so this really is a kit not to be missed.

Designed and built by Avro for the Royal Air Force, the Avro Lancaster is a British four-engine and became the main heavy bomber in Second World War used by R.A.F. The Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and was powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins, or, in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. The origins of the Lancaster stem from a new generation of twin-engined medium bomber design submitted to meet Specification P.13/36, and the engine specified as the Rolls-Royce Vulture as the result of aircraft was the Manchester, and only 200 Manchester were built and they were withdrawn from service in 1942. Roy Chadwick was working on improved Manchester design by using four more reliable Rolls-Royce Merlin engines on a larger wing. The aircraft was initially designated Avro Type 683 Manchester III and later renamed the Lancaster.

The Lancaster was a true warrior, the most famous and most successful night bombers in WWII, "Delivering 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties. Lancaster operate with seven crews, the system was armed with no fewer than eight defensive machine guns, 4000lb payload, gradually advanced to carry the concrete busting bomb - ultimate 22,000lb Grand Slam, And modified to carry the "Bouncing bomb" to attack on Germany's Ruhr Valley dams, Dam buster.

The astonishing 1/32 scale Lancaster is a limited edition kit including EXTRA FUSELAGE AND NOSE SECTION in CLEAR PLASTIC giving the modeller the choice of building the Lancaster to show all of the incredible interior detail, or as a conventional plastic kit using the detailed and textured grey styrene fuselage, nose and all other parts. Markings will be included for 3 aircraft comprising R5868 OL-Q Queenie, R5868 PO-S Sugar and W4783 AR-G George.

This is a kit not to be missed! In production the fuselage and nose section will be injected without surface detail in crystal clear plastic first. The moulds will then be modified and surface detail added; an irreversible change meaning the clear version can never be produced again!

In production the fuselage and nose section will be injected without surface detail in crystal clear plastic first. The moulds will then be modified and surface detail added; an irreversible change meaning the clear version can never be produced again.

Glue and paints are required to assemble and complete the model (not included)