Project Lancaster

[Rick50]

Beauty....

[MAXsenna]

Stunning! Absolutely fantastic!

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[Silver_Dragon]

3 hours ago, Scoobyon said:

 

Great work

[Scoobyon]

Breakdown of the texture work that goes into the engineers panel

[Slippa]

I saw this the day it was posted but don’t see the pic again now.

Weird goings on with the pics for some reason.

Reminded of the project as the Dambusters is on the telly . Any excuse. Wondered how this is going, any movement or plans for whatnot? What’s next on the list? I’m gagging to see this, I found a dam last night too with Lancaster written all over it. ED need to make it possible for both the blast and resulting floods though .

Sad news from Coningsby yesterday, very sad indoors, missus quite upset when she told me. Spitfire wrecked, pilot killed, apparently engine failure on TO but early to say properly. Gutted for everyone. 

[Slippa]

https://shop.iwm.org.uk/p/29001/Roundel-Bamboo-Socks-One-Size-(Battle-of-Britain)

I tried to buy a pair of these with a bag from their tent. Card only I was told. I’m not allowed to cash legal tender apparently so I walked away feeling like a long-gone Dougy Bader must have, trying to get equipment. I mean, we’re both ‘complaining from Duxford’ so practically in the same situation . 

I wandered along a few pitches to the Blenheim tent and asked if they’d accept cash. Of course he readily accepted so I dropped the sock money into his tin to ‘help keep the Blenheim flying’, told him the story and felt much better about the predicament.

I got collared on my way out though and succumbed (paying cash) in the shop to a couple of pairs of very eye-catching ‘flying socks’. Some for the Mossie and in readiness, with this in mind, a pair for the Lanc .

Mrs Slippa mercilessly mocked me when I showed her so I do hope the project’s going well, I’ve invested heavily in simulation footwear over here .

[Alicatt]

Working at Waddington a few years ago - maybe 20ish - having a break from the duties and wandering down the flight line came across a stall for the the Belgian Virtual Tigers as I knew of them from Frugal's days I bought a few of their items including a BVT T-shirt, the lady on the stall was the mother of one of the young lads and she forced note pads and sticky notes into my hands, those I used up until fairly recently and I still have the BVT T-shirt though it has faded quite a bit now.

I never knew back then that I would end up in Belgium living under the flight path of the KB airbase  

[Slippa]

Well I’ve got my Summer uniform ready to go 

[Scoobyon]

On 5/26/2024 at 3:47 PM, Slippa said:

I saw this the day it was posted but don’t see the pic again now.

Weird goings on with the pics for some reason.

Reminded of the project as the Dambusters is on the telly . Any excuse. Wondered how this is going, any movement or plans for whatnot? What’s next on the list? I’m gagging to see this, I found a dam last night too with Lancaster written all over it. ED need to make it possible for both the blast and resulting floods though .

Sad news from Coningsby yesterday, very sad indoors, missus quite upset when she told me. Spitfire wrecked, pilot killed, apparently engine failure on TO but early to say properly. Gutted for everyone. 

No news on the Dambusters variant, still working hard on the standard one, that dambusters will probably be a post-release thing

[Slippa]

4 hours ago, Scoobyon said:

No news on the Dambusters variant, still working hard on the standard one, that dambusters will probably be a post-release thing

Nice.

[Scoobyon]

VeRA paint as requested by many

[Tonker]

I'd love to *like*...but no image for me I'm afraid.

[Alicatt]

4 hours ago, Tonker said:

I'd love to *like*...but no image for me I'm afraid.

It's now gone for me too, but it was there at lunchtime when I looked at it.

Something wonky going on with this web site/forum

Edit: Slippa's socks are still there though

Edited June 12, 2024 by Alicatt

[seabat]

Wonder if Scoobyon hit the 200 mb attachment limit for the forums.  (At least that is a restriction I have).

I hit that limit once and had to delete old attachments to free up space.   Was not paying attention to file sizes of pictures and was loading 3 MB png pictures.  Have since changed to converting pics to jpg and trying to keep file sizes around 500 kb.

seabat

[Slippa]

Good idea Seabat. To post any more pics I had to go and delete a load of old stuff too.

Not sure what’s the best way around it as we’ll end up filling our quota somehow however we do it? Maybe linking to an image host but it’s a bit iffy, I dunno?

There’s only one thing for it. Release the Lancaster . - Maybe we’ll need a cheeky update/salivate video? Just to tide us over.

We’re all rooting for ya team, let’s have a look how Brians landings are getting on. 

13 hours ago, Alicatt said:

Edit: Slippa's socks are still there though

Well that’s the main thing eh? 

[Scoobyon]

On 6/13/2024 at 11:14 AM, seabat said:

Wonder if Scoobyon hit the 200 mb attachment limit for the forums.  (At least that is a restriction I have).

I hit that limit once and had to delete old attachments to free up space.   Was not paying attention to file sizes of pictures and was loading 3 MB png pictures.  Have since changed to converting pics to jpg and trying to keep file sizes around 500 kb.

seabat

Indeed I have. Would people mind if I delete some old photos to put in some new ones?

[Veteran66]

Am 21.6.2024 um 14:08 schrieb Scoobyon:

Indeed I have. Would people mind if I delete some old photos to put in some new ones?

no, give us new one

[Scoobyon]

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nullAnd my personal favourate

[freehand]

I have a booklet called Pilots notes for Lancaster I picked it up from a ww2 shop is a replica has pull out page showing dials etc.   

[Silver_Dragon]

I dont post my data about the lancaster versions....
Lancaster B.I/II/III Bomber
Man Rtng: .5/.5 Damage Value: 53
Size: Large Bombsight: Ballistic
Sensors: H2S radar

Throttle Setting/Speed in knots
Altitude Rng Cruise Full Power
Low: 140 216
Med: 188 235
High: 188 244
Ceiling: 6700 meters Engine Type: IP(S)
Cruise Range: 2000 nm Int Fuel: 6650 kg
Additional Fuel Fuel Wt. Range Add.
400 IGal bay tank 1216 kg 360 nm

Ordnance Loadouts: Payload: 6354 kg
Def Guns: 2 Browning .303 @ in nose, dorsal, ventral turret, 4 .303 in tail turret (0.5)
• 14 1,000 lb bombs
• 6 2,000 lb bombs, plus 3 250 lb bombs
• 1 4,000 lb bomb, plus 6 1,000 lb bombs, plus 2 250 lb bombs
• 1 8,000 lb bomb (mid-43), plus 6 500 lb bombs
• 6 1,500 lb mines
• 1 12,000 lb bomb
• 2 400 IGal bay tanks

Remarks: In Svc: Mar 42
Converted Manchester airframe with RR Merlin engines. Most had ventral turret removed. Lancaster II similar with Bristol engnes, max bombload 6354 kg. Lancaster III similar with Packard-built Merlin engines. Can carry 22,000 lb with upper turret deleted, bomb bay doors removed, Maneuver Rating 0.0.

Lancaster B.I (Special) Heavy Bomber
Man Rtng: .5/.5 Damage Value: 53
Size: Large Bombsight: Ballistic

Throttle Setting/Speed in knots
Altitude Rng Cruise Full Power
Low: 150 220
Med: 160 240
Ceiling: 6706 meters Engine Type: IP(S)
Cruise Range: 1710 nm Int Fuel: 5090

Ordnance Loadouts: Payload: 10053 kg
Def Guns: 4 .303 Browning in tail turret (0.5)
1 12000 lb MkI or II Tallboy
1 22000 lb Grand Slam

Remarks: In Svc: 1943
33 Lancaster Is converted to carry 22,000 lb Grand Slam. Bomb bay enlarged w/doors removed, nose & dorsal turrets deleted. Nose turret retained when carrying Tallboy.

[freehand]

14 minutes ago, Silver_Dragon said:

I dont post my data about the lancaster versions....
 

Not sure what your saying ?

[Slippa]

Silver seems to be saying he doesn’t post his data on Lancs. Followed by him then posting his data.

I don’t think Silver will be getting a call from S.O.E. or dropped in to work with the resistance but he could be useful as a double-bluff double agent to confuse the enemy?  - Just kiddin Silver .

Nice shots Scoobs . I did think maybe a few of us could copy four or five pics from early in the thread and post them but it’s not really the answer to the pic limit problem. Maybe try a free image hosting site then you could link your shots here? Unless BigNewy or NineLine can sort something out? Especially for Modders or something? You wanna be able to show how it’s going and we all wanna see it. Nothing like a few ‘nipple glimpse’ shots of the Lancs progress to warm the cockles.

Looks like you’ve got us a good few skins done already. Place must reek of digital paint but it’s better than counting all those rivets again eh? 

Cheers for the pics. Keep on .

[Scoobyon]

1 hour ago, Slippa said:

Silver seems to be saying he doesn’t post his data on Lancs. Followed by him then posting his data.

I don’t think Silver will be getting a call from S.O.E. or dropped in to work with the resistance but he could be useful as a double-bluff double agent to confuse the enemy?  - Just kiddin Silver .

Nice shots Scoobs . I did think maybe a few of us could copy four or five pics from early in the thread and post them but it’s not really the answer to the pic limit problem. Maybe try a free image hosting site then you could link your shots here? Unless BigNewy or NineLine can sort something out? Especially for Modders or something? You wanna be able to show how it’s going and we all wanna see it. Nothing like a few ‘nipple glimpse’ shots of the Lancs progress to warm the cockles.

Looks like you’ve got us a good few skins done already. Place must reek of digital paint but it’s better than counting all those rivets again eh? 

Cheers for the pics. Keep on .

Ive yet to do the wings or the final section of the fuselage rivets, not looking forwards to that one

nullThe wing rivets are there but I'm not happy with them and I think I used the incorrect spacing for them so it will need refining

[MAXsenna]

Not sure what your saying ?

Wood guess. He's saying that he usually post all the data he has in other similar threads. But he hasn't done that here until now.

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[Slippa]

^ That’d make sense of course. 

Good luck with the riveting, there’s quite a few of the buggers .