Avro Lancaster Mk. I/III 1/72 Scale REVELL 04300

• Scale: 1/72

• Age recommendation: 10+

• Number of parts: 257

• Length: 295mm

• Span: 428mm

The four-engined Avro Lancaster was without a doubt the most famous of all RAF heavy bombers of WWII. From 1942 it formed the backbone of the night bomber offensives deep in Germany and became famous for sinking the Tirpitz and destroying the Möhne and Eder dams. The Lancaster was capable of carrying bomb loads of up to 9,980 kg, the heaviest single bomb being the Grand Slam. It served in 68 RAF Bomber Command squadrons until 1945 and flew more than 156,000 sorties. Of a total of 7,300 machines produced, almost half were lost during these operations. Only two airworthy examples survive today, one in the UK and one in Canada.

• New kit shape

• detailed surfaces with countersunk panel joints

• detailed cockpit with instrument panel and side panels

• Navigator and radio room

• detailed bomb bay

• Bomb bay doors with retractable struts

• 3 rotating machine gun turrets

• 12 bombs

• a cookie

• bomb

• Pulpit glazing with various attachments

• detailed Merlin engine

• Main landing gear bay with separate side braces

• detailed main landing gear

• moveable propellers

• 2 different propeller blades

• Avro Lancaster B.Mk.III, No. 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Elsham Wolds, April 1945

• Avro Lancaster B.Mk.III, No. 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Bardney, 1945

Super decal with 2 RAF versions for versions MK.I and MK.III: