Plans to build a lifesize lancaster....

[Fibber]

...memorial. Thought you guys across the pond might be interested in this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5793585/Campaign-build-life-sized-model-iconic-Lancaster-Bomber-raises-9-000-target.html

[Shessi]

Hi F,
Thanks for the HU.

MMMmmmmmmm??? £100,000/$133,000 for a model!! I'd have a word with Airfix et al, and see what they could do for a lot less...;)

Cheers

Shessi

[Desert Rat]

or a spitfire?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUaJCdWEbY

[mav]

Betcha i could hot wire a real 1 for free :playful:


Cheerz mav

[Fibber]

.... that on the other side of the pond there is no aircraft "boneyard" like the U.S. has in Tucson AZ.
Maybe they have a few squirreled away in the former Western block nations. Isn't that where some movie producers found their WW2 German vehicles? Maybe they have a few salvaged a\c