Airfix Lancaster double build (Tiger Force & Bomber Command) - 1:72 scale model

In this video I build the Airfix 1:72 Avro Lancaster bomber twice - once in the Tiger Force white camouflage scheme designed for the Far East, and once in the traditional Dark Earth and Dark Green RAF Bomber Command scheme. You can find the kit here: https://amzn.to/370Fk7H

Tiger Force (also known as the Very Long Range Bomber Force) was formed in 1945 after the end of the war in Europe. Lancasters, wearing the distinctive white paint scheme to reduce temperatures in the tropical heat, were prepared with the intention of striking the Japanese mainland. Tiger Force Lancasters never saw combat in the Far East - the use of atomic weapons against Japan put an end to the war before they could be deployed.

The Avro Lancaster is easily Britain's most famous bomber aircraft, forming the backbone of RAF Bomber Command for a large part of World War 2. It's Dark Green and Dark Earth paint scheme is iconic, and is applied to the second model kit in this video. In total 7,377 Lancasters were built, with 3,249 being lost in action. From Bomber Command's 125,000 aircrew, 55,573 killed. The Imperial War Museum puts the chances of successfully exiting a stricken Lancaster at just 15%. Only 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and today only two airworthy examples remain.

0:00 History & kit contents
3:08 Building the Lancasters
12:19 Painting the Lancasters
16:25 Decals
19:20 Final details
24:20 WWII RAF Bomber Resupply Set
27:27 Base 1 construction
30:22 Base 2 construction
33:02 Final images
37:20 Future videos

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