Hello mr nerd!thank you for deliver Fun,excitenes and Inspiration and knowledge.thank you for your efforts.nice job done.with best regards and sticky greetings from sandy Brandenburg/germany.your fellow modellmate.christian
Hello Stu , an extremely challenging and incredible conversion. I had no idea they made such a large detailed conversion kit. You have the patience of Job in staying with the delicate aspects of this variant. Its very similar to the old saying " measure twice cut once". I've definitely got to shift my model budget a bit and purchase that book. Thanks for sharing this kind of conversion, its going to be a very interesting series. Standing by and Cheers from the colonies, Bob.
Thanks Rick. Yep - it wasn't very successful at all, and then any remaining production was switched over to the Lancaster. Not surprisingly there are no examples of the aircraft left :(
Conversions are great but they tend to throw in annoying issues which require small adjustments to ensure parts fit....all kudos to you for your perseverance to solving these, MN. It's starting to look like a Manchester!
Look forward to the finished model . The Manchester was an unsuccessful aircraft but it saw squadron service and so is worth having in a bomber command collection and is part of the Lancaster story . @@ModelNerd
Looks great so far! As someone who is not really an aircraft enthusiast,this just looks like a Lancaster with 2 engines, instead of 4,which kind of Looks funny:) Great work Stu!
Looks very fiddly Stu, I tend to steer clear of modifying kits because of the thickness of resin parts, and it's usually a snowball effect for me...but the conversion looks good.
Thanks John. There are a few areas I've been working on since the video that have needed a bit more work, but to be honest the quality of the resin is very high. I've seen worse plastic kits!
How about on the outboard side of the landing bays you add material to match the thickness and add some plastic to bind the two wing sections together. You are definitely better at this than me MN.
Why do you use superglue on the clear parts? I dont understand why you'd use a brittle glue with the risk of the clear parts pinging off in the future when extra thin doesnt fog clear parts and provides a far superior bonding method
Fair point. I'm not sure really - I just had it handy! I've never had issues with the clear parts pinging off, but you're right thay regular cement would work
Just finishing a Revell Lancaster so I really appreciate the difficulties of going way further and doing modifications. Look forward to the end result.👍
Hi MN, looks pretty nice so far. Can't wait to see how it looks when it's completed 🙂I had a Lancaster over 40 years ago, but I've never heard of a Manchester until you brought it up. So it is true: every day you can learn something new!!! On a completely different topic, did you see that the new season of "Formula 1 Drive to Survive" was released on Netflix yesterday? And will you be marshalling any race this year?
Thanks Mike - to be fair, I don't think many people have heard of the Manchester. I haven't seen the latest Drive to Survive yet (I don't have a Netflix subscription :) ). I usually marshal about 25-30 races a year ranging from very small club level events up to national and international level - in terms of the big ones, this year I've applied for the F1 at Silverstone and am waiting for applications for Spa in Belgium to open too. Hopefully I will get in :)
Well, that’s a bit frustrating I suppose, but if you want to build conversions there’s going to be some fettling here and there. Looks like you’ve got it under control though with all the parts you need and a plan. I’m a little embarrassed to say this but it’s nice to get to have some back and forth in the comments. I’m embarrassed because it’s only possible because your channel is relatively small and you have time to read and respond to comments. You deserve more views and subscribers so I will enjoy it while I can.
Thank you, Mark. Tis always good to have a conversation. I do try to respond to all my comments as the interaction with other modellers is really a large part of this for me.
Hi. Yet another fine video. I'd love a Manchester conversion kit in 1:48 scale, but sadly, I've not found one yet. Regarding the front of the wings. Is it possible to add a small 'ledge' of plastic to allow a modicum of extra attachment area, rather than just have the butt joint? Watching the video, it appears this might be possible. I look forward to the next stage of the build.
There used to be an old 1/48 kit from Sanger I think...however, I believe it was vacuum formed. I think that is a good idea regarding the wing - adding something not for supporting the weight, but just to increase the bonding area. Thanks for the suggestion :)
Hello mr nerd!thank you for deliver
Fun,excitenes and Inspiration and knowledge.thank you for your efforts.nice job done.with best regards and sticky greetings from sandy Brandenburg/germany.your fellow modellmate.christian
Thank you Christian! I will be finishing this Manchester model soon, I hope.
Looks like its going to be a epic build
Thanks
Hello Stu , an extremely challenging and incredible conversion. I had no idea they made such a large detailed conversion kit. You have the patience of Job in staying with the delicate aspects of this variant. Its very similar to the old saying " measure twice cut once". I've definitely got to shift my model budget a bit and purchase that book. Thanks for sharing this kind of conversion, its going to be a very interesting series. Standing by and Cheers from the colonies, Bob.
Cheers Bob! Oh, I was measuring at least twice! :) At one point I had about four separate video takes of me putting the engines into place :)
Thank you uncle model nerd, I really enjoy your videos and work! Interesting plane never heard of it
Thanks Rick. Yep - it wasn't very successful at all, and then any remaining production was switched over to the Lancaster. Not surprisingly there are no examples of the aircraft left :(
Conversions are great but they tend to throw in annoying issues which require small adjustments to ensure parts fit....all kudos to you for your perseverance to solving these, MN. It's starting to look like a Manchester!
Thank you! It's looking even more like a Manchester right now as I've been working on it a bit more this evening :) I'll upload some pics soon.
I'll look forward to seeing the progress :)
Really good ! nice save on the flaps ; that would have been difficult with filler and now looks seamless
Thank you Anthony! Yes, I thought about filler or a slither of styrene but I was grateful I could avoid that :)
Look forward to the finished model . The Manchester was an unsuccessful aircraft but it saw squadron service and so is worth having in a bomber command collection and is part of the Lancaster story . @@ModelNerd
Hi Stu, great job pulling everything together.
Thank you my friend!
Looks great so far! As someone who is not really an aircraft enthusiast,this just looks like a Lancaster with 2 engines, instead of 4,which kind of Looks funny:) Great work Stu!
Thanks! To be fair, that is a pretty good summary of the Manchester :D
Looks very fiddly Stu, I tend to steer clear of modifying kits because of the thickness of resin parts, and it's usually a snowball effect for me...but the conversion looks good.
Thanks John. There are a few areas I've been working on since the video that have needed a bit more work, but to be honest the quality of the resin is very high. I've seen worse plastic kits!
Cool model. 👍
Thanks!
Been waiting for this. Cheers👍👍
Thanks for watching!
How about on the outboard side of the landing bays you add material to match the thickness and add some plastic to bind the two wing sections together. You are definitely better at this than me MN.
Thanks. That's more or less what I did in the end. Final video is out now :)
Why do you use superglue on the clear parts? I dont understand why you'd use a brittle glue with the risk of the clear parts pinging off in the future when extra thin doesnt fog clear parts and provides a far superior bonding method
Fair point. I'm not sure really - I just had it handy! I've never had issues with the clear parts pinging off, but you're right thay regular cement would work
Nice work, looks like a very interesting conversion
Thanks!
🤝👌
Thanks
Just finishing a Revell Lancaster so I really appreciate the difficulties of going way further and doing modifications. Look forward to the end result.👍
Thanks. To be honest I've benefitted a lot from the quality of the conversion - it has made things relatively easy.
Hi MN, looks pretty nice so far. Can't wait to see how it looks when it's completed 🙂I had a Lancaster over 40 years ago, but I've never heard of a Manchester until you brought it up. So it is true: every day you can learn something new!!!
On a completely different topic, did you see that the new season of "Formula 1 Drive to Survive" was released on Netflix yesterday? And will you be marshalling any race this year?
Thanks Mike - to be fair, I don't think many people have heard of the Manchester. I haven't seen the latest Drive to Survive yet (I don't have a Netflix subscription :) ). I usually marshal about 25-30 races a year ranging from very small club level events up to national and international level - in terms of the big ones, this year I've applied for the F1 at Silverstone and am waiting for applications for Spa in Belgium to open too. Hopefully I will get in :)
Well, that’s a bit frustrating I suppose, but if you want to build conversions there’s going to be some fettling here and there. Looks like you’ve got it under control though with all the parts you need and a plan.
I’m a little embarrassed to say this but it’s nice to get to have some back and forth in the comments. I’m embarrassed because it’s only possible because your channel is relatively small and you have time to read and respond to comments. You deserve more views and subscribers so I will enjoy it while I can.
Thank you, Mark. Tis always good to have a conversation. I do try to respond to all my comments as the interaction with other modellers is really a large part of this for me.
Hi. Yet another fine video. I'd love a Manchester conversion kit in 1:48 scale, but sadly, I've not found one yet. Regarding the front of the wings. Is it possible to add a small 'ledge' of plastic to allow a modicum of extra attachment area, rather than just have the butt joint? Watching the video, it appears this might be possible. I look forward to the next stage of the build.
There used to be an old 1/48 kit from Sanger I think...however, I believe it was vacuum formed. I think that is a good idea regarding the wing - adding something not for supporting the weight, but just to increase the bonding area. Thanks for the suggestion :)
@@ModelNerd Yes, I've looked everywhere for the Sanger bits, but as yet, no luck. My search goes on, lol!
A busy start and lots to sort out going forward! Really interesting stuff......👍🏼
Cheers. Yes, the rest will be lots of jobs, but all smaller than this main work. The Wingleader book is incredibly useful though!
Great to see it coming together.
Thanks. Yes, it's getting there :)