Hey all here the latest completion that i finished a couple of weeks ago.

The build is the Airfix Lancaster painted to represent Lancaster DS720 KO D of 115 Sqn Royal Air Force. This was the aircraft of my Great Uncle Bill who tragically died during a bombing raid on Brunswick on Jan. 14, 1944. The model was presented to my Grandfather as a memoriam to his brother. The kit was a standard build 'out of the box' build and painted with Tamiya paints. The decals used were spares from a Revell kit as they were better detailed than the Airfix kit the serial codes were from Carpena.

Only once I was researching further during the decalling that I discovered that the kit is not 'technically' correct for the serials I was doing as the aircraft should be a mark II with radial engines. The base was a piece of MDF covered with static grass and airbushed in patches with a darker green. Regardless of the wrong aircraft mark, my grandfather was over the moon when I presented this to him the other week.

I hope to eventually make another one for myself using the Hasegawa Kit with the Paragon Lancaster MkII conversion set.

As always comments and suggestions welcomed











My great uncle F/S William C Berry February 1922 to January 1944 'Rest in Peace'

Excellent stuff. Rest in peace indeed.

Allan

A fantastic model, and an even greater sentiment.

R.I.P. Bill and all the others who made the supreme sacrifice.

Andy

Magnificent. A fitting tribute. Your pictures make me want to take my Tamiya Lanc down from the closet shelf and get to work. Only problem is, at 1:48 scale, I haven't quite figured out where to put it when I finish!

Yours is a first-rate, professional example. Just beautiful.

-Mark

Hi Allen!

Very nice model! I'm sure your Great Uncle must be proud somewhere above.

Do you have more pictures of your Lancaster model, your Great Uncle or additional text? You could make a feature out of it to be published on Aeroscale. I think it is very good to mix modelling and history. Even more so when it's a family story.

Jean-Luc

Hi Allen!

Simply beautiful, and a very fitting tribute to your Great Uncle (and all those others who lost their lives!).

I go With Jean-Luc, Please make a feature about It, and tell us more about your Great Uncle and the model (his aircraft).

Very well done!

Cheers!

Stefan E

Thanks all, I'll see what I can do unfortunately those are the only photos that I got of the model, The information that we have is minimal but I do have copies of the letters received from the Air Ministry and the CO on his death and the subsequent crash investigation and some info gleaned off the internet on the aircraft. I'll see what I can "cobble together" over the next week or so.

I am sure Uncle Bill would be very proud that you took the time to remember him and his sacrafice.

Those big bombers look great, and you did a nice job on it.

Very nice indeed! Well done.

Hello Mr. Berry,

I`ve searched the web and found this site. I`m a private Researcher from Germany. I think that I´ve found the place where Sgt W C Berry crashed with Lancaster DS720.

If you are interessted in getting informations please don't hesitate to email me.

[email protected]

Best regards

Steve

Fantastic model and a very nice tribute. My respects.

Great model and a very nice thing to present this to your grandfather. Respect

Thanks for sharing - hope something comes of the article

Magnificent!

Hi Tomcat 31

This is my first post on this site - I only registered a few days ago.

I feel compelled to post my first contribution to this site on this thread - even prior to actually introducing myself - as this is such a touching thread.

The model is excellent. I want a Lanc and I propose getting one later this year.

The tribute to your great uncle is equally as excellent. My highest respects to you and to your great uncle. Indeed, my grandfather was injured in the Batlle of the Somme in WWI, and he carried both the physical scars and the vivid memory of that experience until he died in his 90s. Your grandfather should be very proud of you - well done mate.

Anyways, I will introduce myself formally, but I could not resist paying my respects to your work in this thread.

Bill from Melbourne, Australia.