And they have this one as well. (http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BookFeature_RAFHandbookView?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001)
The outfit selling that Lancaster model have picked up the distribution rights to a pretty big collection of CGI models, and quite a few look to be very similar to commercial plastic kits. You can see it in some parts being a bit out of proportion, such as the thickness of the framing of a cockpit canopy or gun turret, and a lot of the buildings are straight out of model railway catalogues.
I don't think the Lancaster is one of those models.
But (going by YouTube videos) any film-maker has to compete with computer games these days.
For my taste the Spitfire was the most beautiful fighter ever, the proportions are just right. I have a soft spot for the Lancaster at the top of the bomber category, and the Short Sunderland for flying boats.
The Spitfire manual is a common sight in the windows of bookshops around here - not that suprising as the prototype first flew from Eastleigh. they even had (until last year) a Spitfire theme to their Christmas lights.
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Date: 2008-07-28 10:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-07-28 12:33 pm (UTC)This is likely good enough for the background in a movie (http://www.vanishingpoint.biz/productdetail.asp?productID=1488)
You can get a Spitfire for free (http://www.colacola.se/expo_303.htm).
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Date: 2008-07-28 12:55 pm (UTC)Though I suspect Weta are modelling his.
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Date: 2008-07-28 02:09 pm (UTC)I don't think the Lancaster is one of those models.
But (going by YouTube videos) any film-maker has to compete with computer games these days.
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Date: 2008-07-28 09:00 pm (UTC)But the story behind the Lancs and the men who flew them is what gets to me.
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