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A long time in coming.....Tamiya are to release an updated version of their out of production 1/48 Dambuster Lancaster kit.
It will include the updates & upgrades of their latest standard Lancaster Bomber kit.
Painted & unpainted canopy set
Larger bomb aimer's blister
Needle-blade propellors
Smooth bulged tyres
Unshrouded exhausts
RRP £105
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Cool after watching bomber boys would ike to get stuck into a Lanc. I used to work at the Avro factory in Woodford where they built them wood be nice to make one. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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The Dambuster remake is to get back underway 
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it's on here tom at a good price, of course as they always say on the bbc there are other sellers available. http://www.relishmodels....ancaster-b-mk-i-iii.htmlCome on you Jimmies
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Sources say that some quiet progress is being made on filming the remake of The Dam Busters.
This story has been going on since 2006, when David Frost bought the rights to remake the 1955 original, which was directed by Michael Anderson and starred Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave.
Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings fame) became the producer, announced that it would be called Dambusters and made in New Zealand, under the direction of Christian Rivers with a script by Stephen Fry.
A full size model Lancaster bomber was built, and unveiled to the press in 2009. However, Jackson is now busy filming The Hobbit, so the Dambusters project has not had his full attention.
However, special effects work is underway in the WETA workshops in New Zealand. Some of this involves models, one of which is the spinning bomb in the bomb bay and some is completely generated on computers (CGI).
Actual casting has yet to be announced, and the date when filming will begin is a matter of speculation, but it looks as though it could be 2013/14, because May 2013 will be the 70th anniversary of the Dams Raid, so this could be a date which the producers aim for?
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I bet Michael Cain has a part in it somewhere.
John
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Tomick wrote:Sources say that some quiet progress is being made on filming the remake of The Dam Busters.
This story has been going on since 2006, when David Frost bought the rights to remake the 1955 original, which was directed by Michael Anderson and starred Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave.
Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings fame) became the producer, announced that it would be called Dambusters and made in New Zealand, under the direction of Christian Rivers with a script by Stephen Fry.
A full size model Lancaster bomber was built, and unveiled to the press in 2009. However, Jackson is now busy filming The Hobbit, so the Dambusters project has not had his full attention.
However, special effects work is underway in the WETA workshops in New Zealand. Some of this involves models, one of which is the spinning bomb in the bomb bay and some is completely generated on computers (CGI).
Actual casting has yet to be announced, and the date when filming will begin is a matter of speculation, but it looks as though it could be 2013/14, because May 2013 will be the 70th anniversary of the Dams Raid, so this could be a date which the producers aim for?
Stephen Fry was on the one show this week an stated there was much more of the story to be told that was not known when the original was made and that he was keen to start filming if possible once the Hobbit was finished. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Looks like a lovely aircraft but how big will she be?
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Hi Ger she has measurments of 443mm Fuselage 648mm wing span  Regards Mike MWG BUILD DIARIES: HMS VICTORY, SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, SAN FRANCISCO II, HMS HOOD, HMS ENDEAVOUR LONGBOAT, HMS VICTORY X-SECTION, 007 DB5, NISSAN GTR, CUTTY SARK, RB7, AKAGI, BARK HMS ENDEAVOUR, HUMMER H1, MITSUBISHI ZERO.
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Quite fitting that with the unveiling of the RAF Bomber Command memorial today http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18600871 that the Tamiya re-released 1/48 Dambuster kit has just gone on sale. Improvements over the old kit: A larger bomb aimer's blister, needle-blade propellors, smooth bulged tyres and unshrouded exhausts. The kit also includes are a set of pre-painted canopies as well as unpainted ones, and markings for 3 aircraft. Tomick attached the following image(s):
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Tomick wrote:Sources say that some quiet progress is being made on filming the remake of The Dam Busters.
This story has been going on since 2006, when David Frost bought the rights to remake the 1955 original, which was directed by Michael Anderson and starred Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave.
Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings fame) became the producer, announced that it would be called Dambusters and made in New Zealand, under the direction of Christian Rivers with a script by Stephen Fry.
A full size model Lancaster bomber was built, and unveiled to the press in 2009. However, Jackson is now busy filming The Hobbit, so the Dambusters project has not had his full attention.
However, special effects work is underway in the WETA workshops in New Zealand. Some of this involves models, one of which is the spinning bomb in the bomb bay and some is completely generated on computers (CGI).
Actual casting has yet to be announced, and the date when filming will begin is a matter of speculation, but it looks as though it could be 2013/14, because May 2013 will be the 70th anniversary of the Dams Raid, so this could be a date which the producers aim for?
Can't wait!!!! One of my all time favourite films!! 
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