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Tomick wrote:The auctions have started... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/039-HK-Models-039-1-32-Scale-039-Avro-Lancaster-Mk1-039-972mm-Wingspan-Stunning-Model-/153320392389?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276 That was a bargain at £275. Guess it's set the price point now! Nem, you're not wrong there, very nice 
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CaptnBirdseye wrote:Tomick wrote:The auctions have started... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/039-HK-Models-039-1-32-Scale-039-Avro-Lancaster-Mk1-039-972mm-Wingspan-Stunning-Model-/153320392389?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276 That was a bargain at £275. Guess it's set the price point now! Not really as it was a part started build and was missing the clear fuselage sides.
You can get a brand new one for £330, so I'd say at £275 being part started and missing the clear fus, someone paid ott
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Nice Nameplates Nem  may have to get some for myself as my Lanc arrived today,and looks to be undamaged which is a surprise. Al
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Nemesis wrote:Received these today, very nice! That was fast, I only put the link up yesterday lol
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The two U/C maintenance struts to remove if your not showing your HK Lanc in a maintenance pose..Tomick attached the following image(s):
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Great pic, will be taking mine out.
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Well it seems HKM really dropped the ball on the tail, they got the tops and bottoms mixed up, 2 tops for one side and 2 bottoms for the other!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRXSpN5OyXk
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Nemesis wrote:Well it seems HKM really dropped the ball on the tail, they got the tops and bottoms mixed up, 2 tops for one side and 2 bottoms for the other!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRXSpN5OyXk That’s bad, buyers should get into them to put it right!
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Well I haven't watched the video yet so I'm assuming we are talking about the horizontal stabilisers not the vertical tailfins? Surely if there is two bottom halves on one side and two tops on the other, it's just a simple matter of taking one of the bottom halves (let's say the top one of the two) then flipping it 180 degrees end over end and mating it with the top half of the side with two upper surfaces, then doing the same with the other two halves?
Not what you would expect to have to do with such an expensive kit and HKM should put it right free of charge, but reasonably easy to sort with a little care and patience I would have thought - even if it is quite annoying!? 
Kev  Per Ardua Ad Astra
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Tomick wrote:Nemesis wrote:Well it seems HKM really dropped the ball on the tail, they got the tops and bottoms mixed up, 2 tops for one side and 2 bottoms for the other!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRXSpN5OyXk That’s bad, buyers should get into them to put it right! I have sent them an email, lets see what happens. I can correct this but there may be others who are not up to the task.
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For a wartime aircraft the external lights on the model are wrong.
Wartime aircraft only had one light contained within the clear wing tip/s.
Red/Green to the front as ID and White lights at the rear as formation lights.
It also appears to have a dingy storage compartment outline on the inboard port wing which is only on the starboard wing of the real aircraft.
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Issues with this kit seem to slowly coming out of the woodwork. The wing tips need addressing as there seems to be fitment issues, the wings themselves with the wrong landing and formation lights and the dinghy compartment, should only be one, kit has one in each wing. Pilot seat is too long, pilot seat armor is to short and the pilot seat floor is too high and comes as solid when it was a cross beam section. All can be corrected, but for a kit that is £350 and with the years of R&D that went into this kit, it's a poor showing.
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