1/48 DAMBUSTER/GRAND SLAM

The Avro Lancaster was one of the RAF’s main heavy bombers during WWII. Among the many variants, the Mk.III “Dambuster” and Mk.I “Grand Slam Bomber” were best known and the most famous. The “Dambuster” was modified to attack dams in Germany. It was equipped with special bouncing bombs which would skip across the water to the dam wall and explode below the surface of water to inflict structural damage. The “Grand Slam Bomber” was designed to carry the 10-ton Grand Slam earthquake bomb and its bomb bay doors and dorsal machine guns were removed to reduce weight in order to do so. These Lancaster’s used the Grand Slam on such important targets such as U-boat bases and rocket manufacturing sites. The Tamiya model faithfully captures all the detail of this historic and famous WWII aircraft in 1/48 scale

Scale 1/48

Construction type Assembly kit

Photo-etch parts Not included

Decals Included

Special feature 1 1/48 scale plastic static model kit of the Avro Lancaster “Grand Slam Bomber”

Special feature 2 Kit includes parts to depict the Lancaster as either a Mk.I Grand Slam or a Mk.III Dambuster variant

Special feature 3 Based on the latest research information, details such as early-type propellers and late-type front canopy have been faithfully depicted

Special feature 4 Parts for two Merlin engines are included. Engine nacelles can be depicted in either open or closed state

Special feature 5 The gun turrets are all movable

Special feature 6 Pre-painted as well as unpainted canopy parts are included

Special feature 7 Comes with 3 marking options and 5 crew figures

• AS-11 – 100ml Medium Sea Gray (RAF)
• AS-22 – 100ml Dark Earth
• AS-9 – 100ml Dark Green (RAF)
• TS-6 – 100ml Matt Black
• X-10 – 23ml Gun Metal
• X-10 – 10ml Gun Metal
• X-11 – 23ml Chrome Silver
• X-11 – 10ml Chrome Silver
• XF-1 – 23ml Flat Black
• XF-1 – 10ml Flat Black
• XF-15 – 23ml Flat Flesh
• XF-15 – 10ml Flat Flesh
• XF-16 – 23ml Flat Aluminum
• XF-16 – 10ml Flat Aluminum
• XF-2 – 23ml Flat White
• XF-2 – 10ml Flat White
• XF-21 – 23ml Sky
• XF-21 – 10ml Sky
• XF-3 – 23ml Flat Yellow
• XF-5 – 23ml Flat Green
• XF-50 – 23ml Field Blue
• XF-50 – 10ml Field Blue
• XF-52 – 23ml Flat Earth
• XF-52 – 10ml Flat Earth
• XF-55 – 23ml Deck Tan
• XF-55 – 10ml Deck Tan
• XF-56 – 23ml Metallic Grey
• XF-56 – 10ml Metallic Grey
• XF-63 – 23ml German Grey
• XF-63 – 10ml German Grey
• XF-64 – 23ml Red Brown
• XF-64 – 10ml Red Brown
• XF-65 – 23ml Field Grey
• XF-65 – 10ml Field Grey
• XF-7 – 23ml Flat Red