There are many titles available covering the Lancaster due to its iconic stature in the minds of many aircraft fanatics, but many of these titles are on the expensive side and only rarely give the modeller any consideration. This offering from Pen and Sword as part of their Flight Craft series provides a good insight to the career of the Lancaster after World War 2 and provides some excellent photography to draw the eye and feed the imagination. The end of the title looking at what is available to the modeller provides a broad spectrum of information as regards who and scale.

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Armorama

...What I absolutely found interesting is the, although summarised, story about the developments of the for his time heavy bombers. In six weeks – yes, six weeks! – a two engine Manchester bomber (3 tail fins and 24 cylinders(!) Rolls Royce Vulture engines) was rebuild into a 4 engines Lancaster with 2 tail fins. The chosen engine type for his was the 12 cylinder Rolls Royce Merlin, with which also the Spitfire flew. Then the Top of the Pop under the engines! Note: when the Americans developed the Mustang, they had to ask the British for help (RR Merlin engines).The by then in the VS by Packard developed engines could not come close. Conclusive: model makers, for you a real candy box with Lancaster details. There even is an overview of construction box manufacturers admitted, with the by them delivered design variations.

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Aviation Book Reviews

The book contains a lot of detailed figures and beautiful colour pictures.

Aviation Book Reviews

Many colour profiles of representative aircraft with detailed and comprehensive kit review sections.

International Plastic Modellers Society

This is an excellent guide for the modeller who may not have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Lancaster but is looking at an interesting approach for a modelling project. Recommended.

Scale Aviation Modeller

This book packs an enormous amount of information into a relatively small number of pages and provides some stunning illustration in specially commissioned full colour drawings. At A4, the book provides the size of drawing required by model makers. There is excellent concise text and a wealth of photographs, many of them very rare. There is also coverage of some of the best plastic model kits, together with special components to produce outstanding unique or rare models. A book that should sell very well.

Firetrench

Interesting for aircraft historians in that it details the history of this famous bomber after the end of WWII, along with lots of photographs, and for modellers of course some more inspiring sets of camouflage and markings to tempt you into expanding a collection of Lancaster Bombers in model form.

Military Modelling