Avro typ 683 „Lancaster“ – the British heavy bomber

Avro 683 "Lancaster" - British four-engine heavy bomber, which was in service the Royal Air Force. It was the main, along with the “Halifax”, heavy bomber of the Royal Air Force during World War II (it accounted for 3/4 of the entire bomb load, dropped in WWII by British aircraft). The geographical position of the United States and Great Britain led to the adoption of a military doctrine on the use of aviation to destroy the industrial potential of Germany and its allies. During the Second World War in these countries, emphasis was placed on the creation of heavy four-engine bombers. In England, such aircraft began to be designed before the war in the mid-30s. Before the war, three bombers of this class were adopted – “Stirling”, “Halifax” and “Lancaster”. The “Stirling” was the first to enter service in August 1940, the “Halifax” - in September 1940 and the “Lancaster” - in 1942. As a result, the “Lancaster” became the best and most massive heavy bomber in Great Britain. The first sortie of the “Lancaster's” was made in March 1942. In total, the “Lancaster's” made more than 156,000 sorties and dropped more than 600,000 tons of bombs. It has also been used for a variety of other purposes, including precision daylight strikes, the delivery of the “Tallboy” and “Grand Slam” super-heavy bombs. He gained great fame after the bombing of dams in the Ruhr Valley, carried out in 1943 - during Operation “Big Whipping”. It was named after the small English town Lancaster.

A large, well-designed and beautifully detailed bomber model, but not so complex that it can't be assembled by an average modeler, working under the supervision of a more experienced colleague. Well, for beginners and inexperienced it is a hard nut to crack... the model contains full detailing of the interior cockpits and shooting towers, bomb bays with bombs, suspended in them, chassis niches and the chassis itself, engines. The edition is completed with laser cut parts of the frame and other parts from cardboard 1 mm thick and an additional sheet of cardboard 1 mm thick.