[cough]lanc has no ball turret[/cough]

only on later versions. or version. fitted in place or at the rear of the H2S radome bubble aft of the bomb bay.

     This really must be the longest thread in the history of Forums. 
    
     Dan, the Lancaster looks great (very pretty for a big girl)!  What's the ETA on her release?  I can hardly wait to see it!  Are you going to make the 22,000-lb bomb that went along with her?  Wouldn't that be just the thing for the aircraft factory in Berlin?  11,000 pounds of Torpex would certainly make a dent.

     Mathias, ich haben alle von GC Bf110s die andere Nacht schließlich geladen, und ich liebe sie! Es ist wirklich ausgezeichnete Arbeit, und ein wunderbares Flugzeug. Ich habe sie in einen Wahlkampf, wo sie bewundernswert schon gestellt durchführen. Und es war eine große Freude zu sehen, daß der Bf110 in meinen Briten und Amerikaner Wahlkämpfe auch erscheint! Verzeihen Sie meinem Deutsch, Ich habe nur in einer Amerikanischen Sekundärschule drei Jahre gedauert. 

     As far as the Lanc against the 110, I'm going to have to put my money on the 110.  I took the Bf110 R4 (with the 37mm Flak) up against a formation of AVHistory's B-17s at 25,000 and I slaughtered four of them (climbing to high altitude and pouncing on top of them), though I was finally shot down by their hail of fire... and that B-17Molly is one durable bomber!  It's a day's work to bring down one of those things in the other fighters... even those equipped with 30mm cannons.  If you (Dan) create a realistic Damage Profile for her, I don't know if the poor Lanc can stand too many 37mm rounds.  Anyway, that's just my humble opinion.

       Great work, both of you.  I look forward to seeing what you produce in the future.

     Here's a great Avro Lancaster website I found: http://pjwhitfield.freeservers.com/

hmm, Dan, not to step in your six again,
but the Lanc was anything but well protected.
Infact, the Avro constructors stripped down anything what could add weight, the plane didn´t even have self-sealing tanks, and the wings where full of fuel.
The Luftwaffe nightfighters aimed for wings and engines,
it made a way to big boom when they aimed for the fuselage and it´s bombload.
Once the nightfighters had spotted the Lanc they homed in using their radar and the bomber was deadly hit before the crews even knew what had happend, mind you, in the dark.
There was even discussion wether the crews should use their defense armamanent at all, due to the risk of hitting friendly planes or even  the own plane.
Look at the Lanc top turret, it has this large frame around it, this is to keep a trigger-happy gunner away from hitting the own plane!
Their defense consisted in the main thing of the corkscrew manover. The bomber flew left/down - right/down - right/up -left/up, to confuse the radar on the nightfighter, mind you, we´re speaking of night missions.
I have a report where a Lancaster pilot played cat and mouse that way for two hours with a german nightfighter, but this was more the exception than the rule.
don´t get me wrong, this is by far no "mine-is-better-than-yours" thing.
You know I make a Lancaster myself, wouldn´t even do it If I´d dislike the bird or something:)
It´s just so that a hunter is a hunter and a hunt is a hunt.

any estimate of when it will be done?

[quote author=Dan, TLUK link=board=cfs3;num=1058995368;start=60#68 date=07/30/03 at 16:28:04]lol well then mat.... at least she was one of a kind!quote]

She shure was, Dan!
and of course we´ll see us in the skies:)

BTW, how´s the deal with the 1% guys comming along?

Dan....

Any updates on this beauty?  Or have the current Avhistory troubles slowed down the process?  If you would like, I can beta test for you.  Just drop me a line in the ol' PM box.

GrizMan

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