1/48 Tamiya Lancaster 10 DC 9 

(drone carrier)

by Serge Dompierre

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This is my first submission to ARC . 
History:
In the end of the fifties, the RCAF started a new training program for fighter pilot at Cold Lake Alberta ; they modified two canadian built Lancasters MK 10, PX-851serial number KB-851 and PX-848 serial number KB-848 to carry Ryan's KDA-4 Firebee drone.  Both aircraft belonged to the Central Experiment Proving Establishment/ Air Armament Detachment CEPE/AAED based at Cold Lake.  The training program had a short life ending it's activities early in the sixties.

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The kit:

This is the Tamiya 1/48 scale Lancaster MKIII modified to a Lancaster MK10. Modifications are like this. I removed all armament and radar, closed all turret mg slots, added some antennas under and on top of the fuselage and scrachtbuilt the drone using as base components fuel tanks in 1/32 scale from an old F-15 model and plastic sheets.  I made two pylons under the wings to carry the drones.. 

Thanks for looking 

Serge 

Photos and text © by Serge Dompierre