[STARMAN 352ND]

Well today the big brown truck dropped off a package this afternoon i got from the Mule..
and yes it got here before my wife did...Thank God...
This is the Grand Slam that was on the Mules web site last week and it was to be the last Lancaster for me to own....Ya right i said that before...
She really is a cool one to have in your collection snapped up a few pictures for ya.
Enjoy the pictures.
JP






Here she is with the others and for the first time you can see the whole POTR BBMF set together.

[ZS-VAN]

That's one really good looking Lanc. What about that great big bomb its carrying? Any pics? Eerrr, of course I'm waiting for my one too.

[brunowbe]

Sharp looking Lancaster JP. Nice pics you took as well.

[Cruver Collecter]

Impressive looking new addition!

[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by ZS-VAN

What about that great big bomb its carrying? Any pics?

Sorry ZS i forgot that one....Go back and look at post one it's on there now.
JP

[Hornchurch]

Originally Posted by ZS-VAN

That's one really good looking Lanc. What about that great big bomb its carrying? Any pics?

J.P. once again, lucky man !
I wish I'd bought that 'Grand~Slam' Lanc' when it 1st came out.

In answer to ZS's post (above) & as a matter of interest, I thought I'd attach a 'Related' picture.....

It's a photo' of my Dad during his service with the R.A.F at his Home-Base of RAF-Wickenby, a famous Lancaster base in Lincolnshire which is a neighbouring base to both where 'Phantom of the Ruhr' currently resides, plus next to where the original 'Grand-Slam' bombers were based.

The (back of) photo' is stamped 4th June 1950, either the date the pic' was taken, or (maybe) developed.

Either way, it shows the size of the 'Grand-Slam' to good effect.

I've put out another of him at the same base, on 'Guard-Duty', holding his Lee-Enfield .303 Rifle.......

Note the 'Fixed-Bayonet' (he was 19 yrs old in both pic's, at RAF-Wickenby).

Wish I'd've picked up the Corgi version, when it was just £39 & everyone was griping about the abscence of the front turret 'spoiling' it's looks (lol).

[STARMAN 352ND]

Here is a little bigger picture of the bomb.
JP

[Cruver Collecter]

Neat shot of the payload.

[dilligafocau]

Originally Posted by Hornchurch

J.P. once again, lucky man !
I wish I'd bought that 'Grand~Slam' Lanc' when it 1st came out.

In answer to ZS's post (above) & as a matter of interest, I thought I'd attach a 'Related' picture.....

It's a photo' of my Dad during his service with the R.A.F at his Home-Base of RAF-Wickenby, a famous Lancaster base in Lincolnshire which is a neighbouring base to both where 'Phantom of the Ruhr' currently resides, plus next to where the original 'Grand-Slam' bombers were based.

The (back of) photo' is stamped 4th June 1950, either the date the pic' was taken, or (maybe) developed.

Either way, it shows the size of the 'Grand-Slam' to good effect.

I've put out another of him at the same base, on 'Guard-Duty', holding his Lee-Enfield .303 Rifle.......

Note the 'Fixed-Bayonet' (he was 19 yrs old in both pic's, at RAF-Wickenby).

Wish I'd've picked up the Corgi version, when it was just £39 & everyone was griping about the abscence of the front turret 'spoiling' it's looks (lol).

Our Dads would be the same age Hornchurch, My Dad was doing Nation Service in Germany in '50. He was in the 5th RTR so Ive got a few snaps of his tank crew posing in front of a Centurion


Nice Lanc photos JP, good to see a shot of that Earthquake bomb......the world's 1st WMD??

[Hornchurch]

Originally Posted by dilligafocau

Our Dads would be the same age Hornchurch, My Dad was doing Nation Service in Germany in '50. He was in the 5th RTR so Ive got a few snaps of his tank crew posing in front of a Centurion


Nice Lanc photos JP, good to see a shot of that Earthquake bomb......the world's 1st WMD??

dilli - you'll have to post those pix guy !!!!!!!!!!! (even if it does start a new thread on the Armour section ! lol)

I LOVE Centurions, so I'd be very keen to see 'em.....as I'm sure would some of the other guys on the Forum.

Back to the subject......

It's amazing how differently coloured the actual 'Grand-Slam' in 1950 looks from it's Corgi counterpart (slung under the model !!!!!!!!)

One thing intrigues me........there can't have been that many 'Slams' made or produced.... & whilst the one in my Dad's picture was still on active charge with the RAF , I'd imagine it would have been de-commisioned during the next year/18 months ??????? (certainly as technology moved on & the RAF had a surplus of wartime munitions).

BTW, the photo's of the model are nice - makes a change to see "YZ*S" in someone's collection.