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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro
I hope your not too sensitive of an artist Glynn 
but that bomber looks a bit too short for 4 engines |
I can't blame you for being an American and unfamiliar with our iconic Lancaster, but it did have a very short fuselage-to-wing ratio (wingspan about 1.5 times the length of the fuselage when I measure my model). You can notice this most when you look at the short distance between the wings and tailplanes (this photo foreshortens the starboard wing rather grossly because of lens effect)
Furthermore, the Lanc did actually start out as a twin-engined design named the Avro Manchester... yet whilst its span was only 10 feet more than that of the Manchester, its fuselage was actually just about the same length... leading to its 'short' appearance