Mr Panton said his team set out to see how the plane would look from the air, 'as an Airfix kit would have done in the packet'. He said that the Lancaster is a sectional aircraft, meaning that it comes apart in its major component pieces and then bolts back together again. Mr Panton said the aircraft reassembles 'in a similar way you glue an Airfix kit back together'. Pictured: Engineer Mr Jeffrey working in the plane's main fuselage