So Peter Jackson had one made in China for his movie The Dam Busters (never completed)
Jackson’s Lancs are full scale steel and fiberglass replicas rather than the real thing. But even so, they’re poised to offer an impressive recreation of the specially modified aircraft of No. 617 Squadron, the secret RAF unit which famously prosecuted Operation Chastise in 1943 against the heavily-defended dams of Germany’s industrial heartland.
https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2016/06/avro-lancaster-replica-dam-busters-remake/
https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2014/08/7-full-scale-aircraft-replicas-used-movie-props/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001392/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Leon Evans, chief pilot for the Canadian Lancaster’s historic trip, said: ‘We haven’t had two Lancasters fly together in a display before. ‘It’s pretty unlikely it’ll happen again because these airplanes might run out of airtime. Vera’s getting older and already has about 4,500 hours on her.’
Two Lancaster bombers flew together in the skies over Britain in 2014 for the first time in 50 years. The world's only two airworthy Lancaster bombers were united on a windswept Lincolnshire airfield, the Lancaster Thumper, which is part of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial flight, joined the Canadian Lancaster Vera from a museum in Ontario.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724404/Dambusters-reunited-Two-Second-World-War-Lancaster-bombers-fly-time-50-years.html
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