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Dont recall one of these on WIP or RFI so heres my effort. Waited for this when it was first runoured and thought that the Airfix and Frog VC10s of 50 years vintage would be awash in ebay! I still have a regular Airfuc VC10 BA and their RAF tanker version and will build both one day but the Roden kit looked to be a quick build. No sprue shots - presumed they have been seen before but what I can say is that there was a suprising amount of flash. No problem but took a while to prepare the main parts for assemebly. But the parts are finely detailed with fine recessed panel lines, so a big leap forward from Airfix. I intend building this out of the box in the East African scheme supplied. Heres some pictures on progress so far Fuselage, tail and engines glues together with reference material to hand Close up of nose with glazing glues in and nose cone stuck on and thin coat of primer. You get window mask for the kit too! RR Conway engines represented quite nicely. Windows again have some flash which isnt helpful! Tail cone needed some filler and 'adjustment'! to get it right! Looks right to me Fuselage seam reasonably prepared and wings showing the fine panel lines Engines baffling a wee bit - bump on one side but not on the other! A bit of work required to tidy these up More to follow - now swithering about getting some BOAC decals!
