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Vampire, Venom, Hunter, Canberra--are all iconic names of the postwar British aircraft industry. The Valetta is not among them. Not that it was a bad aircraft. On the contrary, it was quite serviceable, and by British standards--successful--with over 260 built for the RAF. Moreover, it was ready for service when the UK needed to replace (almost) all its war-weary Dakotas and prepare for the new burdens heralded by "Winds of Change." My little vignette is set in Aden during winter 1960, with an aircraft just released from the Ferry Service Squadron "working up" for operations with newly re-activated 233 squadron. There's a small conversation going on toward the back of the aircraft between an Army officer (with beret) and an RAF NCO. It's slightly weathered, but not overly much. WD159 had just been rebuilt by Vickers in '57, and assigned to a ferry unit afterwards, so it wasn't too beaten up from pictures I've seen of the actual aircraft in Yemen. The Valom kit needs some minor fixes, and could do with more detailed instructions; but otherwise it's designed for a more mainstream audience. I used Polly-S acrylics for the white upper part and a mix of Vallejo metallics (silver, white aluminum, and aluminum) for the painted silver portions. The tires I painted in Vallejo black-gray, and used light brown pastel to simulate the dust on the treads.
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Having just bought a Valom Viking I find there is a spare fuselage for a Valetta. As this can be kit bashed from a Wellington I will also make the Valetta, which according to the Putnam book, in 1950 was the first to broadcast a television programme to the public. Does anyone have any further information on this exact aircraft? I know the first broadcast TO an aircraft was August 1936 to a KLM DC2, and the first television signal for reconnaissance was 1939 from a Marcel Bloch 200 (made a model of that one and knew one of the crew) - but just like info on the Valetta. cheers Adrian
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Broplan from Poland has just announced a family of 1/72nd Vickers Valetta and Viking vacuform kits. ref. MS-178 - Vickers VC.1 Viking C.2 (RAF VL233,VL247) http://www.aviationmegastore.com/vickers-vc1-viking-c2--raf-vl233vl247-ms-178-broplan-ms-178-scale-modelling/product/?shopid=LM5487ee1ddbc916443db3775547&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=126402 ref. MS-179 - Vickers VC.1 Viking B.1 (British European Airways) http://www.aviationmegastore.com/vickers-vc1-viking-b1--british-european-airways-ms-179-broplan-ms-179-scale-modelling/product/?shopid=LM5487ee1ddbc916443db3775547&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=126403 ref. MS-180 - Vickers Valetta T.3 (RAF VX564,WJ461) http://www.aviationmegastore.com/vickers-valetta-t3--raf-vx564wj461-ms-180-broplan-ms-180-scale-modelling/product/?shopid=LM5487ee1ddbc916443db3775547&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=126404 ref. MS-181 - Vickers Valetta T.4 (RAF WJ486) http://www.aviationmegastore.com/vickers-valetta-t4--raf-wj486-ms-181-broplan-ms-181-scale-modelling/product/?shopid=LM5487ee1ddbc916443db3775547&action=prodinfo&parent_id=212&art=126405 V.P.
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Valetta C.2 VX580 at The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton. Pics mine. This is the only Valetta to survive.