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The first of the 'V-bombers' the Vickers Valiant first prototype WB210 flew on 18 May 1951, within the deadline that Vickers had promised, only 27 months since the contract had been issued. On 11 January 1952, WB210 was lost as the result of an in-flight fire on the starboard wing; all of the crew managed to escape the aircraft safely except for the co-pilot, who struck the tail after ejecting. After modifications to the fuel system, replacement of the Sapphire engines fitted to WB210 with the more powerful RA.7 Avons and more rounded air intakes in order to feed sufficient air to the more powerful engines the Valiant served with the RAF for nine years. The model The Airfix 1/72 kit of the Valiant is well known and despite a few minor errors is a good kit. To turn the kit into the first prototype required some fairly major surgery and some new parts to be produced. The Work In Progress is here Finished with Alclad Polished Aluminium and Alclad Aqua Gloss. Overall I'm happy with it, but glad to get some space back on my desk! I've still got a B1 and the B2 in the stash but they won't need as much work as this one. Thanks for looking. Steve
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