BritJet Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 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 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 COR WHAT A BEAUTY That's a valiant effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I do not know how I missed your WIP but I did....sorry, but I have now read it and can only conclude I have witnessed a masterclass in modelling. This is one I wish to build so is of great interest to me and the finished model is superb, did you ever find out what was giving the problems with the Alchad, itcertainly increased your workload somewhat. If you ever did want to earn some pocket money and make a run of your resin casts I would certainly put my name on a list. Great work Steve. Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Looks really nice in overall silver... well done you've done a good job on her. gazza l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Stunning result. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Super job on this, I followed your build right thru & after seeing what went into this, I can say that is a truly impressive piece of modelling. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitnut617 Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Cracker Steve !!!!!! love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 Thanks everyone, it was a lot of work but I enjoyed doing it. On 29/10/2017 at 19:29, Head in the clouds. said: I do not know how I missed your WIP but I did....sorry, but I have now read it and can only conclude I have witnessed a masterclass in modelling. This is one I wish to build so is of great interest to me and the finished model is superb, did you ever find out what was giving the problems with the Alchad, itcertainly increased your workload somewhat. If you ever did want to earn some pocket money and make a run of your resin casts I would certainly put my name on a list. Great work Steve. Gary. I've no idea what caused the Alclad to react like that but it did cause a lot of extra work. I wanted to have different tones to the finish but would rather not have had to get them that way! I'm getting some more resin at Telford to cast some so I can easily do you a set. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Fantastic work. She looks beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Superb work Steve,great to see this early scheme modelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 Thanks guys. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 That looks really beautiful. It evokes that classis period of aviation very nicely. Love the shiny metal finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 that's a very nice model - very reflective ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritJet Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 Thanks On 03/11/2017 at 04:24, kapam said: That looks really beautiful. It evokes that classis period of aviation very nicely. Love the shiny metal finish! So many of the prototypes I'm planning to do need a shiny metal finish but the rest of them are smaller than this one! I used 2 bottles of Alclad on this and with producing the resin parts, it's not been a cheap model to produce compared with one built oob but I've always wanted to do it. 19 hours ago, Gimme Shelter said: that's a very nice model - very reflective ! Unfortunately because nearly every surface is curved the reflections don't show up as well in the photos as in real life, but I'm pleased with how it looks. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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