Tony Whittingham Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 (edited) Hello All, This is my Latest effort. XL191, from 139 Sqn. flew over my house in Jamaica on Aug 6, 1962, making this the first time I saw a Victor. It was a tanker by the time my cousin flew it on 57 Sqn in 1984-85. And, it crashed on landing in bad weather at Mount Hope Airport, Hamilton Ontario, in 1986 I used the Flightpath intakes and AirDecals, but everything else my work. Thanks for looking Tony Edited May 26, 2010 by Tony Whittingham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I used the Flightpath intakes and AirDecals, but everything else my work. And damn fine work it is too. Lovely looking Victor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChancerUK Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Good looking, neat model excellent white finish, I think the photo does'nt do the model justice as the blue in the decals looks green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 That's a cracker, really like that, great looking finish! Can you give any details of the mods you did to hang the Blue Steel underneath, as I want to do the same later on this year? And chancer, it could be your monitor, the decals look pale blue to me!!! (no,no,no, don't let's start another colour argument!! ) Lovely build Keef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old VG 33 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Hi Very nice I love this white bomber. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Absolutely beautiful. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Looks good Tony - and a great "non-fridge" white scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Thats lovely, like Mike says, great non-fridge too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Whittingham Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 (edited) That's a cracker, really like that, great looking finish! Can you give any details of the mods you did to hang the Blue Steel underneath, as I want to do the same later on this year?And chancer, it could be your monitor, the decals look pale blue to me!!! (no,no,no, don't let's start another colour argument!! ) Lovely build Keef Hello Keef, The Airdecal sheet is the right colour for a DTD899A finish as in Ian Huntley's "Nuclear notes" from Scale Aircraft modelling Vol 5 no 9 (June 1983). The only thing is I wish they had been printed on clear, with white discs separate. The problem is there's a couple of different BS2660 references for these colours. In this case, one man's opinion is as good as the next, and this sheet matches the TSR2 and Airfix Vulcan decals to a degree. I will have to wait to see the Lo-vis on the Valiant to see if they match. Apparently the colours change after mod 2020 on the Victor. (Not wishing to turn this into a Anti-Flash boxing match!) Hope this helps, Tony Edited May 23, 2010 by Tony Whittingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Bloody good effort! I like it a lot! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Hello Keef,The Airdecal sheet is the right colour for a DTD899A finish as in Ian Huntley's "Nuclear notes" from Scale Aircraft modelling Vol 5 no 9 (June 1983). The only thing is I wish they had been printed on clear, with white discs separate. The problem is there's a couple of different BS2660 references for these colours. In this case, one man's opinion is as good as the next, and this sheet matches the TSR2 and Airfix Vulcan decals to a degree. I will have to wait to see the Lo-vis on the Valiant to see if they match. Apparently the colours change after mod 2020 on the Victor. (Not wishing to turn this into a Anti-Flasn boxing match!) Hope this helps, Tony Hi Tony, sorry I was being flippant in response to Chancer's comment that they looked green - they look absolutely fine to me!! (as does the whole build!) Cheers keef PS - I agree with your wish for roundels like this to be printed on clear sheet, makes it much easier to match the background white ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 A fabulous build Tony , the Victor loosk even more space age with Blue Steel underneath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPerx Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Hello All,This is my Latest effort. XL191, from 139 Sqn. flew over my house in Jamaica on Aug 6, 1962, making this the first time I saw a Victor. Very, very nice. Cripes! That sighting - 6/8/62 - was my 6th Birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Tasty looking Vulcan love the Green in the roundels Too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul A H Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Stunning work - she's a real beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Beautiful looking Victor, Tony! One of my teachers, Mike Cairns was a co pilot on Victors with Bomber Command back in the day. Cheers, david Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Whittingham Posted May 26, 2010 Author Share Posted May 26, 2010 Thanks to all for your kind comments. A further note from my cuz told me that the demise of XL191 is held up as an example of "how not to do it" to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 that is a fine looking victor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Tasty looking Vulcan love the Green in the roundels Too I'll have a pint of whatever keith's drinking!!! Great looking Victor!!With not a Vulcan in sight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasicModelling Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Tasty looking Vulcan love the Green in the roundels Too That Victor is spock-less!! Great job.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 FAB Build well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
593jones Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Great build! Hope mine looks as good when (!) it's finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 ditto for all the comments plus I want mine, tho it will be in a different c/s, to be to this standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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