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This Venom was delivered to the RAF in May 1955 and served its whole career with the RAF’s 2nd Tactical Air Force in Germany with number 11 squadron. Following the short-sighted Sandys defence cuts this and most German-based Venoms were withdrawn from service with unseemly haste by the end of 1957. The type soldiered on with the RAF in the Far East until the early 1960s, however. After a fiddly start to the cockpit and nose wheel bay, the kit actually became a joy to build once I realised the instructions are more for guidance rather than accuracy! A couple of the parts are misnumbered in the instructions too, including the tail boom halves. It’s worth dry-fitting all parts first as many of the tabs are too wide for their slots. However, apart from the tail boom joins under the wings, it didn’t really need much filler, fitting together quite well. The paint was all from rattle cans; gloss dark green, dark sea grey with PRU blue undersides and satin black tip tanks. Decals are all oob except I added a few extra stencils from a spare Vampire decal sheet. This is the photo I used for inspiration, from Roger Lindsay’s superb ‘Cold War Shield’ volume II. All comments and suggestions always welcome! 50s flypast.
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Apologies for resurrecting such an ancient thread! But I guess it helps the mods keep things tidy? Anyway, I’ve just bought a 1/72 Air Graphics Vulcan K2 conversion kit (so basically just a hose box to hang under the tail!), but I have a couple of questions: First, does anyone know when these tanker versions received the white rear portion of the undersides? Was it during tanker conversion or later in service? Secondly, I found this image on Facebook of a K2 at Woodford - what are the pods hanging under the wings!? @Adam Poultney any ideas mate? Anyone? I’m pretty certain they only had one refuelling point (rear), not under the wings like a Victor.
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Looking good! I did something similar in the bomb bay in one of my Vulcans, it certainly makes a difference.
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1/48 DH Venom FB.4, Mikromir kit.
Lord Riot replied to Lord Riot's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Thankfully it’s not a tail sitter! I did bung in as much weight as I could, some had to go just behind the cockpit bulkhead as the nose is a bit small. Rocket rails added … I also rubbed a bit of dirt wash under the fuselage. Pretty much ready for decals now. -
1/48 DH Venom FB.4, Mikromir kit.
Lord Riot replied to Lord Riot's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
@Karearea, it’s well worth trying to get hold of these volumes. What Sabre are you planning? I’ll see if there are any other photos of it in the book and PM them to you if you like? -
1/48 DH Venom FB.4, Mikromir kit.
Lord Riot replied to Lord Riot's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Always one of my favourite parts, removing the masking to see how the painting has turned out. I’m pretty happy with this, not too much touching up needed on this one. Ready for all the detailing next. Still plenty of work to do. One thing I’ve noticed from the reference book, most photos of Venoms show them without the underwing fuel tanks, but still with the double pylons as on mine, and the rocket launcher rails which I still need to add. Unfortunately the kit doesn’t include the rockets, so I’ll probably just go with empty racks. I can’t decide whether to add the tanks or not yet. -
1/48 DH Venom FB.4, Mikromir kit.
Lord Riot replied to Lord Riot's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Masked up ready for the dark green. The area around the double fins was quite tricky to cover. Dark green sprayed … -
1/48 DH Venom FB.4, Mikromir kit.
Lord Riot replied to Lord Riot's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
I’m loving this build now, it’s starting to look like a Venom! The colour painting guide is incorrect, however, with photo evidence in Roger Lindsay’s superb book suggesting the green on the starboard side extends over most of the forward fuselage pod. Above images from this outstanding reference work: -
Hurricane. The gathering storm.
Lord Riot replied to StevieD's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
That looks brilliant, I thought it was 1/48 at first. Very evocative diorama. I don’t see any cat hair, and I’m used to it as we have four cats! -
1/48 DH Venom FB.4, Mikromir kit.
Lord Riot replied to Lord Riot's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
I cut a tiny square from an old acetate backing from a phone screen protector for the gunsight glass. Also added a couple of instrument decals to the gunsight block. There is PE for it but it’s too small to paint so I just stick a dial on there. The rest of the dials on the main instrument panel are from the kit decals. -
1/48 DH Venom FB.4, Mikromir kit.
Lord Riot replied to Lord Riot's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Ready for spraying the undersides. BS636 PRU blue, gloss. -
1/48 DH Venom FB.4, Mikromir kit.
Lord Riot replied to Lord Riot's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
@franky boy thanks James! There's a very faint line, shallower than the panel lines, that you can just about see for where the PE wing fences go. I hope it’s along that line anyway! I grooved it a bit deeper with the modelling knife. Definitely need superglue as not only are they very thin the ordinary glue doesn’t stick any PE, just plastic. If you look closely at the outer leading edges, the protrusions each have a tiny PE edge either side too. -
1/48 DH Venom FB.4, Mikromir kit.
Lord Riot replied to Lord Riot's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Looking better now it’s symmetrical. I sprayed the tip tanks satin black first as they’ll be easier to mask than the whole airframe which I’d need to mask if I did the tanks after the main colours. I’m thinking I might spray the undersides before the upper surfaces, as again I think that’ll be easier to mask up. -
1/48 DH Venom FB.4, Mikromir kit.
Lord Riot replied to Lord Riot's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
I’m really getting into this build now, enjoying the challenge. Each tab does need trimming or slicing slightly to fit in the relevant slot, but once that’s done the fit is quite nice. The first tailboom is on, and lines up well. Again I used superglue as I don’t want to risk the booms breaking off. Hoping I’ve used enough nose weight! How did the real thing not tail sit?