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Adam Poultney

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    V Bombers and World War Two models, primarily 1/72

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  1. 1/48 Vulcan B2? Hopefully.... They like doing big things in big scales and I can't think of anything better. But I'd still be waiting for any scale Vulcan b1 😕
  2. It is not Dark Sea Grey. Medium Sea Grey is the colour you want. The standard wrap around camouflage scheme used Dark Sea Grey, but XH558 was painted in a unique display scheme so don't take anything from standard Vulcan schemes for granted. Other unique quirks of 558's scheme include a non-standard roundel position on the wings (further inboard than standard) and soft edges between the green and grey. To build a model of XH558 from the old tool Vulcan, you'll want to remove the TFR from the tip of the nose and find some aftermarket Olympus 202 jetpipes (though I think you could probably fit the ones from the new tool Vulcan if anyone is willing to give you the spare parts). Also remove the air scoop on the tailcone and only use the starboard ECM plate (the flat plate that goes below the engines). There is a long list of other things to make an accurate XH558 but those should give you a reasonable model of her.
  3. That's next month?! What dates. I have a few gliding trips coming up, I hope I don't miss it
  4. I'm in if it doesn't clash with busy uni times. No idea what I'll build since Vulcans and gliders are ineligible...
  5. I'm not overly interested in 1/48, but a Stuka may see me part with some money.
  6. I don't know for sure but an educated guess would be lights. The Vulcan had a couple of lights next to the IFR probe, maybe these are the equivalent on the v Valiant?
  7. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on this kit. I'll pick one up when Hannants get them in
  8. My first entry, the Merlin Beaufighter concersion, has been shelved. I'll pick it up again in a while. In the meantime I'll be working on some Dorniers! Well, I will be when I can find the time because I'm so busy with uni work at the moment. I've got quite a few Dornier kits in the stash at the moment. Four of them. If I get carried away I might build all of them eventually, or I might just build one. I've got: The RS Models Do17F, which looks... interesting. I'm not sure if this is really a better starting point than the old kit. Speaking of which... Airfix Do17E/F. I bought this a few weeks ago and I'm actually quite looking forward to the build. I've already done one of these, way back before covid happened. I remember the build wasn't too difficult but involved a lot of filler. Airfix Do17Z. A nice, fairly modern kit. I've got a masking set for it so that's one tedious task eliminated. And finally, the ancient Airfix Do217E. This came with the Airfix Do17E/F and it's what I'm going to start with. The plan is a fairly simple build, I'll sand off the raised panels and scribe in recessed lines but other than that I'm just going to build. Decals have been kindly supplied by another member on the forum which is very much appreciated. I'll update with some pictures when I start it
  9. So it looks like there are two tailcone options. @PatGany pointers as to what each one is?
  10. Well I haven't made any progress on this since the last post. Motivational block has set in after leaving it for a while. I want to move on to something else and revisit this later. I've put the Beaufighter to one side, I might look at restarting work on it in April when I'm home from uni. I was home yesterday so I picked up a few kits I could enter into this group build as I'd really like to get at least an entry into the gallery. Likely to be a Do17 or 217 started imminently.
  11. I think it's nearly time this returns to the workbench. I printed off some decals today, when the ink is completely dry I will add some decal film to them. Plenty of spares in case any of these fail! And of course I've also been playing with the real thing
  12. I somehow found the time to build this model recently in between a mountain of uni work. It's the second release of Airfix's recent new tool 1/72 Spitfire Mk.Vc. I particularly like the silver Australian scheme, which is a bit different to the other early Spitfires in my collection. The build was easy, it's a lovely kit. A bit disappointed to learn of a few errors like the missing fueling point in the cowling. If I was being harsh the clear parts should be thinner. Pedantic points aside, I'm probably going to get another to build in the other scheme provided. The silver is from a tamiya spray can and everything else has been painted by hand. I chose to have it fairly clean, not using my usual weathering techniques. This was mainly because of that mountain of uni work I need to find time to do.... if I want I can always revisit this model later to add it.
  13. Yes they are safely in my possession now and should be perfect. Thanks again for sending them
  14. I can hope and wish for some more gliders in the scale! Revell did some good ones a number of years ago which I have. It's a good scale for them. Eduard have floated the idea of a 1/48 Blaník so is it totally hopeless? Maybe not, but probably.
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