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Hi all I recently got lucky and picked up the extremely rare FROG Avro Vulcan B.MK.1. It is the only Vulcan B1 ever Kitted. The lindberg is not very accurate and more reflects the 1st Prototype. The FROG however for its time is pretty darn accurate. It has a few issues. The tail fin cap needs rescribing a little lower. The radome although right in style its a little miss shapen. But a better attempt than airfix's proposed radome line. For its time an amazing kit. It is from the early 60s I believe and was made from the original plans (say's so on the box) It even has quite finely recessed panel lines. It is an interesting item as it is totally different to the B2 the stance of the wheels gives it a taller nose up look. Makes it look very imposing and looks like shes flying stood still. The wing is also much smaller more flat at the back and has a cute subtle kink still being very pyramid like and It is this breed of Vulcan that earned them the nick name "Tin Triangle" Initial B1s were silver before the pre anti flash standard white scheme. I am chuffed to bits with this as you can imagine and whoever build it did a darn good job. I notice they started to mod the intakes more on that later lets look at what we have to play with. This is gonna be a challenge I need to scratch the intakes ...... YIKES ! Cheers Rob
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Hi there fellow modellers. I have been lucky to come across a near built Frog Vulcan B1. I am going to restore it and the majority of the thing is done and near ready for painting. The person who built it obviously used some very strong glue from the past It looks like resin as its yellow and far far stronger than Poly or CA so the option of putting it in the freezer looks a no goer. Its been put together very well too. But it lacks nose weight and wants to sit on its tail. Not helped by the nose up attitude of the taller B1. There are a few slots were I could put something in and it would go down to the nose but I would like to hear your ideas of how to tackle it. If all else fails I can use blue tack or do it in wheels up configuration. It will be possible to just attach the wheels loosely for shows anyhow. some photos of what I have to work with Any help appreciated. Cheers Rob