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  1. Vautour IIB French Jet Bomber (SH72415) 1:72 Special Hobby The Sud Aviation Vautour (Vulture) stems from a 1951 request from the Armée de l'Air for a jet aircraft capable as acting as a bomber, light attack aircraft, or an all-weather interceptor. The renamed Vautour II would subsequently be built in all three versions, entering service in 1958, and leaving active front line service in 1978. Various test aircraft stayed around through to the 1990s. The aircraft would feature an all-metal fuselage with a mid-fuselage mounted wing. The engines were mounted in underslung pods in a similar manner to the Me.262. A distinguishing feature of the aircraft was the main undercarriage units on the centre line with outriggers stowed in the engine pods. The Cyrano Radar was originally developed for the Mirage but were fitted to some Vautours for testing and one such aircraft was sold to Israel. The Aircraft would never see any combat with the Armée de l'Air, however it would with its only export customer the Israeli Defence Forces. Israel purchased 28 Vautours and they were used in the six-day war and the War of Attrition. In fact, the type did score an aerial victory over an Iraqi Hunter. 15 aircraft were lost to combat and they were replaced by Skyhawks in 1971. The Kit The original kit was released by Azur in 2011, and is now being marketed under the Special Hobby brand. This kit represents a Vautour IIB two-seat bomber with glass nose seating a bomb-aimer, and arrives in a top-opening box with four sprues of grey styrene, a sprue of clear parts, a number of resin detail parts, a Photo-Etch (PE) sheet, a printed clear acetate film, instruction booklet on glossy paper with spot colour, and decal sheet. The detail of the plastic parts is good for the age, and is augmented by the resin and PE parts, bringing it thoroughly up-to-date. Construction begins with the cockpit, starting with two seats that have five-point belts in PE. The instrument panel has PE rudders attached to its rear, and a lamination of PE and acetate dials at the front, topped off with a coaming, and set aside while the bomb-aimer’s seat is glued to the short floor and a rear bulkhead is added. The pilot’s seat is glued to the top of the nose gear bay, which has a pair of half bulkheads underneath and a shaped bulkhead behind the pilot, to which the side-consoles are added. The control column and PE foot plates are ensconced between the consoles, and the nose gear leg is made up from a number of parts and is inserted under the cockpit floor, with a two-part wheel on each side of the cross-axle, with a side drawing showing the completed assembly with the pilot’s seat and floor in profile. Two more gear bays are made for the outer side engine nacelles for those weird stabiliser wheels, and another more standard bay is made for the rear gear as the nacelles are being built, comprising two halves each with a shallow bay, plus resin intake and exhaust, the latter having two tiny PE parts glued into gaps in the lip. The fuselage is closed up after inserting the two cockpits into the right fuselage half along with additional resin and PE detail parts, with more in the left side, and instructions on how and where to paint the fuselage insides. The left fuselage is closed up with the addition of the rear gear bay and coaming, with a pair of holes drilled in the rudder fin before final closure and the addition of the separate rudder. The airframe comes together quite quickly once the fuselage is complete, adding the two wings to slots in the sides, which have the outer panels moulded as one, and small inner panels fleshing out the lower surface. Each of the elevators are single parts, and the already complete engine nacelles are inserted into the gap in the lower surfaces, plus a clear nose cone for the bomb-aimer, and two small parts under nose and tail. The rear gear is glued in with the aid of a scrap diagram, and has the twin wheels fixed later, while a pair of PE wing fences, a resin gunsight and the canopy complete the cockpit, and more small parts are glued to the rear. The stabiliser gear legs and wheels are inserted into the shallow nacelle bays, made up from resin and styrene parts, and having twin bay doors opening upwards, both of which have resin hinges. The main bays are also bracketed with simple doors that have additional hinge parts fixed before installation. Markings Post war shiny metal is the theme for the markings options on the decal sheet, and there are four to choose from. From the box you can build one of the following: No.627/92-AP, 92e Escadre de Bombardement, Armée de l'Air No.638, Armée de l'Air, základna RAF Wethersfield, Great Britain, Wethersfield Armed Forces Day, June 17, 1961 No.634/JD, Escadron de Remorquage 05/106, Armée de l'Air, 1978 No.621/92-AN, 2/92e Escadre de Bombardement „Aquitaine“, Armée de l'Air Decals are by printed in good registration, sharpness and colour density, with a thin gloss carrier film cut close to the printed areas. Conclusion A welcome re-release of this early post war French jet bomber that often gets overlooked, sadly. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of
  2. Sud Aviation Vautour IIA At the Israeli Air Force Museum, pics thanks to Dov.
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