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Well I’ve been away a long while again and life has been getting in the way. So today I was delighted one of my all time favourite aircraft arrived the Victor B1 ! I am over the moon that a kit manufacturer is finally recognising the early V Bombers which for me have always been my favourite. I hear a Vulcan B1 is also on the way and I cannot wait. Early Vulcan and Victor B1s where totally different aircraft to the B2s the Vulcan more so but they both had completely different wings and many many other details which are at first hard to notice to the untrained eye but eventually you realise they where very different aircraft. This kit is going straight on the bench I’ve waited all my life for this as no one has attempted early V Bombers since Frog, Kader and Lindberg a few decades ago. The kit at a glance looks superb and a major step up from the Valiant kit. Box Art though cool does not do the kit justice. Intakes look odd but the moulding looks More promising. nice to see they captured the strange angles of the wing. here is a comparison with the Pit Road GWH B2 they match up very well and different where they should be but also in terms of surface detail and finesse they are fantastic together. The glazing is well done and the plastic feels great. I can’t believe this even comes with canopy Masks ! Amazing !!! Pit road right and mikromir left Pit Road top and MikroMir bottom MikroMir top Pit Road Bottom The decals whilst may be odd choices are much better by the looks of it than what came with the Valiant. That said you may want to pick your subject carefully. It has some small etch and best of all a canopy mask ! Wow what a kit... I’m very impressed. Now the question does it fit well ?... Well let’s find out ! I will be making a standard white B1 but not decided yet which. Thanks so much to Mikro Mir for releasing this. (Please do 1/72 versions too c’mom you know you want too ) cheers Rob