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Keef , Its between the laminate doors and ornamental pond furniture , next to the American low observables and Gyproc coving :analintruder: ...Bit of a cockup on the gramma front...I shall have myself withdrawn from use immediately and returned to the factory for retiming. :toilet: ...............

F32 .....Easy mistake , I knew a bloke who swore that he saw a B58 flying around the UK in the nineties, can't imagine what that was,( but then he was 86, blind as a bat and certifiably insane ):banghead:

Mike which scheme would you go for ,I think wrap around matt grey/green or high gloss grey/green/white would be cool, but then the RAF sand/ brown , ala Hercules would look great too, have to have a think about this , I've got another old Concorde knocking about somewhere :wicked:

Cheers,

Andy

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Mike which scheme would you go for ,I think wrap around matt grey/green or high gloss grey/green/white would be cool, but then the RAF sand/ brown , ala Hercules would look great too, have to have a think about this , I've got another old Concorde knocking about somewhere :wicked:

Andy - you've gotta have a wraparound Vulcan stylee scheme. It's contemporary, innit? btw - apologies for not congratulating you on another nice whiffer :)

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Thanks Mike ,now what loadout could we have on that ??? ( Shrikes, Skyflash,sidewinders, ALARM , Stormshadow , Brimstone, Harpoon, Stingray, .............................choices ,choices :hmmm: ........................... I will get onto it just as soon as I've finished this ruddy Sperrin :banghead:???...........................

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Oooh, blimey... Weapons aren't my strong point. :shrug: Something big & evil looking would be good though, and extra-pointy to cope with the high speeds.

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.... high gloss grey/green/white would be cool,

That was the scheme my dear departed 617 sqn machine was in.... :crying: It did indeed look B) though!

Now, I've been trying my best to close my mind to all these ideas being bandied about - but it just so happens that I have a Revell Concorde sitting upstairs that's just been minding its own business innocently waiting to be built & finished as a final B.A. Chatham scheme machine - just what every Concorde kit wants to be when they grow up! :) (it certainly wouldn't want to become an Air Chance one!! :P ) But - I'm now having these wicked thoughts of what it might look like in one of the latest tactical grey schemes with lo-viz roundels. Like a current Nimrod. But sleeker.......!!

Keef

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Right Mike , now you've done it , how about an air dropped version of Polaris or Trident ( both were serious considerations believe it or not :hypnotised: :hypnotised: :hypnotised: ). or the Bristol X12 ,a huge wicked looking stand off bomb project!! I suppose long range fuel tanks would be in there somewhere as well.....Why not go the whole hog and strap a Blue Streak to it :jump_fire:

Keef old thing, don't be having idea's now ,you know what the doctor said :shocked: Actually I was going to do my first Conc in those colours , think it would suit it down to the ground ( as it were!!!),

That was the scheme my dear departed 617 sqn machine was in.... ..
..............What happened to it ?

Anyone suggest a good name (printable) for the aircraft , someone mentioned ' Vengeance' and I've also read that 'Fireflash' (FAB) was considered , though there was an AAM missile of that name. Stick of gum for the best one!

Anyway it's good fun to speculate,

Andy

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..............What happened to it ?

Disappeared without trace somewhere north of Murmansk. Sources speculate that it was shot down by a lucky long distance missile shot from a SU-15 ............Actually the cotton broke & it hit my bedroom floor with a resounding thud. The resulting category 5 damage to the airframe led to it being 'reduced to produce'!!! I told you I built it a loooooooong time ago!!! :D

And as to names, I can't think of anything appropriate at the mo, but I really don't think anything French would go down well with the RAF. I think there'd be mutiny....!!! :lol:

Keef

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Great idea's chaps , like the sound of Rapier :analintruder: , though Vitesse is good , starting with a v of course , conformal fuel tanks would certainly add something to the design aside from weight and range!!! mix that with payload ,radar ,defence weapons and colour scheme you'd have a mighty impressive machine :jump_fire: Only thing is it would need a tanker airbourne 24/7 :D

Obi-jiff 'DeGaulle B1' , why not go completely mental and call it the ( drum roll!).............. British Aircraft Corporation, Aerospatial Margaret Thatcher B/SRmk2(A)...... :hypnotised: :hypnotised: :hypnotised: ,...... She was a closish ally , military and had a big nose :whistle:

Keef ....totally amazing ..that very same thing happened to mine a few years back ....pride of my fleet (617 as well)I was hanging it from a beam with fishing line to photo build for a certain model mag when bang the knot came undone and down it came , onto a concrete floor ....reduced to scrap , 5 months of work gone in 2 seconds :raincloud:

I'll get my coat...............

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There's something very amusing about the idea of a squadron of Thatchers. If they took off in fours, like the old Vulcan QRAs, would one of them keep getting lost?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Yes, & then it would get knighted when it finally found it's way home!!! :rolleyes::D

Keef

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It would have to a Mirage 10 and then Dassault would have sold hundreds and BAC would have made a mint. I would fit it out with Skybolts.

Regards :winkgrin:

David

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Ah ha! But the real supersonic V-Bomber was the 8 jet Avro 720 which entered service with 27 squadron. Here is a somewhat shaky clandestine picture with its recce partner the TSR2!

David

I had a chat with Renaud at Sharkit a while ago and tried to convince him to do the 720 in 1/72 scale, got him thinking of doing a multi media type kit, big bits in vac and details in resin, similar to how Welsh Models do theirs.

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When it comes to scrapping it why bother we could all shell out 3 million for a state funeral :analintruder:.............. It probably wouldn't even get off the runway , going straight into radioactive meltdown ( much like the economy) and then get booted out by it's own squadron!!!, :mg:

David , where do you think all their tech for the big Mirages came from , if you said BAC and Fairey (Delta 111) you wouldn't be far wrong :wicked:

Kitnut , You are aptly named ,are you still making it or is it finished , be a hell of an impressive beast , have you got any more pics of it ?(did you sort out all the known probs with the thing? ,but on reflection , being a what'-if I don't suppose it matters :D).Regarding the Avro 720 that would be a real gem most certainly get one if I could find somewhere to house it !!.

Andy

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Kitnut , You are aptly named ,are you still making it or is it finished , be a hell of an impressive beast , have you got any more pics of it ?(did you sort out all the known probs with the thing? ,but on reflection , being a what'-if I don't suppose it matters :D).Regarding the Avro 720 that would be a real gem most certainly get one if I could find somewhere to house it !!.

Andy

Hi Andy,

At the moment it's been shelved, for the last year I have been in the middle of a house move, we've moved three times during that time, but have now got our new home. I've a dedicated hobby room earmarked but it will be the last thing to organize as there is a number of other things to do first (have to keep SWMBO happy)

Cheers,

Robert

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Here for comparison are some Deltas, FD1, Avro 707, Avro 720 and Avro Vulcan B2 all in 144!

David

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When it comes to scrapping it why bother we could all shell out 3 million for a state funeral :analintruder:.............. It probably wouldn't even get off the runway , going straight into radioactive meltdown ( much like the economy) and then get booted out by it's own squadron!!!, :mg:

David , where do you think all their tech for the big Mirages came from , if you said BAC and Fairey (Delta 111) you wouldn't be far wrong :wicked:

Kitnut , You are aptly named ,are you still making it or is it finished , be a hell of an impressive beast , have you got any more pics of it ?(did you sort out all the known probs with the thing? ,but on reflection , being a what'-if I don't suppose it matters :D).Regarding the Avro 720 that would be a real gem most certainly get one if I could find somewhere to house it !!.

Andy

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Now then , then now ,now then ...now ...that is really great B) , recognise the Corgi Vulcan ( got a few of those myself :closedeyes: , shouldn't mention them here really :analintruder: ) , as you say Nostalgic 720 , what would the FD1 and 707 be? only ones I know of are Olimps injected kit, Maintrack vacs( 1/72nd) and Chris Sayers little gems (1/200th) so these elude me ( not difficult :S )...Really must get the 720 when it's re-released later in the year ,apparently the moulds have been updated to include full undercarriage and more detail.....should go well with the Bombcorde, and................ ( stealth mode) Handley Page HP100 that I have under way!!.....

Thanks for pics,

Andy

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