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Hi guys I've not had chance to do much modelling this year infact I had until now only completed one build! which aint much for me.

I got back into things with this little avro vulcan kit from dragon this was the falklands boxing with decals for 558 so i did 558.

It is a fantastic kit the fit is great and a joy to build this one has took me about 3 days doing about 6 hours each day.

I decided i wanted to try humbrol's new shades for RAF dark green and medium sea grey from the excellent rattle cans and i have to say im impressed the colours are bang on and seem different to the tins the med sea grey having that blue tone captured perfectly bleaching in the sun and going very blue in shade as you can see in the following photos.

I did decide to skip the little refuelling probe as this currently is like other models at risk of being knocked by someone else so i built it to last and as its so small ....(I'm not that fussed)

The exhausts were brush painted with revel aqua aluminium (wonderful paint).

The model was masked with blue tak this time i tried green first grey second as its easier to visualize the dominant colour for me anyhow. I was sceptical about doing this as it should really be green last so it bleeds over the grey however i felt the inversion would help with the scale and i was pleasantly surprised with the results.

The model was then given a coat of Klear and the windows painted black with thinned matt black paint with flow improver and a cocktail stick to flow into the window frame edges and built up any over spill being easy to wipe away with a cocktail stick if needed.

then the decals were applied with pools of klear to suck them down and then finaly a spray over with humbrol rattle can gloss varnish misted from about 4 ft away and then a final wipe over of Klear with a bit of sponge and what a joy this thing has been

This may only be 1/200th but it still took 2 packs of blue tak to do! I remember doing An airfix one with blue tack and that took many packs of blue tak. I dread to think how much the reall one would take haha!

I hope you like it I am really chuffed with it if i do say so myself.

Cheers Rob

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Looks a little gem to me. Perhaps mine will have to be promoted up the pile of kits pending.

Martin

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They are nice kits. and certainly looks a very accurate vulcan. i look forward to seeing your build. i hope some decal manufacture will step forward with alternative markings for these. would be great for QRA dioramas cheers rob

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Great little Vulcan Rob, looks accurate and the camo job is spot on. A little too small for me personally but it is a Vulcan and Dragon are to be congratulated on producing the thing. Great for folks with limited shelf space too..........mind you how about a QRA diorama ?...hmmm.

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Cheers guys and Andy great to hear from you its been a while since i was on here. I would love to see you do a QRA diorama id say go for it. it is small but its still worth it the hardest part is the decals "tiny" is definatly the word im sure i was staring at my tear ducts at one point. haha.

and yes congratulations to dragon please give us a victor and valiant now!

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Seriously good -I think we have a new definition of the term 'small but perfectly formed'!

I was hankering after the Wolfpack 1/144 resin thing, but less so now...

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Cheers guys and Andy great to hear from you its been a while since i was on here. I would love to see you do a QRA diorama id say go for it. it is small but its still worth it the hardest part is the decals "tiny" is definatly the word im sure i was staring at my tear ducts at one point. haha.

and yes congratulations to dragon please give us a victor and valiant now!

Welcome back. Do you usually use magnifying glasses for upclose work? If so, what do you think of them for small scale models or tiny decals? I was thinking about purchasing some next month and wondered if they really help.

Regards,

Belle

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Seriously good -I think we have a new definition of the term 'small but perfectly formed'!

I was hankering after the Wolfpack 1/144 resin thing, but less so now...

I would go for it it's a great kit and that new 1/144th vulcan from pit road skywave looks fantastic I just ordered 2 off eBey can't wait to get em in hand and on the bench!

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Welcome back. Do you usually use magnifying glasses for upclose work? If so, what do you think of them for small scale models or tiny decals? I was thinking about purchasing some next month and wondered if they really help.

Regards,

Belle

Actually I just use my eyes I've never used a mag glass but I can imagine its a useful tool to have if I were to by one I'd buy a big one that can bench mount and swing in and out with a back light like dentists have. Alternatively eye cup magnifiers like jewellers have are very good my dad is a Jeweller and uses these for repairs cheaper too I'd guess

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Been thinking of getting a couple of these. Yours looks awesome, very cool paint job too. Nice one.

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Beautiful build and a lovely paint job, :goodjob:

Sean

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I agree with you on the colours, they look spot on.

Nice job there! Would make a great key fob.... :coat:

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Very very nice work! I'm hankering for a couple of the Pit Road Vulcans for the growing 1/144th collection I've got

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Nice! Not my usual scale, but I'm tempted :)

well my usuall scale is 1/72 but i do think its refreshing and a test of your skills to try different scales i wouldnt normally do 1/200th but now im liking it the smaller scales actually gives a better impression of a plane in flight do to it looking far away. i would build a vulcan in any scale if i could afford it 1/1 scale haha. a 1/24 would make a great coffee table/.

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She's a little beauty Rob.

cheers jim good to hear from you ive not been on much over the last 7 months or so.

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I was not happy with my initial photoshopped picture for this build and it was done late and in a rush and not my best effort so here is another which i think is much better. hope you like my artistic dabblings here. the background photo is no mine but who ever took it thanks

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A Vulcan that I might actually have the room for..wow!

Very very nice looking.

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