Valiant pictures

[SaintsPhil]

Good morning BMers,

Can anyone suggest a source, book or Internet or other, for good pictures of weathering on Valiants in the anti flash all white scheme?

It's a big old bird to be just white!!

Phil

[kspriss]

Probably the Aerofax one or failing that the Warpaint one...just don't take much notice of the Warpaint drawings.

[SaintsPhil]

Many thanks I'll see if I can find a copy of either!

[Michou]

The Valiant was a very, very clean aeroplane.  Nearly all the systems were electric and there was no leaking hydraulic fluid to stain the  airframe.  To this ex-Valiant ground-crew's eyes, a pure white model would be far more realistic than one which has been "weathered".

 

Mike

[SaintsPhil]

Thanks Mike, interesting to hear that. More is less approach it is then!

[Michou]

Thanks Mike, interesting to hear that. More is less approach it is then!

If you really want to add something (and more is definitely less) there could SOMETIMES be faint stains trailing from the bottom of the rear fuselage.  This was from the bottom half of the rearmost diagonal frame, station 1145 in this drawing.

 

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/deMichu/Valiantfuselagestationsdiag.jpg

 

Also, and perhaps more frequently seen, trailing rearwards from that black hole visible under the tailplane.

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3779633069_347922da75.jpg

 

Mike

[general melchett]

As Mike states they were generally very clean aircraft, some staining could be seen under the rear engine bays and the diagonal panel line at the rear of the fuselage on longer serving aircraft. Sometimes faint marks can be seen from the vortex generators on the wings too. Aerofax, Warpaint or Crowhurst V-Bombers books are all good reference points.