Caution Wake Turbulence Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Hello, has anyone used this set? Would you recommend it? I'm tempted by it, but the price tag is putting me off. thanks, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IXGR1 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 -"ditto", I have the very same dilemma. Or is it more worth , finding 24 1k GP bombs ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Wake Turbulence Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 There's some photo's of one being put together on WEM's Facebook page here if it's any help? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Wake Turbulence Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 Thanks Dave, that's great! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 WEM stuff is excellent, as a rule. If you want it, I wouldn't let the price put me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Hello, has anyone used this set? Would you recommend it? I'm tempted by it, but the price tag is putting me off. thanks, Andrew Andrew it looks good but to me its half a job, It details the bomb bay roof, but there are no 7 store bomb carriers or any other carriers in the set so you cant really detail the bomb bay to an acceptable standard in my eyes. Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Wake Turbulence Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 Andrew it looks good but to me its half a job, It details the bomb bay roof, but there are no 7 store bomb carriers or any other carriers in the set so you cant really detail the bomb bay to an acceptable standard in my eyes. Selwyn I was wondering that, looking at the pictures. Still it's a start. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Just looked at the photos on WEM's page; it is rather gorgeous, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggy Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 There's some photo's of one being put together on WEM's Facebook page here if it's any help? BEAUTIFUL!! I got to get one for my Vulcan! Any pictures of a Vulcan loaded with free-fall nuclear weapons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartp Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 (edited) BEAUTIFUL!! I got to get one for my Vulcan! Any pictures of a Vulcan loaded with free-fall nuclear weapons? Weapons plural ? Just the one per aircraft judging by this Pprune post from Pontious Navigator (who I hope won't mind me re-posting it here) is anything to go by: Something I never knew at the time but there were never enough WE177 to go around. We always thought it a waste of the Vulcan bomb bay that we carried only one but I have since been told that even one was too many for all. At Waddo there were 24 aircraft with another 24 at Scampton and 16 in Cyprus - 64 - but there were only ever 53 B models and one of those was withdrawn froms service leaving 52. As one of the Scampton sqns was converted to the MRR role the requirement would have dropped to 56 but even that was more than we had bombs for. I have been told that the shortfall was made up by issuing a few A models to Cyprus. I presume that, depending on the intended target, there would be one or two long range fuel tanks in there as well. http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/473140-different-qra-question.html. You need to be registered and logged in to view though. And yes, the PE is rather nice ... Edited November 5, 2013 by stuartp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 -"ditto", I have the very same dilemma. Or is it more worth , finding 24 1k GP bombs ? You only need 21!, 3X 7 store carriers! Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 WEM do 1:72 1000lbers just for this purpose, although you'd still need to scratch the carriers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Andrew it looks good but to me its half a job, It details the bomb bay roof, but there are no 7 store bomb carriers or any other carriers in the set so you cant really detail the bomb bay to an acceptable standard in my eyes. Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Hi Selwyn Picked my WEM Vulcan sets up at SMW yesterday, the bomb bay set does have 3 x bomb carriers on the etch sheet, they're just not shown in the facebook photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I talked to Peter Hall yesterday at great length about his products including the Vulcan set. The stores carriers are most definitely included. He had even built a Vulcan up, which was on display and it looked awsome with all the etch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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