Radleigh Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Looking good Kev! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Cheers Radleigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 You may notice that I had cut a bit of the tip of the fuselage off, the model is now the correct length of 566.42mm (more or less) RAF versions are probably a bit longer as they have the APU 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Lovely work as ever Kev. She'll be beautiful. Queen of the skies..... Edited July 30, 2015 by Fritag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Lovely work as ever Kev. She'll be beautiful. Queen of the skies..... Thanks Fritag, VC10 is the most gorgeous plane ever IMHO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 looking good - great to see another VC10 on the bench While doing a bit of TV channel flicking last week, I ended up watching 5 mins of "Born Free" just as they returned to Nairobi on a VC10 with the docking safari branded steps - A sad reminder that we wont be seeing anymore flying Tens in our skies now.. keep up the good work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAR67 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) This is superb, I've always wanted a big VC-10 as my grandad was chief airframe engineer on her at Vickers at Brooklands. Your doing a sterling job so far and I'm hoping that Airfix or the like will produce an injection kit of her. I've always admired the VC-10 it was a graceful aircraft and there will be nothing like her ever again. Clive Edited July 30, 2015 by SHAR67 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 This is superb, I've always wanted a big VC-10 as my grandad was chief airframe engineer on her at Vickers at Brooklands. Your doing a sterling job so far and I'm hoping that Airfix or the like will produce an injection kit of her. I've always admired the VC-10 it was a graceful aircraft and there will be nothing like her ever again. Clive Totally agree with you there Clive - "there will be nothing like her ever again" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Small update, the rear engines are more or less finished with all the vents added etc, just a case of tidying some areas up then I can prime the engine, and scribe some panel lines. It should be noted that the Brooklands VC10 engine stub wing is straight at the back and has not got a kink in it as some VC10 photos indicate, I have also made the front part angled and the rear flat. I have also tried to make the engine blend in where it is attached to the stub to give a curvature appearance, this is only on the top and is not at the bottom, its not really that clear in the photo, but I ran some Milliput in and smoothed it in with my finger. All comments welcome, good or bad 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Wow,.....brilliant job! Having built this kit myself many years ago (which is nowhere near this fantastic standard!) I can appreciate the effort which has done into this. Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptmvarsityfan Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Absolutely superb! Loved your Vanguard, Varsity and Devon at Telford last year, hopefully may see the VC10 made up or as a WIP this year? Cheers, Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 superb engines This is going to be fabulous Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippiebg Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Inspirational! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Looking great, Kev. Another masterpiece in the making. Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Nothing bad to say here, some great work going on Kev... I can't wait to see it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Looking great, Kev. Another masterpiece in the making. yes - that is so true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 Wow,.....brilliant job! Having built this kit myself many years ago (which is nowhere near this fantastic standard!) I can appreciate the effort which has done into this. Cheers Tony Thanks Tony, its not a bad kit as Vacform models go Absolutely superb! Loved your Vanguard, Varsity and Devon at Telford last year, hopefully may see the VC10 made up or as a WIP this year? Cheers, Paul Thanks Paul, hopefully see you at Telford superb engines This is going to be fabulous Kev Thanks Perdu Inspirational! Cheers, still a long way to go though Looking great, Kev. Another masterpiece in the making. Tom Thanks, Tom, always a pleasure to get good feed back from the Vacform master Nothing bad to say here, some great work going on Kev... I can't wait to see it! Hi, Radleigh thanks again, I will have it at Telford, but what stage it will be at, I don't know yes - that is so true. Thanks Fritag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Just found this thread Kev, & as your Vanguard is one of my favourite ever models, shall be watching progress avidly! More excellent work so far! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Another small but important update on my build of the VC10, wings have been attached to each half, the Airways kit has quite evident panel lines, so I decided to fill these over with some P38 car filler and sand it flat, and then give it a coat of Halfords car filler paint to see any imperfections. The wheel bays will be detailed and I have decided to use 3D modelling software for this purpose as it looks quite complex and something I might struggle with to scratch build properly. As you might be aware by now that this is going to be based on the Brooklands VC10, one thing that is different is the wing tips so I will change these. Until next time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippiebg Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Sorry, but I can see another coat of Halfords yellowy stuff being needed. The Brooklands example doesn't have the wing chord extension which the kit features. That needs taking back to a straight line. plus the fuselage fillet where it meets the wing will need to be adjusted to fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Sorry, but I can see another coat of Halfords yellowy stuff being needed. The Brooklands example doesn't have the wing chord extension which the kit features. That needs taking back to a straight line. plus the fuselage fillet where it meets the wing will need to be adjusted to fit. Cheers I will have a look at my reference photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 .........the Airways kit has quite evident panel lines, so I decided to fill these over with some P38 car filler and sand it flat, and then give it a coat of Halfords car filler paint to see any imperfections. ...... Is P38 your recommendation for filling panel lines Kev? Never tried it (tried several things of course). Does it take subsequent over-scribing well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Is P38 your recommendation for filling panel lines Kev? Never tried it (tried several things of course). Does it take subsequent over-scribing well? To be honest I stole the idea from Tom's vac builds, it seems to work fine and is easily sanded back, although it does not fully get rid of the panel lines even after a good coat of filler primer, but it should be OK to re-scribe over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Regarding the wing chord extensions I have looked at the photo I have and does show the step, if I am correct at what you were saying I believe series 1101 had straight wings but series 1103 such as the Brooklands VC10 has the wing chord extension 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I DON'T miss rubbing down them two lines of primer on the underside, we used to have to stand under it with a DA for hours sanding them to bare metal for them to be inspected. Also, another sod was the one you can see just below the cheatline and above the wing leading edge to the right of the photo... ran the whole length of the wing root. That aside, looking good Kev... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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