Martian Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 She's beautiful! Impressed of Mars 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 lovely job rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Looks amazing! Now you need to do this one an Airfix kit 😛 I love seeing early V bombers (Vulcan B1 is my favourite) and wish someone would just make kits of them (thank you mikromir!) but in the one true scale: 1/72. I don't think I will ever build the Revell kit because I just can't unsee the off nose shape, I'm surprised no one has made a replacement part for it. The Airfix one exists now anyway so might as well do that one. Also I think you're missing the pitot on the right wing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlow Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Really very nice and a suitable end result as reward for all your trials.. Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Thanks for all your kind comments gents. I've learnt a lot in the process! Adam-yes I completely agree with you about the early Victor and Vulcan. Their shapes were far more 'pure' if that's the correct term to use. I know about the missing pitot and have since attached a new one. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 My word that is nice, a great example of perseverance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulaero Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 That looks excellent given what you started with , just need a Valiant now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdauben Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 It seems I jointed for forum some time between your second to last post, and your final completed post so this is my first comment on this build. I'm really impressed with the finished product and everything you did to get there. Its a big, beautiful model and I think you should be proud of it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Paulaero said: That looks excellent given what you started with , just need a Valiant now Thank you! 😀 A Valiant is on my wishlist but I'm not paying silly money to buy one (I missed a reasonably priced one on a certain auction site earlier in the year). I'm hoping Airfix will re-issue their's soon. I want to have two sets of V Bombers; one in anti flash whilte and the other in early camo pattern. I have two more Airfix Victors in the stash and I have one of their Vulcans in anti flash white and am planning to do another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 37 minutes ago, mdauben said: It seems I jointed for forum some time between your second to last post, and your final completed post so this is my first comment on this build. I'm really impressed with the finished product and everything you did to get there. Its a big, beautiful model and I think you should be proud of it! That's kind of you...many thanks. It pushed me to the limits of my abilities and I'm glad it's over tbh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 What a glorious Victor! A lot of work went into that, but it certainly paid off. Beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulaero Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 20 hours ago, Timmas said: That's kind of you...many thanks. It pushed me to the limits of my abilities and I'm glad it's over tbh!! Up in RFI some inspiration for you, regards Paul 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherry268 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 That is a lovely model, I have a couple of Matchbox Victors which will probably never get built as B2 or K2's so this could be an inspiration for me to build a B1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Paulaero said: Up in RFI some inspiration for you, regards Paul Very nice! Thanks for posting it. The valiant is on my wishlist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 44 minutes ago, cherry268 said: That is a lovely model, I have a couple of Matchbox Victors which will probably never get built as B2 or K2's so this could be an inspiration for me to build a B1 Good luck if / when you do build it! 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Looking forwards to seeing more photos,looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Nice work! I thought I was going crackers for a moment. I was setting October s the date but I couldn’t remember this build at all even though I had commented on it???? 🤪🤪🤪 Then I noticed the year. 🥳🥳🥳 I now have one of these in the stash. Gave me a good excuse to re read. 🤩 Wonderful finish to a long old build. bravo sir. Johnny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back in the Saddle Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I’m building this too, but without the conversion kit. The original kit intakes are horrendous - resin would be a huge improvement. Hoping to get my own WIP up soon - might steal some of your solutions! 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, Back in the Saddle said: I’m building this too, but without the conversion kit. The original kit intakes are horrendous - resin would be a huge improvement. Hoping to get my own WIP up soon - might steal some of your solutions! 🙂 Can't wait to see that. Will it be based on the Revell or Airfix kit? Edited October 23, 2019 by Adam Poultney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 On 21/10/2019 at 17:01, Timmas said: Thank you! 😀 A Valiant is on my wishlist but I'm not paying silly money to buy one (I missed a reasonably priced one on a certain auction site earlier in the year). I'm hoping Airfix will re-issue their's soon. I want to have two sets of V Bombers; one in anti flash whilte and the other in early camo pattern. I have two more Airfix Victors in the stash and I have one of their Vulcans in anti flash white and am planning to do another. I think they'll reissue it with a new Vulcan kit... Might be next year I thinks, they did say there is a big announcement coming so who knows. If they do I hope it's comparable to the original price... What schemes would you like to see included? There are a number of unused options in the kit that could be taken advantage of... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Great result Tim, you should be chuffed with this one, it's not an easy conversion but you seemed to have pulled it off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back in the Saddle Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 22 minutes ago, Adam Poultney said: Can't wait to see that. Will it be based on the Revell or Airfix kit? Unfortunately the Revell kit. I bought it literally a month before the Airfix kit was announced... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 3 hours ago, Back in the Saddle said: Unfortunately the Revell kit. I bought it literally a month before the Airfix kit was announced... Just remember to mask off the middle canopy panel! So many don't on that kit... Will you be correcting any of the inaccuracies or leaving it as is? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 On 10/22/2019 at 6:18 PM, woody37 said: Looking forwards to seeing more photos,looks great Thanks Woody, I'll get some pics done in due course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 20 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Nice work! I thought I was going crackers for a moment. I was setting October s the date but I couldn’t remember this build at all even though I had commented on it???? 🤪🤪🤪 Then I noticed the year. 🥳🥳🥳 I now have one of these in the stash. Gave me a good excuse to re read. 🤩 Wonderful finish to a long old build. bravo sir. Johnny. Thanks Johnny. No you weren't going crackers...it's take ages to complete (although I did take a break for a while). I'd love to see your's when you get around to building it. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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