Christer A Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 This is strange. I managed to finish another kit, without major distractions like starting another in the meantime? What'll happen next I wonder? Not buying more kits than I need or can finish within a year? (yeah, right) Anway, here's the rundown on this little Vulcan: The plastic is all GWH, with some plastic bits and pieces here and there in the wheel wells and entry ladder. I also added some piping to the undercarriage just to make it look a bit more interesting. The strange colors comes from a picture of XM657 (found in Wings of Fame) over a desert, probably during a Red Flag exercise in 1980 . It clearly shows a darker green on the fuselage, but not the whole tail , and this was my target to achieve. I did fail completely with the weathering and lost all interest in it at that time. Now, I'll call it finished, but maybe I'll come back to it at some later date to make a new approach to make it more lived in and "real" looking. Over to the picture: Here's the link to the WIP: During the recent C4 modelling competition in Malmö, this was was not even rated by the judges, so I guess I did something totally wrong with it. Critique and pointers in what I can do to make it better is much welcome! 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Looks very nice to me. gazza l 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Finished or not, it’s still a great model. Hard to believe it’s 1/144. Great detail and a really nice paint job. Some weathering would probably bring it to the next level but it’s still a fine looking bird. It’s such an interesting aircraft too. A pic with a paint pot or something would be good for comparison with scale... great work once again Christer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Lovely model and shame you didn't get a look in at the competition! I have only two criticisms, if you forced me to criticise ! One you probably can't do much about now: XM657 had Olympus 300-series engines and therefore had the slightly shorter, broader jet pipes (not sure if the kit provides these). The other is - it needs a bit of a dusting! A very fine Vulcan in general though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 Thanks guys! Unfortunately no Olympus 301 are provided, but that might change when Pit-road releases the Blue Steel version in a month or so. It will not help this modell though. As for the dusty look, well....lets just call it a very unfortunate attempt with weathering pigments. If and when I return to it I'll wipe it off, add a semi-matt coat instead of semi gloss and add a proper dark grey wash and a few other muck inducing activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Nicely done. Probably an easier build than the Airfix 1/72 kit as well. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Looks great to me! Gotta love a Vulcan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 From the photo in your WIP build, I think you’ve captured the weathered effect superbly, gorgeous finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 very nicely made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Really nice work, I've got to get myself a couple of these! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 Thanks @F-32! Go ahead and buy a few. I think the Blue Steel version should be out now as well, so there's 3 boxings to choose from 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonoran Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Nice! I have a couple of those in the stash. Planning to do the one with the Kiwi roundel “zap” from the Fündekals sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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