Just Passing Through: VC10

[Old Viper Tester]

ZA144 of 101 Squadron, Edwards AFB transient ramp, August 1984. Never did find out why she stopped in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking,

Sven

[iainpeden]

I'm hazarding a guess to your question. I have a friend who used to be in the RAF  He told me that they regularly flew to California, often sight seeing via the Grand Canyon, to collect specialist kit for the nuclear industry on this side of the pond.

[Skodadriver]

Formerly G-ARVC of BOAC and A40-VC of Gulf Air. Some excellent close-ups. Thanks for posting

[stevehnz]

13 hours ago, Skodadriver said:

Some excellent close-ups.  Thanks for posting

What Dave, brilliant  reference shots, a modellers dream . Are there any 1/144 of these. 

Steve.

[Britman]

38 minutes ago, stevehnz said:

What Dave, brilliant  reference shots, a modellers dream . Are there any 1/144 of these. 

Steve.

Roden? Happy Happy Christmas. (Sorry, keyboard incompetence)!

 

Keith.

[Skodadriver]

 

2 hours ago, stevehnz said:

What Dave, brilliant  reference shots, a modellers dream . Are there any 1/144 of these. 

Steve.

 

Airfix if you can get hold of an example.  Otherwise it's cutting down a Roden K4

 

This shows what can be done with the Airfix kit. It's worth having a look at the building thread which is linked in the Airliner Cafe thread.

 

For the civilians amongst us the Roden Super VC-10 is readily available and can be cut down to make a beautiful Standard if you can't find an Airfix example at a sensible price.

[stevehnz]

8 hours ago, Skodadriver said:

Airfix if you can get hold of an example.  Otherwise it's cutting down a Roden K4

Thanks for that info Dave, at risk of sounding like a complete Philistine re VC-10 lore, I hadn't spotted that ZA144 was a K2, I think a Roden K3 in similar scheme will keep me happy, easier & probably cheaper than finding an Airfix kit.

Steve.