donalyah00 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) Hello, This is my rendition of the early Vulcan B2 XH556 depicted as in No.230 OCU Finningley, ca 1962. The pic of the original is shown below. The Pit-Road/GWH kit and excellent Fundekals decal set inspired me to tackle the Vulcan subject. To portray the early B2 airframe the kit had to be backdated a bit - the nose cone and a tail-tip antennaes as well as in-flight refuelling probe had to be removed. Hopefully the coming GWH Blue Steel release will make things easier. The by-product of this build is the ShelfOddity PE set. MrColor GX Cool White and GX100 Super Clear III lacquers, which allowed for easy surface polishing, made the painting a relatively straightforward task. Finally – a big thank you to Leszek lejgo_inc for taking the photos. The mind-boggling task of preparing the final pics was my share. Beginning of 1960s, RAF Finningley. Waiting for the sunrise. The overall view. The bottom side – airframe from 230 OCU depicted here just started getting dirty. A couple of details. Thanks for viewing and best regards, Marek Edited December 28, 2018 by donalyah00 add-on 60 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Wow! That's outstanding work! The photography is also quite execellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Marek thanks for sharing your fantastic build, the details look stunning cheers Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Superb Vulcan, congratulations on a great job. AW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinSK Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Excellent and very clean job! Hard to believe it is 1:144 scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Superb Vulcan! I agree with @MartinSK, it looks to be to a much larger scale than 1/144. Very well done Great photography too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewolf Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 That is a superb build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 How did you do that? Superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky coffeeboat Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Lovely thank you for sharing. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Lovely build of an iconic - the paintjob is very convincing. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 OMG what a Vulcan. Superb. I had to scroll back up to the first couple of photographs, I thought they were of a real Vulcan. Excellent photographs too. I’d love to see what you could do with the Airfix 1/72 kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 orsum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Bravo! An excellent early Vulcan, beautifully built and finished. As others have said, that's an awful lot of detail for a 1/144th model - well done indeed. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lejgo_inc Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 While this model has many outstanding features, my favourite is the gloss finish, which convincingly captures the vibe of Vulcans seen on reference photos - all this in unforgiving environment of 144th scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Some very atmospheric shots there! Martian 👽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmm Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijs302 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 stunning just stunning i am just blown away , and 1/144 as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Wow! That's some seriously good modelling... can't believe it's 1/144 scale. gazza l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 (edited) An excellent replica of one of Avro’s finest. Pete Edited December 29, 2018 by Buzby061 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAMAN Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Brilliant Tin Triangle, outstanding finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Pete Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 That's a belter. That much detail in 144, even on a big plane, is not for the faint-hearted. I would have assumed it was 72 or bigger if you hadn't mentioned the scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I agree with all the other comments, brilliant job of an iconic aircraft, come on Airfix give us a 21st century version in 1/72. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Most Impressive work .. Especially considering the size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyK Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 To echo the others: absolutely stunning work! One of the best Vulcan I've seen, irrespective of scale. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Absolutely great looking and worthy of the subject! Super photos as well!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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