Adam Poultney Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 What kits of Vulcan B.i are available? Any major scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Lindberg do the prototype in 1/96 scale. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235042668-196-lindberg-avro-vulcan-bmk-1/&tab=comments#comment-3119781 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Frog did the B.1 in 1:96th scale aswel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Adam there is a full review of the Lindberg kit here http://www.modelingmadness.com/review/korean/gb/burstvulcan.htm I am not too sure what substance the reviewer was under the influence of when he chose the rather arty paint scheme. I recall making this when I was at school and I am drawing my pension now so its not exactly state of the art. There are several available on a well known internet auction site and the scale is stated as 1/100 but thats a rough guess I reckon. Frog also did an early Vulcan way back in the day (1964) as well as the early Valiant and the early Victor all in a scale of 1/96. The kits are a bit sought after by collectors thus making the price rather high for what you get in the box but thats nostalgia for you. In December last year a Vulcan went for £147 plus postage after 17 bids on the said well known auction site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 When I kitbashed my Avro 707, I checked the dimensions and conversions, and compared them to 1/32 scale plans, and it does scale out at 1/96 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Flightpath does a 1:72 conversion set for use with the Airfix kit: www.djparkins.com/product.php?productid=17945&cat=283&page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepster Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Regarding the Lindberg 1/96 offering - I have a copy, and it is quite primitive. The intakes are a bit 'see-through', but I think this can be sorted with a couple of centimetres of tube made from McDonalds milkshake straw, as I have measured them. Also, it has the straight wing, which featured on the 2 prototypes and (I think) the first 6 production B.1s, all being subsequently refitted with the kinked wing. Probably best built as one of the prototypes, which were painted allover white - including the nose cone, as it didn't contained radar then. The tricky part may be making the 'Avro' logo on the tail, but I think it can be created from a mix of letters from spares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Hepster said: Regarding the Lindberg 1/96 offering - I have a copy, and it is quite primitive. The intakes are a bit 'see-through', but I think this can be sorted with a couple of centimetres of tube made from McDonalds milkshake straw, as I have measured them. Also, it has the straight wing, which featured on the 2 prototypes and (I think) the first 6 production B.1s, all being subsequently refitted with the kinked wing. Probably best built as one of the prototypes, which were painted allover white - including the nose cone, as it didn't contained radar then. The tricky part may be making the 'Avro' logo on the tail, but I think it can be created from a mix of letters from spares. The 'Avro' logo is included on the decal sheet, at least it was on both my examples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepster Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 2 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: The 'Avro' logo is included on the decal sheet, at least it was on both my examples It is indeed, I have just checked my copy! I'm afraid I had ignored it after realising my decals were so yellowed and brittle as to be unusable, but I will now try to rescue the logo! Thanks for pointing it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Hepster said: It is indeed, I have just checked my copy! I'm afraid I had ignored it after realising my decals were so yellowed and brittle as to be unusable, but I will now try to rescue the logo! Thanks for pointing it out. This is what I did with one of mine: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Now that's inspired. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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