Grayhawk Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 On 10/8/2019 at 1:04 PM, 26Decals said: Vc10 please. Could this be the molds for the VC-10 that were announced by RAM Models? Would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 GrayHawk - No, that was the old Airways Vacform.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Don't forget Icelandic Fine Arts are doing the VC10. BOAC and RAF grey and white. Seen the master and the artwork. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 On 9 October 2019 at 5:24 AM, Homebee said: Strong rumours (from France - Master194 forum link) say: 1/72nd Vickers VC-10. Three boxing/references expected for SMW 2019 : BOAC, RAF camouflaged & grey. V.P. Probably true as I bit the bullet & added a Magna VC-10 to the loft insulation just last month! I was hopeful the the reference to Heavy Lift (I think the capitals were included in the Facebook post) meant this would be a Belfast. Heavy Lift being the company that bought 5 (of the 10 built) from the RAF and flew them until the early 90s I think. Interestingly they were used to transport bulky kit in both the Falklands and Gulf operations. Edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy107 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 On 09/10/2019 at 05:39, VMA131Marine said: Couldn't agree more. Even if it's Mach 2's legendary quality it's better than the 1/72 VC-10 I've not got at the moment! That will mean I can keep my Roden 1/144 VC-10s as civilian aircraft and build Mach 2 1/72 scale VC-10s as military variants. As it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Does this mean I can retire my Airwaves Vac-form kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 Per Air-Graphics, it WILL be a VC-10 and they are producing resin sets for it. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) Box art Source: https://www.airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=73642#73642 V.P. Edited October 30, 2019 by Homebee 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris57 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) Let's hope Didier includes the Blue cheat lines in the K2 low viz option. Not one of his strong points as I found in the Britannia. Edited October 28, 2019 by chris57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizeman Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Hi There was only ever one Low viz Vc10 with a pale blue cheat line which was ZA149 ,a K3 which was the first VC10 tanker to be repainted into the overall camouflage grey scheme. Subsequent repaints had the cheat line and serials painted in Dark Camouflage Grey . ZA149 had its markings amended to the later scheme. John 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) On 10/9/2019 at 12:39 AM, VMA131Marine said: This warrants saying again given the confirmation of a new VC.10. Is there any chance of a Super VC.10 as well as this was the more common variant. Edited October 29, 2019 by VMA131Marine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy107 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 29/10/2019 at 01:41, VMA131Marine said: This warrants saying again given the confirmation of a new VC.10. I second that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26Decals Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Pics of it built up on Airliner cafe in BOAC & RAF https://www.airlinercafe.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=11160&n=last#bottom 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Would love a set of BA Negus & Negus decals for one of these. Might just make me want to 'upgrade' from my Vacuform Kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Looks OK made up, but that BOAC shot, the windscreen looks a bit blunt. I hope the final result is right. Didier's thick canopies will allow some adjustment with a bit of effort. Nice to see how a certain person's criticism was getting called out. The 'expert' who never puts pictures of his models up for scrutiny. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy107 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 27 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Looks OK made up, but that BOAC shot, the windscreen looks a bit blunt. I hope the final result is right. Didier's thick canopies will allow some adjustment with a bit of effort. You are correct, perhaps he was going for DC-10 instead of VC-10 at the nose? I'm honestly from the "Close enough is good enough" school of modelling so if it looks (even sort of) VC-10 shaped and I can paint it in a VC-10 colour scheme, then for me it will be sufficient; I get that's not to everyone's style but I'll see how I feel when I've got the plastic in front of me. I'm not against a bit of very amateur scratchbuilding or modification so I shall wait and see. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I’m quite tempted by this too. It won’t be shake and bake but hopefully the easiest route to a good big vickers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Yeah i'm on it... not sure when or if it'll get built but I've always wanted one, so I need to make the effort as I did work on the 10 for 5-6 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho590hm Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 The pictures look like a VC10. The build pictures highlight one common issue with VC10 kits in terms of the inboard leading edge extensions. The early BOAC standard VC10s (series 1101) were delivered without these mods, and ZA141 (which is the only grey/green camouflaged aircraft) was a converted 1101 (G-ARVG). The built image shows leading edge extensions which applied to series 1102/1103 (like the preserved aircraft at Brooklands) and the military 1106 as well as the Supers. The grey camouflaged example seems to be XV107, which is a series 1106 delivered with extensions. Notwithstanding that I will be at Telford to get a grey one on 9 November. www.vc10.net is a great resource. Howard Heritage Manager BAE Systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Seriously tempted by this, but it might have to wait until after SMW as Mrs T and I are going to Shropshire for the weekend and so not easy to conceal, also I want a York for Lancaster group build next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 7:29 PM, AMB said: alternative fuselage rears for a HS748? The wings are different . The Avro/HS780 Andover has longer span ,mainly at the wing root to move the engines with larger Props further outboard . Higher on it's wheels too . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 (edited) 22 hours ago, Nocoolname said: Would love a set of BA Negus & Negus decals Only 3 BA Standard VC10s were sprayed up in Negus . G-ARVF ,'RVJ and RVM . VF and VJ were only in that scheme for an eye blink before they were leased out to UAE and Gulf Air respectively . Not sure if this is bad news for you or not but those wings are not correct for a BOAC and BA Standard , they didn't have the leading edge extension and that means the wing is too big . Just saying in case it matters to you . That also means the VC10 K2 Tanker 9ZA141) wings a wrong too as they are ex BOAC Standards . Edited October 31, 2019 by bzn20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 5 hours ago, bzn20 said: Only 3 BA Standard VC10s were sprayed up in Negus . G-ARVF ,'RVJ and RVM . VF and VJ were only in that scheme for an eye blink before they were leased out to UAE and Gulf Air respectively . Not sure if this is bad news for you or not but those wings are not correct for a BOAC and BA Standard , they didn't have the leading edge extension and that means the wing is too big . Just saying in case it matters to you . That also means the VC10 K2 Tanker 9ZA141) wings a wrong too as they are ex BOAC Standards . Nope! None of it matters in the slightest. It looks like a VC-10 and that's good enough for me. And the VC-10 wore Negus & Negus livery and that's good enough for me. Just like this one: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Nocoolname said: Just like this one: Great picture … That's a Super VC10 BTW and not this kit ,not yet anyway . I know you're ok with the kit and happy that it looks like one . It will to some people though and it's not on . Is it just me but with all the fanfare of this release …. 2 of the 3 are wrong . Quite a big mistake the wings are the wrong shape with a dogtooth halfway along the leading edge . Only the C1K is correct although not seen the sprues . You'd think they'd try and get it right wouldn't you ? Study the different VC10 specs . If a Spitfire Mk V kit came out and it turns out to be a Mk 12 we would never hear the end of it …. And that would look like a Spitfire . Mach 2 have made a kit of one VC10 model and put it in 3 boxes to catch all . That BOAC VC10 never existed , that RAF VC10 K2 never existed . It's not right to do that . Edited October 31, 2019 by bzn20 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho590hm Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Not just you - see my post of yesterday. The VC10 holds a place in my heart as my grandfather took me to see the production line in 1963 when I was nine - prompted me to spend nearly half a century in the industry. Having agreed that the planform fits the Series 1106 version, next thing to look at is the wing thickness/dihedral, the engine pylons and the shape of the nose and tailplane bullet - and whether the windows are in a straight line, based on experience with the Comet. I hope Didier has not followed the Airfix 1/144 nose shape which is horrible. Didier - do you want to take my money in GBP or EUR? Howard Mason Heritage Manager, BAE Systems 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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