robvulcan Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I’m so chuffed that this arrived today and it looks to be very accurate and the best Vulcan B2 kit to date (at least in 1/144) this will tide me over till the big airfix one later this year. However .. wow this is getting built now ! You get two options for XH558 or XL361. However it’s 300 series exhausts only and also includes blue steel or free fall Bombay doors. It has a lot of commonality with the old Airfix kit like the dragon kit had in terms of for the panel line layout as if shares the same incorrect radome line. It also had the sky bolt strength plates. Seems that they used that very accurate old model as an inspiration and to take cues from I suspect.(just hope the fit is better !) So it also differentiates enough from the also excellent GWH Pit Road kit. (Not without flaws) however will it be as good.. it certainly seems of the same quality ! lets find out !! :) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Hey Rob Great choice sir and I have to say its good to see you back at the bench! Cheers buddy Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Rob, you beat me to it! I was about to order mine 😂 when you doing the B1 conversion? Mine was going to end up as a K2 with a bit of surgery to fit the GWH parts... Then I realised all six of the K2s had 201s, so it's got to be a regular vulcan b2 or blue steel aircraft. What scheme you thinking? Also, I'm making a list of all the Vulcans and noteable differences between them worth depicting on a model https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wfaFCM_fkGtopdJnO-qB2Ak2_IkVaJeod2FrY0u5E9Y/edit?usp=drivesdk Edited February 14, 2020 by Adam Poultney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonkaGuy Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Kit looks promising, I have never dreamed of building in 1/144. What’s your usual scale? I bet the 1/72 will be a beast! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 This looks good Rob, I’ll be following with interest. That scale is way beyond anything my eyes could cope with! Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Hi Rob, hope you won't mind me popping in occasionally Just to reinforce my conviction that building in teensy scale is uber bonkers of course, no way can my eyes even consider this scale which I loved as an Airfix Airliner boy back in the sixties-ish Good to see you back on course mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvulcan Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Hi all and welcome and thanks for the welcome back. im thinking XM603 as she is today but that could change. here is some shot of it clipped together still love the GWH there are pluses and minuses for both but overall the trumpeter one is more accurate. Pluses for the GWH are: correct radome line and slide moulded intakes with panel lines across the top of the wing. Down sides are bulbous nose with strange bump on top, sagging wings, short undercarriage, wrong panel lines on Bombay, straight ECM cone. *note has vague attempt at 200series engines. Pluses for the trumpeter kit are : overall perfectly accurate shape better nose profile and upward tilted ecm cone. clearly it’s a clone of the old airfix kit and has a lot of commonality with it but it’s a new improved shrunken version. Has the wings at the right angle not sagging down and seems to have the right size undercarriage. has 300 series engine cans. Shame it does not have both but hey ho it’s 1/144th .. Downsides are lacks upper wing panel lines but could also be an advantage as these are very rarely visible to be honest. has split intake half’s but this enables painting of the engine faces. Both kits have oversized moon shaped plates that sit between the nose and inner intake but that is a very minor detail and they look fine in all fairness. So both kits are fine and very similar I’d say either is worth your time. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 What really jumps out at me is that the intakes look right on this kit. Really want to pick one up but the amount I need to order, the vulcan kit, masking sets for three other models.... Another little vulcan to build XA889 as a pure delta... and then I'd need to buy the more expensive version so I get the conventional bomb bay doors.... Think I'll wait a few weeks yet, my bank account ain't gonna be happy with me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I'm going to really enjoy following this one mate. The finished one on the right (the Trumpy one?) looks very nice...especially the restrained weathering on the tail. I also love the grin those early anti flash Vulcans had; it makes them look friendy (which of course they weren't). Anyway, looking forward to following episodes. Live long and prosper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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