Adam Poultney Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) So, time for another V Bomber RFI. Anyone surprised at this point? This time not one, but two Vulcans, and a little smaller than I'm used to. These are Cyberhobby 1/200 kits, quite nice and thoroughly enjoyable despite a few odd flaws. Definitely recommended. I chose to do XM607 from Black Buck 1 and XM595 in soft edged camouflage over white, at a slightly earlier point than the decals in the kit represent which just meant omitting a few things. Quick list of pros and cons for the kit of anyone's interested: Pros: .Easy, quick build with little to no trouble .Mostly good quality moulding and acceptable fit .Intakes designed to easily accommodate camouflage schemes .With minor corrections looks like a pretty accurate vulcan considering its scale .Not much bigger than a 1/72 Spitfire so fits nicely on a shelf .Includes optional pilots and open hatch .It's a Vulcan Cons: .Misleading and inaccurate paint and decal guide, best to know your vulcans .Odd extra pitot tube which needs removing .Too many wheels on the nose gear (easy fix) .Inaccurate intakes .No conventional bomb bay in the blue steel box .Inaccurate blue steel missile in the blue steel box (fixed in the Falklands one) .Incorrect Radome lines similar to the old Airfix kit So anyway, here are the models: XM607 and XM595. A few filtered images at the end. XM595 ^^my favourite image of this one And there's the real thing, not a perfect scale replica but close enough right? (I did get the tail camouflage pretty wrong though) XM607, with Black Buck equipment. Hopefully close enough to how it was on black buck 1. Need to do 558 some day in this scale as 558 is synonymous with 607 to me, they're the only two complete Vulcans I've had the chance to see together. And now as promised the filtered versions ^^ favourite version of this image Upcoming V Bombers ideas include the new tool 1/144 Trumpeter kit in a similar scheme to my XM595, I have a real soft spot for that scheme. I'm tempted with more of these small Vulcans as I'd like to build one as an early silver B1 with a pure delta wing. XA889 most likely. I also want to build another Mikromir Victor B1, candidates for airframes include XH648 (the Duxford Victor), XA918 in white as a tanker, XA917 in silver (although this requires modding the canopy and the outer wing leading edge, and a Victor B1a in white. Later this year I'll do a 1/72 Airfix Victor K2 as XM715. I've got an ongoing Airfix Valiant WIP but that's postponed until I figure out the primer issues I'm having with that. Edited March 5, 2020 by Adam Poultney 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbay133 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Very nice and very evocative in monochrome. Graeme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Hmmm.....Tiny Tin Triangles! Super! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Brilliant! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) Well, just voted, maybe it's also good to provide some thoughts about it. Why I didn't choose XM595: 1/144 is small, and the freehand camo + accompanying overspray doesn't cut it.... certainly with regards to the original pictures. maybe it was better to make some paper templates, attach these at a distance from the model and then spray or work with blutack sausages or even keep them sharp. I mean an overspray of 2" (+/-50mm) results in 0.35mm in scale... Must admit these are beautifully built Edited March 6, 2020 by Silenoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 28 minutes ago, Silenoz said: Well, just voted, maybe it's also good to provide some thoughts about it. Why I didn't choose XM595: 1/144 is small, and the freehand camo + accompanying overspray doesn't cut it.... certainly with regards to the original pictures. maybe it was better to make some paper templates, attach these at a distance from the model and then spray or work with blutack sausages or even keep them sharp. I mean an overspray of 2" (+/-50mm) results in 0.35mm in scale... Must admit these are beautifully built Thanks for the feedback, this is 1/200 so even smaller. I agree the effect is very exaggerated, but I like the results personally even if they're not realistic. I think the effect will be much better when I do a scheme like this on a 1/72 new tool vulcan eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Nicely done on both! Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Very cool, I like these a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Lovely build. Even in the small scale that is a big unforgiving surface for camo. I've been looking for a 1/288 Vulcan but no-one seems to have produced one. Lots of accessories available in 6mm wargame scale to make an airfield diorama I have found a 1/1200 scale version though! https://www.magistermilitum.com/s3b55-vulcan-x1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanfan Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 A lovely pair of models representing the aeroplane which started it all for me. Regards, Vulcanfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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