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Just finished the first of two Trumpeter Vulcans today. I'll write a brief summary review of the kit after the images as it's fairly new.

I used aftermarket decals from Fündekal and some spares from a GWH Vulcan to improve on the kit, such as the wheels and pipes under the engines. 

Some small mods were made such as reprofiling the nose to remove the TFR blister and the tail cap to remove the RWR fairing.

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Ignore the incorrect engine type, these will be replaced with ones closer to Olympus 201s when I get another GWH kit. 

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Next to my first B1a conversion

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One can never have too many triangles

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My model flying over RAF Waddington (thanks to @robvulcan for editing this)

 

Here's the WIP thread, still ongoing as I have a second one of this kit I'll be starting on Friday and plans for even for Tin Triangles

 

 

Brief summary review:

 

Accuracy 4/5

Fit 4/5 (intakes 3/5)

Detail 4/5

Quality of moulding 4.5/5

 

The good bits:

.Well shaped intakes

.Correct tailcone angle

.Fairly easy build

.Wing shape is spot on

.Option for blue steel missile or conventional configuration

.Well detailed IFR probe (not used on my build)

.Correct landing gear length

an't forget that beautiful box art!

 

 

Main issues:

.Incorrect nose profile

.Poorly designed jetpipes, only has jetpipes for Olympus 301s, but decals for 201 engined Vulcans

.Bomb bay doors lack detail and are incorrectly shaped. These need a rescribe at the very least. 

.Missing fin for the Blue Steel Missile (I didn't use this option)

. Parts of the engine moulded too the ECM plates- these should be seperate as they should still be visible when the ECM plate is not installed under the left wing as was the case on most Vulcan B2s

.Weak landing gear

. Incorrect radome shape (corrected on my model)

.Incorrect paint guides

.Decals should be replaced with aftermarket

 

Conclusion:

Overall a good kit that can be built to a respectable level of accuracy with a little effort, although aftermarket decals are a must. Unfortunately, they only moulded one set of jetpipes which limits you to just under half the Vulcan B2s built, and if you can't find a replacement for the pipes under the engines which are moulded to the ECM plates you're limited to a very small number of airframes. Of course you could overlook the jetpipes as I have here. 

Compared to the Great Wall Hobby (Pit Road) Vulcan in the same scale, it's probably slightly better and slightly more accurate but both have their advantages and disadvantages. 

I would absolutely recommend this kit to anyone who's built a few kits and has some filler for the intakes- you will need it.

 

Edited by Adam Poultney
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Very nice!

Your glass table gives an interesting over water flight effect!

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Very smart work and a lovely collection :clap:

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Fantastic vulcan looks super ! 
always nice to see a vulcan that’s not 558 or 607 but 558 in a different guise is always special 

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Great collection of Vulcans there, Really nice all of them. Posing them over the water like table surface reminds me of `Thunderball` a bit🙂 

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