PhantomBigStu Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) Last confirmed entry Edited November 24, 2022 by PhantomBigStu 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Great choice........of socks and the kits not bad either ! Like many on here I've had one of these in the stash for years longer that I can remember. Can you remind me is it possible to build the tanker version that was used for the epically long Vulcan raid on Port Stanley Airfield ? Cheers Pat 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 45 minutes ago, JOCKNEY said: Can you remind me is it possible to build the tanker version that was used for the epically long Vulcan raid on Port Stanley Airfield ? Cheers Pat Short answer, yes. You will need to make a few mods, e.g the Omega antenna fairing below the tail. There are lists of serial numbers for the Victors that participated (I think XL231 missed out until the very end for example). The eventual "long slot" jet was XL189, captained by Bob Tuxford, which was sadly destroyed ar the whim of some miserable, soulless, penny-pinching, undiscerning civil servant at the Misery of Disarmament in 1988. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 Good to know, though don’t think I will be doing a Falkland a ones myself. Anyway had hoped to show the nice multi colour plastic but seems I forgot to take a pic when I primed the spruces so they are in dull primer grey, which is a bit dumb on another level as I had intended to do a camouflaged one with white undersides, however as I had picked up a while ago paint do the hemp scheme on the airfix So I might change my mind, the idea of brushing all that white isn’t so fun particularly as I tried it before on an airfix b2 only for the Vallejo white to peel off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 So good to see the big Victor on here and even better to see the original box in what appears to be very good condition. I’m also impressed that you’ve raided your sock draw Stu in search of colours that closely match Roy Huxley’s beautiful box art. Cheers, welcome aboard and best of luck.. Dave 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 Cheers, Having seen a builders incredible efforts of doing one of these for the Xmas blitz build I’m feeling under a huge pressure to revert to doing a camouflaged and white one now…. A couple of weeks to decide for certain, and a few more days of festive socks before they disappear in the draw till next December…. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 You could keep the socks going throughout the GB Stu, although a break to wash them periodically would be both acceptable and positively encouraged 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) Years ago I bought a conversion set and one of these days I must get round to modifying my K2 to a bomber. I seem to remember the only problem I had with this kit was getting the main wheels to stay on as their "bogie" was a butt joint with the legs, but I expect yours will be wheels up and thus avoid the problem. Pete Edited January 7, 2022 by PeterB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 Indeed it will be wheels up, can't wait to start it tomorrow Also confirmed it won't be camo/white, put in a paint order earlier and seeing the fact it the white paint cost a tenner as well as the memory of the vallejo white peeling off few years ago took over so will definitely be Hemp and LAG. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Way back in the early 1980s Rareplanes announced a vacform Victor. I was reasonably competent in vacs back then so I ordered one the old fashioned way, by post. I think it was from MHW Models, although I could be wrong at this distance in time. It seemed to take an age to arrive. I think it had a longer gestation period than Rareplanes had expected but it did eventually turn up. After a huge amount of sanding and an almost constant hoovering of styrene dust from my bedroom I got the thing built. It was a K2 out of the box and a mighty impressive beast. The vacform gods suitably satisfied, the Matchbox kit turned up within a matter of months. You don't have to thank me 😀 John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) Now that is interesting John. Having built the Rareplanes Vulcan, I too placed an pre-order for the Victor, in my case from H J Walkers in Hackney Post Office, but after a long wait I was told Gordon had abandoned it due to the release of the Matchbox kit - sounds like he did make some after all! MHW brings back happy memories - if I am correct he was based in the former telephone exchange at Cross Roads near the KWVR station at Oakworth, just down the road from my birthplace, and I bought quite a bit from him. I even dropped in to see him when visiting my parents in Bradford and indulged myself. I think one of my 50p assorted Frog transfer packs came from there together with several other vac forms. Cheers Pete Edited January 7, 2022 by PeterB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, PeterB said: Now that is interesting John. Having built the Rareplanes Vulcan, I too placed an pre-order for the Victor, in my case from H J Walkers in Hackney Post Office, but after a long wait I was told Gordon had abandoned it due to the release of the Matchbox kit - sounds like he did make some after all! Cheers Pete He made at least two Pete, I have an unbuilt one in the loft. It's well up to the usual Rareplanes standard. He must have been a bit put out by the arrival of the Matchbox kit! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 The Rareplanes Victor was state of the art when it came out, although I do remember having to straighten out quite a few white metal axles. It did seem to take an inordinate amount of time from announcement to actually turning up, and I can well imagine Gordon Stevens being a bit put out when Matchbox announced theirs. Either way it was a seriously good vacform kit. I got the Matchbox kit when it came out but I ended up donating it as a prize at the next Scottish Nationals, partly because I would be hard pressed to accommodate 2 built Victors and partly - whisper it - I didn't think the surface detailing was as good as the Rareplanes kit 😱 FROG 50p decal packs, yes I had a few of these. An Airfix MiG-21 in FROG Iraqi markings sat on my shelf for years. It looked much better than the Hasegawa/FROG kit ever did. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Nice, I always wanted one of these but have never hot hold of one, other priorities. Looking forward to an in flight one, showing off those very sleek lines and the Flash Gordon esque front end. Good luck with your build. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) And off we go, going to spice the cockpit up using the airfix instructions and some spare parts from the aforementioned victor from the peeling incident. http://village.photos/images/user/37ab7092-47f1-49f8-9123-c22e84bc6962/resized_f8673b32-899d-4112-934a- Edited February 4, 2022 by PhantomBigStu 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 End of day update, will get the improved cockpit done tommorow. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 Pit done, scratchbuild box thing, yokes and table, front and middle seats plus dashboard (that should have been grey) from the airfix 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Cracking stuff - I'm looking forward to this one lots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Great start Stu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Looks ok, but got to remove the port wing and do bit of surgery , it’s a mm to far back. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Good progress Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Port wing moved almost with a slight cost 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klr Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I have very fond memories of building this kit during the "summer" of 1985. IMHO, the enormous Matchbox instruction booklet is superior to that in the Revell rebox, because you can actually see the correct position and orientation of every little stencil decal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 This has to be the most badass plane ever built. I did a run near Yorkshire Air Museum, and went to see the K2 there after getting my run number. It was just sat there, looking like a drop-ship from a sci-fi film. Thank you @PhantomBigStu for building this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Your making great progress Stu... you'll be finished in no time. Don't throw those wheel out will you... someone Down Under might need some! Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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