VG 33 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) Hello Here is my last build with this 1/72 Airfix AVRO Vulcan B.2 in the early 1960s. XL321 was in front line service with No 617 Squadron which at the time was the first Vulcan squadron with the Blue Steel missile. If you remember some years ago I built the Vickers Valiant in overall white and I could not resist to do the same with this big bomber. The decals came from the previous Airfix Vulcan box. I added the wheels from Armory and used some scale masks from ASK. I can say the kit is easy but long to build even if I had to fix a part of the port leading edge which suffered from a lack of material. I showed this drawback on another subject here. I think later I will build the Victor in the same colours. Patrick Edited September 18, 2022 by VG 33 63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Magnificent! And you've chosen what i think is it's best colour scheme too 👍👍👍👍 Fab work indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Very impressive! The white scheme can't have been easy to pull off! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Alpha Delta 210 said: Very impressive! The white scheme can't have been easy to pull off! Thank you very much. For the white scheme I first airbrushed an irregular black paint along the panel lines and next I covered everything with highly thinned white paint. It was easy but time consuming. And time is the main component of our hobby. Both black and white are gloss Tamiya paint. next came two layers of Alclad aqua gloss varnish. When I compare with my Valiant where I used the same process ten years ago this one is now yellowish but I cannot say if it is due to the white paint or the varnish. Patrick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Your Vulcan looks amazing! Any chance you could post bigger pictures though? The small resolution really takes away a lot of details on such a large aircraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Sweet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 That's very smartly done. (Have you missed unmasking the bomb-aimer's window?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 I have always liked English V-bombers in white. They look very graceful. Excellent job, Patrick! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Terrific job! Hope mine turns out as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACALAIN Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 22 hours ago, VG 33 said: Hello Here is my last build with this 1/72 Airfix AVRO Vulcan B.2 in the early 1960s. XL321 was in front line service with No 617 Squadron which at the time was the first Vulcan squadron with the Blue Steel missile. If you remember some years ago I built the Vickers Valiant in overall white and I could not resist to do the same with this big bomber. The decals came from the previous Airfix Vulcan box. I added the wheels from Armory and used some scale masks from ASK. I can say the kit is easy but long to build even if I had to fix a part of the port leading edge which suffered from a lack of material. I showed this drawback on another subject here. I think later I will build the Victor in the same colours. Patrick Well done of a big beast. Alain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 8 hours ago, Bertie McBoatface said: That's very smartly done. (Have you missed unmasking the bomb-aimer's window?) Hello. Thank you. I have checked and no I haven't forgotten to mask it. This is just the light when taking the picture. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Which tooling is it? The original 09002 or A12011? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 7 hours ago, Ratch said: Which tooling is it? The original 09002 or A12011? Hello This is A12011 with decals from 09002. Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Lovely work, really looks the part 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Impressive work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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