Mark M Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 guys ive read (very quickly as i was being nosey in tescos) this latest edition of Flypast and i noted the plans for a desert underneath on a vulcan, now was this real? id so are there pictures of it? plans? did the vulcans have any mods for the desert? i fell some wiffery comming on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Here's a couple of images I found, Google rocks sometimes! Vulc by tony_inkster, on Flickr 607_nellis_1 by tony_inkster, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 thanks thats a start, i never even thought to giggle it im a fool, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Interesting camo scheme! Some body has got to do that! Don't look at me however - I don't do Vulcans Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedfellows Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Already been done, Geoff Coughlin has done the Airfix 72nd in that Scheme. You can look at it by Subscribing to www.scalemodellingnow.com Magazine! Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 ok i i have a plan of the camo then, but any desert mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 but any desert mods? Shouldn't have thought so. Like the Buccaneer, the new paint was applied solely because a few aircraft were sent over to participate in Red Flag. They were standard aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard of Effingham Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 istr, that the vulcan desert scheme is also covered on one of model alliance's recent v-bomber sheets with 'kill' markings on one of the undercarriage doors as a result of its participation in red flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin77 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Nice images. especially the Neptune P2V5. My dad was on the P2V5's with 36sqn at Topcliffe during the 50's. Love that vulcan scheme to....very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Shouldn't have thought so. Like the Buccaneer, the new paint was applied solely because a few aircraft were sent over to participate in Red Flag. They were standard aircraft. I believe that the Buccaneers flew so low that the desert paint was sandblasted off the belly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 ok ill let you in to my plans my lad and i have a spare vulcan each, jamie wants to make a wif airliner vulcan, and i was thinking an end of world Holocaust desert vulcan, armed with blue steel and side winders i really like the look of the 2 tone desert camo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I dont see the point of painting something the size of a vulcan two shades of brown on the underneath..... on the top yes. would make an interesting model tho', so would an all-over desert camo vulcan.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I dont see the point of painting something the size of a vulcan two shades of brown on the underneath.....on the top yes. You obviously never saw the angles of bank they pulled down in the weeds then....!! K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 nope..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I dont see the point of painting something the size of a vulcan two shades of brown on the underneath.....on the top yes. would make an interesting model tho', so would an all-over desert camo vulcan.... To avoid the 'San Carlos Skyhawk' effect when banking at low level. Big white triangle suddenly appears! The colours interest me - it's been said it was RAF stock paint, left over from the old Transport scheme (which would make it Light Stone and Dark Earth) but I don't see either in that photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Séan Pádraig Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Can I ask why the desert camo is applied to the underside and not the top... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Can I ask why the desert camo is applied to the underside and not the top... The original scheme was LACG underneath, as Dave said earlier this "blinked" like a beacon when banking so they decided to paint the aircraft in situ. I suspect those were the only colours they had available? Note that the Vulcans with full wrap around were painted in Dark Green and DARK Sea Grey, the upper surfaces on this were Dark Green amd MEDIUM Sea Grey - so at that stage it would have been unlikely that they's have wrap around in DG and MSG (unlike XH558 now!).... ...probably! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Séan Pádraig Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Sounds plausable... thanks for the reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I believe that the Buccaneers flew so low that the desert paint was sandblasted off the belly. I read that the upper surfaces paint was baked on due to the heat and the sun...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 To avoid the 'San Carlos Skyhawk' effect when banking at low level. Big white triangle suddenly appears!The colours interest me - it's been said it was RAF stock paint, left over from the old Transport scheme (which would make it Light Stone and Dark Earth) but I don't see either in that photo! ok......er......I know where san carlos is and the significance and where the skyhawk comes in to this in that respect.... but whats the san carlos skyhawk effect exactly? slight change of subject (sorry) but since its been mentioned... the light stone and dark earth scheme was worn by the hercules back in the 1970's ? any other aircraft type wear it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 (edited) slight change of subject (sorry) but since its been mentioned...the light stone and dark earth scheme was worn by the hercules back in the 1970's ? any other aircraft type wear it? Andover, Beverley, Argosy, Twin Pioneer....off the top of my head. May well have been others. I have to admit though I always thought it was mid stone... Keef Edited August 6, 2011 by keefr22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeenyus Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Looking at the very issue of Flypast in front of me now, it says the scheme was "...dark earth and middle stone. This paint was 'liberated' from old stocks supplied to RAF's middle East fleet of Blackburn Beverleys and Amstrong Whitworth Argosies." applied to XM607 of 44 Squadron. It also says that the Vulcans were easy to spot from above during bright sunlight, as they cast a distinctive shadow on the ground. Doesn't suprise me, with 3964 sq.ft of wing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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