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**Dave W** · 04 July 2011, 10:38

This is one of those lesser known aircraft that interests me.Look forward to seeing it built.I was at the RAF museum last month and the Valiant has gone from the Bomber hall.Dont know where it is now.Maybe at Cosford?.

**Ian M** · 04 July 2011, 13:12

Well done Colin you got one !!!!

If I recall correctly, you have the Vulcan in camo and the Victor was white, so you almost have to do the metal fininsh.....

I must confes I have only ever seen the white and the sand one (in photos) so it would be cool to see a NMF/BMF finished one.

Ian M

**Ian M** · 04 July 2011, 13:16

Scratch that last comment, Just found the pictures of both your Vulcan and Victor.

So the most obvious is to do the Valliant white as well.

Ian M

**colin m** · 04 July 2011, 15:44

I actually ordered this so long ago, the credit card processing company cancelled my order as it hadn't been completed ! So a re-order later and I thought it would be despatched around mid July. What a surprise on Saturday morning when this huge box arived !!

Dave, Cosford does have a Valiant, and I think it's the last one........I could be wrong there.........

And yes, I think It will end up as white, just like the other two.

regards

Colin M...........

**yak face** · 04 July 2011, 18:08

Hi colin, this is going to be an impressive beastie, its going to look great in the white , next to your vulcan and victor. I saw the sprues for this at the airfix tent at waddington on saturday and it looks a really nice effort, looking forward to seeing the build , cheers tony

**colin m** · 04 July 2011, 22:26

Right, made a start. Well I got some of the cockpit bits together anyway. As with the Vulcan and Victor, not much of the 'pit will be visible, but as Airfix have included a few bits and pieces for the office, I might as well make an effort. General impression though is very good. To make my other two V bombers I had to battle with a very old Airfix kit, to make a Vulcan. Convert a Revell Victor tanker to make a B1 Victor, but this Valiant is going to be a pleasure to build, well that's the impression so far.

Recessed panel lines are good, not as fine as some, but good anyway. Other surface detail, like vortex generators etc, is nice and sharp.

Colin M.........

**Guest** · 04 July 2011, 23:25

There's obviously a lot of press activity interested in this model and from what i've seen so far it reads very well. It will be interesting though to see if it really does lead up to the hype so I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes together.

**colin m** · 05 July 2011, 22:23

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So made a start on the office. All OOB, absolutley nothing but paint and glue added. Very little will be visible with the canopy in place, and if the canopy wasn't in place, the two front seats wouldn't be there anyway !! With the cockpit fitted I closed the fuselage temporarily to check alignment. All looks good so far, tight fitting, no obvious gaps yet.

Colin M........

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**tr1ckey66** · 05 July 2011, 22:37

Hi Colin

Great start on the Victor. I love the great job you've done on the interior.

I'm on with the Vulcan at the moment. I was quite surprised at how well the main parts fitted together but the smaller parts like undercarriage doors (my build is wheels up) needed a bit of help. I would think that this new kit would be a vast improvement on the venerable old Vulcan kit, is it?

Keep up the great work.

Paul

**colin m** · 08 July 2011, 20:15

Hello Paul,

I've done the Vulcan (it was my first V bomber) and yes it's a bit fun, but nothing looks like the finished article, stick with it.

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So the Valiant build continues. The bomb bay is such a good fit, it practically snaps together. The fuselage halves are together, the fit very good. So, all was going well, until I decided to have a look at the wings. I was preparing to fit the wheel wells when I discovered the damage shown in the pic's above. The wing tip is bent 90 degrees on both wings. Also, both wings have damage to the trailing edges. I can't work how they got damaged, except to say that it wasn't me, and the box and all packaging was all intact. So, it must have happened in the factory. This is a bit dissapointing, but nothing that can't be overcome.

Now then, air intakes. Has anyone else had the pleasure of Airfix Vulcan intakes ? Yes, they are indeed a sod and take an absolute age to get right. Well, these are so much better. The seams may just fill with a small amount of thin CA, maybe. But, the overall size of the small intake is going to be a problem. There is lots of space on the Vulcan, and very little here. Right, wish me luck, I'm going in..............CA and sand paper..................

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**yak face** · 09 July 2011, 05:06

Good luck with those intakes colin, although seeing how you tamed the vulcans im in no doubt youll conquer these!!.The damage on the trailing edge of the wings wasnt caused by removal of the parts off the sprue at the factory was it? cheers tony

**colin m** · 09 July 2011, 10:35

Morning Tony,

Well who knows what happened ! Just a bit anoying at over £36 ish quid to find it damaged by Airfix themselves. I'm sure Airfix being as good as they are, would replace them, but it's quicker for me to fix them.

Anyway, I've just found this pic, Showing nicely (Ha !) my two extremes of weathering. The Vulcan has nothing, and the Victor too much, the Valiant will be somewhere in between, but closer to the Vulcan. Right, I'm off to spray a big bomb !

Colin M.......

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**colin m** · 10 July 2011, 19:58

[ATTACH]31012.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]31013.vB[/ATTACH] So, got a bit done over the weekend. The air intakes fitted nicely into the wings with only a very small line (I wouldn't call it a gap) to fill. However, because the intakes are so small filling and sanding proved quite tricky. The wing to fuselage fit is so tight, there's probably no need to glue the thing ! They needed a good push to get them onto the fuselage which then promptly cracked the filler around the port air intake....doh....

The comedy looking bomb (it looks like something out of the pink panther) is the Blue Danube casing used during operation Grapple. So far it's all going together quite well. I've used a bit of filler on the wing seams but I think this was my fault not cleaning the 'sprue stubs' properly.

Colin M..........

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**colin m** · 10 July 2011, 20:00

Oh forgot to say, Please note the tyres on the right. My first time spraying acrylic.............yea..............

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Airfix 1;72 Vickers Valiant

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