Airfix 1:72 Avro Vulcan B.2 New tool

[Charlie Delta Foxtrot]

Looks like a fine kit! enjoy!

[adt70hk]

Good luck with the camo Colin. Rather you than me with that much on show.

ATB.

Andrew

[colin m]

Green, it has green on it. Generally, it all went well, with the obvious problem of handling such a large beast. Some edges needed a slightly 'harder' line, others required 'rounding' off. But using MRP paints, means any corrections are easy to do, and very quick, that stuff dries really quickly. Decals were started yesterday. There's quite a few, but not a silly amount considering the size of the beast. Most are warnings and instructions on the underside of the aircraft. Looking at this picture, I can see a couple of areas that could still do with a bit of rectification, well, I'll have a think about it........

Another thing obvious here are the panel lines. I'm quite sure I won't be applying any wash to the beast, I think they already stand out well enough. But there's a thing, some of you know I do like a dirty bird. But that would be wrong here, so this will be a very clean model. This aircraft represents Britain's nuclear deterrent of the 1960's, it's not going to look like a scrapper is it ?

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great. It’s a very “moth like” shape when seen like this isn’t it.

[Mark1]

Looking very nice.

[Guest]

That’s looking the business now. The centimetre grid underneath really drives home how big it is too

[papa 695]

Cracking work Colin. When I was a young lad I lived a couple of miles away from RAF Finningley, and had the pleasure of watching them scramble 4 at a time the ground shook under your feet even at that distance. Loved the Vulcan ever since.

[colin m]

4 at a time the ground shook under your feet even at that distance

That's something very special. I've only seen one, and that was loud.

[colin m]

Decals are done. As with any model that has quite a few to add, I just do a few here and there over a few nights. As I used MRP I only added one quick light gloss coat and that was enough for the decals.
However, for the final gloss coat, I wanted to avoid dust, also I was a bit lazy and wanted to do upper and lower surfaces at the same time. Hence this idea, below.

A heavy bottle of car shampoo and a few sticks. Job done.


Moving on to the Blue steel missile. Apparently, this is straight from the HP Victor kit., which explains the presence of a few extra bits not used here. It also, needs a bit of work to finish off.

[Jim R]

Hi Colin
This big bird is looking excellent. A really nice paint job and a most novel way of holding it for spraying.
Jim

[adt70hk]

Great work Colin on an iconic plane.

Like you I only ever saw one fly. That was at Fairford the last year they were flying. We were standing almost as close to the runway as you can get and it took off in front of us, lifted up and banked away from us so we were looking straight down the rear end of the engines. For the sheer raw power, it has to have been one of the loudest sounds I've ever heard.

Keep up the great work.

Andrew

[JR]

Cracked it, looks perfect spraying Colin.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[tigersteve]

Looking really nice ! I only saw and HEARD one once - At Brands Hatch in the 80s , soon after the Falklands War - British / European Grand Prix . It was scheduled for a lunchtime flypast , but came in unannounced , VERY Low and VERY LOUD over the trees and frightened the life out of just about everybody there !! Brilliant memory

[papa 695]

Looking great Colin.

[colin m]

Oops, I should have said, it's finished.