Airfix 1/144 Vickers VC-10 (04026)

[davecov]

My build of the Airfix 1/144 Vickers VC-10 (04026).

Apologies for the poor quality photos but at least you can still see the beautiful lines of the VC-10.

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This was built from the tanker version of the Airfix VC-10. It was converted into a BOAC Super VC-10 using the Braz resin engines, leading edges and fuselage plugs. Wing fences were fashioned from plastic card. BOAC decals came from 26Decals.

Dave

[papa 695]

Cracking work Dave.

[Tim Marlow]

Fantastic job Dave. As you say, it really shows off the graceful lines of this aircraft.

[adt70hk]

Very graceful indeed. Great job.

Andrew

[rtfoe]

Lovely Dave. I've only seen a real VC-10 twice in my lifetime. First as a little boy at the old Subang International Airport with the BOAC livery and the second as a tanker a year before it's decommissioning flying away from the same airport now as part of the RMAF base as I live a short distance away. The VC-10 was used for flight refueling of the Red Arrows that visited. Distinct beautiful lines.

Cheers,
Richard

[davecov]

Thanks everybody.

In the Sixties my father used to take the family to Heathrow regularly to do some aircraft spotting. I always remember the excitement seeing the tails of the VC-10s towering above us, especially when they were floodlit at night.

The nearest I got to a VC-10 was at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Midlothian in 2013:
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Dave

[flyjoe180]

Beautiful model of a beautiful aeroplane Dave.