discussion 1/72 Royal Navy collection cont'd - "The Three V's"

[Guest]

I wouldn't start by saying this is my covid output, because it isn't. Other than not being able to travel, my working life has been unaffected by the whole thing so it's been business as usual on the modelling time front.

Last year whilst in Birmingham I stopped off at a floor to ceiling overstocked model shop and found the Vampire F.20 and Venom FAW.21 and decided that they had to be added to the stash. I later decided that they were missing the Vixen so picked up the FAW.2.
This then inspired me to do a triple build, which I originally intended to do OOB, representing the Vampire and Venom from RNAS Ford which is down the road from here and the Vixen in HMS Eagle. That was until I found the decal set to represent the Vixen in it's XJ580 markings, which I spent endless hours staring at when I visited Tangmere Aviation Museum as a teenager.

So, here they are.

 

[Guest]

 

[spanner570]

Chris, for some reason I can't view the images in your opening post, but 131 is excellent!

Could well be this thicko this end.....

Ron

 

[Dave Ward]

Nope, I can't see them either - 2nd post fine, though
Dave

 

[Guest]

Chris, for some reason I can't view the images in your opening post, but 131 is excellent!

Could well be this thicko this end.....

Ron

Thanks Ron, got myself in a right tangle creating the intitial thread. Is it fixed?

 

[Guest]

Nope, I can't see them either - 2nd post fine, though
Dave

How's that Dave? Any better?

 

[Guest]

Me too Chris, maybe I'm like 570 another thicko ex joiner:smiling2:

 

[Guest]

No no, the thicko is on this side of my keyboard, or PBCAK, as we politely put it.

 

[boatman]

HI GUYS WELL i can see them all

 

[Guest]

Very nice Chris .

 

[Dave Ward]

:thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: very nice - love the Sea Venom!
Dave

 

[dave]

Lovely work

 

[spanner570]

All good now.
Excellent collection Chris.

 

[Guest]

Very nice Chris .

Thank you John.

:thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2: very nice - love the Sea Venom!
Dave

Thanks Dave! Having an ugly nose, I thought this would be my least favourite, but it is elegant in it's own way and turned out nice.

Lovely work

Thanks Dave!

All good.
Excellent collection Chris.

Thank you Ron.

 

[Guest]

Nice one Chris :smiling3:.

 

[adt70hk]

That's a nice little collection you have there Chris. A great effort!!!

ATB

Andrew

 

[wasdale32]

Nice work - and here's the Tangmere Vixen for you ....

 

[Guest]

Nice one Chris :smiling3:.

Thanks Ralph!

That's a nice little collection you have there Chris. A great effort!!!

ATB

Andrew

Cheers Andrew. I now have a full shelf and still have around 10 in the queue. New furniture is on it's way (not just for the models, it's a long story...)!

Nice work - and here's the Tangmere Vixen for you ....

Cheers Mark! It's an impressive beast. I actually grew up in Tangmere so am very familiar with seeing it, passing it all the time. I decided on wings up for space and I tend not to weaponise my aircraft, and the decals were slightly off scale; I just hope I got close.

 

[scottie3158]

Chris,
Some really nice looking builds.

 

[colin m]

That's a great collection you have created there. Very nice. The Vixen is a favourite.