discussion Pete's Vulcan

[stillp]

I posted a while ago in latest acquisitions that my daughter had bought me an Airfix Vulcan for my 78th birthday. Having finished the Humbrol Tempest I thought I'd better start on the Vulcan - the box was taking up too much space!.
The only flat space I could find toe spread out the sprues was the bed:

Yes, a double bed worth of sprues in 1/72. This is a big aircraft!
Made a start on the cockpit:

With luck I'll paint that tomorrow so the IP decal can be applied.

Pete

 

[Jim R]

Iconic aircraft. Certainly huge, seen the one at Cosford. A lot of plastic as you say. Looking forward to seeing how you get on.

 

[flyjoe180]

Not sure I've seen a blow by blow build of this kit Pete, so following with interest. Looks huge

 

[stillp]

I remember when I was young Dad used to take us to the RAF ST Athan open day. When the Vulcan flew over it blotted out the sky!
Pete

 

[stillp]

Not sure I've seen a blow by blow build of this kit Pete, so following with interest. Looks huge

Certainly is huge Joe; 450 mm long, 470 wingspan! Could cause problems as I work on an A4 cutting mat. I'm sure it isn't going to fit in my spray booth.

Pete

 

[flyjoe180]

Certainly is huge Joe; 450 mm long, 470 wingspan! Could cause problems as I work on an A4 cutting mat. I'm sure it isn't going to fit in my spray booth.

Pete

You're going to need more paint

 

[stillp]

And a big roller!
Pete

 

[yak face]

Nice one pete , everybody loves a Vulcan . Always fancied doing one but the older Airfix tooling was reportedly a bit of a slog , this new tooling gets rave reviews though , maybe I might finally bite the bullet

 

[PaulTRose]

Nice!

I'm in the middle of a hour long interview with a Vulcan pilot.... Interesting aircraft....... Did you know that they never practiced inflight refueling cos it was deemed unnecessary, which caused a problem when the Falklands came along, which meant they used a Victor pilot as copilot to save time with training

 

[scottie3158]

I will follow along mate.

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Oh, this out to be good

I always remember my first sight of a Vulcan in flight. Travelling by train with my mother and grandparents to relatives in Darlington, some time around 1974-5, and looking out the window and seeing this gert huge triangular slab drifting along, apparently sideways, probably coming in to land somewhere in the Midlands.
Next time was at West Malling airshow, back around 1989. That thing was LOUD!

BTW, anyone else seen that there is now a 1/32 scale Vulcan kit, 3D printing job. You'd need a whole garage for that!
(of course, I'd go for the 1/32 Handley-Page Heyford. But that's me)

 

[stillp]

Nice!

I'm in the middle of a hour long interview with a Vulcan pilot.... Interesting aircraft....... Did you know that they never practiced inflight refueling cos it was deemed unnecessary, which caused a problem when the Falklands came along, which meant they used a Victor pilot as copilot to save time with training

Of course, it was designed as a high altitude nuclear bomber so they wouldn't have needed fuel for a return journey.
Pete

 

[PaulTRose]

Of course, it was designed as a high altitude nuclear bomber so they wouldn't have needed fuel for a return journey.
Pete

He had story where they on their way back to UK from somewhere..... Long boring flight.... So they decided to see just how high they could get....... So at 60+ thousand feet a navigator who was Scottish pulls out some bagpipes and says he's going to get into the guiness book of records for the highest Piper......... After strangling the octopus he was quite happy til someone said it might be best not to contact the guiness people cos then the RAF would get wind of the things they were getting up to that they shouldnt

 

[John Race]

We used to have them fly from RAF Wittering all the time over Stamford. A slight to behold, but after a time you'd think oh just a Vulcan . The late-night engine tests would be announced in the local paper and went on until midnight.

 

[stillp]

Managed a little bit of the cockpit:

I remember the one at Coventry being various shades of black except for the belts, but Airfix think it's a bit more colourful so I've followed the instructions (well, almost). I'm a bit surprised by the yellow seat cushions and blue leg belts though. The 'below stairs' crew have a much simpler scheme, and they don't have seat belts! I need to finish painting those seats and then fit them as well as the ladder.

Pete

 

[BattleshipBob]

I remember when I was young Dad used to take us to the RAF ST Athan open day. When the Vulcan flew over it blotted out the sky!
Pete

Snap, we went to many of the St Athan days. It took off once, my god the noise!!! Wondered how many nectar points the pilot got for filling it up lol

 

[stillp]

Green Shield stamps more likely Bob!
Pete

 

[BattleshipBob]

Green Shield stamps more likely Bob!
Pete

Very true Pete, I can remember going to the green shield shop in the Hayes with my wonderful dad with a carrier bag full of books to get something.

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

So, where exactly in the cockpit does the SPECTRE doppelganger plug in a tiny bottle to poison the rest of the aircrew?

 

[Neil]

I reckon I must have seen one as a lad growing up on RAF bases, but we didn't have them in Germany or Singapore; they must have flown over when we were in Lincolnshire. I would love to see one now. I did see the Victor when it was being renovated at Duxford, and that was big enough.

This is going to be an impressive aircraft when built - you may need to strengthen the rafters if hanging from the ceiling.