if of any interest, issue 3 of Giant Warplanes has a 1:144 model of Avro Vulcan B2 XH558.
model is wheels down and supplied with an optional stand.
issue cost is £7.99.
QRA scramble anyone :)
All
Be wary I bought this and the model is very poor quality front wheel is wrong way round rear wheels very flimsy and the tail came off when I tried to fix it to the stand.
Has anybody else had these problems with this or any other of these models?
My model is excellent. No quality issues that I found - apart from front undercarriage!
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In about 1960 (ish) there were plastic planes this shape that were launched with a really strong rubber band - and for about 1 shilling outflew anything short of a radio controlled glider. Naturally the red ones were the best.
Wonder if they turn up on eBay? And then there was the Kellogs submarine that worked with baking powder------------------
Quote from: Tank on January 25, 2014, 08:48:41 PM
My model is excellent. No quality issues that I found - apart from front undercarriage!
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Those two flat cars behind your loco would look good with a couple of tanks on them >:D :angel: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
cheers John.
I've got a die cast one I bought off eBay last year, I was surprised at how heavy the model is. It's also quite a big 'plane.
I have to confess that one of the main reasons I bought it was because I like its shape :) I now have to think of a way to justify it on my layout.
Regards
Veronica
can't comment yet on the quality, picked mine up on the way to work this evening, so will remove from the packaging when I get home in the morning.
re Tank's flat cars, perhaps they are going to be delivering these to his airfield
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The 12in:1ft Vulcans were immense beasts - In the late 70s I was at a Bristol Aerospace Open Day for the employees and families of BAC and Rolls-Royce at Filton Airfield. There was a Vulcan on display and you could get about 200 people under the delta wing. This we found out as it was heaving it down with rain and this was the (emergency) designated place to wait for the throng in the hangar to thin out so you could get in and see the displays therein...
I worked for Avro (BAe) at Woodford in Cheshire for many years which is where the Vulcans were made. We had our own specimen, XM603, which was parked outside as a restoration project for retirees.
I nearly drove my car into it by accident one morning - a bit sleepy, didn't notice it being towed around the peri-track.
Although the factory has now very sadly closed :( the aircraft is still visible on Google Earth -
53 deg 20 min 17.96 N
2 deg 9 min 32.14 W
If you wanted to create this scene you would have to paint it white.
Cheers Jon :)
Tin triangles!!! Now that takes me back a bit..
Very large, very impressive and when applying full power straight off the runway, VERY VERY (AWESOMELY) noisy...
They don't make 'em like they used to....
Memories, what memories...
Thanks (takes off rose-coloured spectacles and puts them away - at least for the moment).
Quote from: Tank on January 25, 2014, 08:48:41 PM
My model is excellent. No quality issues that I found - apart from front undercarriage!
[smg id=9842 type=preview align=center caption="Vulcan1"]
Not painted it Network South East yet .... ::)
Quote from: EtchedPixels on January 25, 2014, 11:00:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 25, 2014, 08:48:41 PM
My model is excellent. No quality issues that I found - apart from front undercarriage!
[smg id=9842 type=preview align=center caption="Vulcan1"]
Not painted it Network South East yet .... ::)
somethings are sacred even to our estemed leader .........
and of course, if he did something so blasphamous ..........
we know where to find him >:D
Pleeese I am trying to resist another big delta :angel:
Javilinfaw7
Resistance is futile...
OTOH, if 'Big' is the problem, there is always the Avro 707 (assuming someone, somewhere has produced a 1:144 model of one :) :) :) )
still looking for a 1/144 Gloster Javelin.
A VERY quick i'net search indicates that there are 1:144 Jav' models 'out there', but I haven't been able to locate an exact manufacturer.
HOWEVER, there is a '1/144 Gloster Javelin Fighter Aircraft' on E-bay at the moment- the asking price being USD13.06. The pic isn't very informative, but the model is on a stand and seems to be of either a prototype or a very early FAW1 - no armament fitted.
Perhaps worth a look?
Hope this helps.
Hi Gang - Don't forget there is STILL ONE Vulcan flying - XH558!!
Interested? - go to http://www.vulcantothesky.org/ (http://www.vulcantothesky.org/) :thumbsup:
Yes, seen her twice. :heart2:
I remember seeing a Vulcan fly at the SouthEnd show in 1989 when I was 6-7 years old. The loudest thing I'd ever heard!!!!!!! Absolutely terrific aircraft....and to think that most of the 'technology' inside it consists of pulleys and levers. :worried:
I remember being on holiday in Wales - climbing mountains etc. and watching the Vulcans fly down the valleys BELOW where we were standing...
Oh yes and the Phantom pilot who flew by my sister twice to get a second look...
Ah.... the Vulcan. I'm not sure if I have related this before on the forum, but if I have and you have seen it, bear with me.
Way back in Jan or Feb 1971 (I think Jan), I was spending a couple of days back at my parents' place in Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham as a break from college. This particular morning, I heard the sound of a relatively low plane, and went out to take a look.
To my astonishment, it was a Vulcan, and as I watched it pass overhead, saw a bright flash. It began making funny noises,and as I continued watching it heading south, saw black smoke streaming out of it, watched it start curving to the east, and then plummet downwards.
An old guy who would head past our place to go and play dominoes at the local pub at that time every day was walking by, and I said "Look, LOOK! There's a plane crashing!!" He said, "Yeah, right" and just kept walking.
I ran inside and got the only camera I had, a Kodak Brownie with B&W 127 film, and took a shot. I ran round to the neighbour and he didn't believe me either. Ten mins later he came running in: "Yeah, I heard it on the radio!"
Anyway, I was worried that it had come down on the town (my mother was at work there at the time) but it crashed at a coal mining village (Wingate) to the east of Durham. It hit a paddock, and the crew had bailed out, so there were no casualties.
The picture I took only showed a speck in the sky, but I enlarged it myself back at college and you can clearly see the plane going down. Unfortunately I haven't got it these days, though I have a feeling I brought it to Oz and it could be here somewhere.
Maybe someone has more info about that incident?
Cheers, George.
Try this link :thumbsup:
http://www.neam.co.uk/wingate.html (http://www.neam.co.uk/wingate.html)
Quote from: Bealman on January 26, 2014, 10:44:13 AM
Ah.... the Vulcan. I'm not sure if I have related this before on the forum, but if I have and you have seen it, bear with me.
Way back in Jan or Feb 1971 (I think Jan), I was spending a couple of days back at my parents' place in Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham as a break from college. This particular morning, I heard the sound of a relatively low plane, and went out to take a look.
Wikipedia... On 7 January 1971, Vulcan B.2 XM610 of No.44 Squadron crashed after fatigue failure of a blade in the No. 1 engine that damaged the fuel system and led to an engine fire. The crew abandoned the aircraft safely, and the aircraft crashed harmlessly in Wingate.
Ah, beaten to it by Leo!
Who ordered a flying flat iron? http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/110993699437 (http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/110993699437)
Here is a rather pricey Resin kit in original configuration with extras of other UK research aircraft...
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4028 (http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ANIG4028)
or something cheaper in 1/200 scale.. Looks like it includes a Blue Steel...
or another expensive one with the Black Buck sidewinder fitting...
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/GWHL1001 (http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/GWHL1001)
I love the Vulcan bomber, I think it was the film Thunderball that first brought it to my attention. It is such a distinctive and beautiful shape.
I didn't choose my current flat because it is close to the home of a running (if not flying) Vulcan but it is one of the reasons why I love living here. I'm close enough to hear it when those Bristol Olympus (IIRC) turbojets are fired up!
Quote from: javlinfaw7 on January 26, 2014, 03:05:16 AM
still looking for a 1/144 Gloster Javelin.
Got an old Frog kit of a Javellin (in 1:72) won on ebay - the box was still in it's original cellophane wrapper when it arrived.
Must get round to builting it one day!
Roy
Quote from: Komata on January 25, 2014, 10:57:59 PM
Tin triangles!!! Now that takes me back a bit..
Very large, very impressive and when applying full power straight off the runway, VERY VERY (AWESOMELY) noisy...
They don't make 'em like they used to....
Memories, what memories...
Thanks (takes off rose-coloured spectacles and puts them away - at least for the moment).
Takes me back too.....you weren't by any chance at Scampton as well were you? Blue Steel and oceans of bloody water every where!
Take a look at this period piece!
RAF Waddington, Vulcan Bomber 1960 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_JEdHBESU#ws)
Cheers Jon :)
Great stuff I'll watch that video later, just how I want to remember the RAF with all it's great Britishness!
Talking of which there's only two weeks to go now when my eldest finishes his TOD in Afghanistan, can't wait to have a few beers with him.
Mr Sprue
Thanks for asking, but 'fraid not; the Antipodes during the '60's when AOCFEAF used to send the occasional example south 'to show the flag and impress the locals...' (and leave a few 'bits' behind on runway's, 'just for effect', as examples of how good the the RAF was at 'low flying').
Them wus the days.... :) :)
Quote from: Tank on January 26, 2014, 10:07:43 AM
Yes, seen her twice. :heart2:
I remember seeing a Vulcan fly at the SouthEnd show in 1989 when I was 6-7 years old. The loudest thing I'd ever heard!!!!!!!
I'd have been there too. I rarely missed a Southend Airshow. back in the days when there was a flying programme to rival any of the paid events. Standing on the pier when the Vulcan went vertical right overhead was a memorable experience. ;)
I think the only thing I've heard that was even remotely close to a Vulcan at close range (with in the bounds of the same airfield/show area), Concorde on the end of Filton's runway.
Both of them would make you feel physically sick due to the sound waves penetrating your body and giving your guts a good pummelling.
Next after those two would be a Harrier in a hover.
This n gauge forum is terrible ;) , I've just bought the Vulcan and repositioned the nose wheel, and realigned the nose probe...
Your all getting me doing all sorts of modelling again after years of not touching things lol
:thankyousign:
Cheers, Timmo
Quote from: Komata on January 27, 2014, 12:27:46 AM
Mr Sprue
Thanks for asking, but 'fraid not; the Antipodes during the '60's when AOCFEAF used to send the occasional example south 'to show the flag and impress the locals...' (and leave a few 'bits' behind on runway's, 'just for effect', as examples of how good the the RAF was at 'low flying').
Them wus the days.... :) :)
I remember standing in the control tower at Scampton watching one do a couple of "Touch & goes" impressive sight and sound as it climbed away banking to the left shaking the building with it's glowing afterburners!
succumbed now just need a victor to refuel it . :)
Quote from: javlinfaw7 on January 27, 2014, 06:08:32 PM
succumbed now just need a victor to refuel it . :)
Or a fleet of Victors to refuel it.. Vulcan 607
Quote from: pape_timmo on January 27, 2014, 06:17:45 PM
Quote from: javlinfaw7 on January 27, 2014, 06:08:32 PM
succumbed now just need a victor to refuel it . :)
Or a fleet of Victors to refuel it.. Vulcan 607
Lets not forget that on operation "Black Buck" they too
Victors had to be refueled mid air to refuel the Vulcan! :)
Quote from: pgm2008 on January 26, 2014, 09:36:37 AM
Don't forget there is STILL ONE Vulcan flying - XH558!!
Was lucky enough to see it after the Dawlish airshow last year as it was heading home. Now we do get Hercules coming over at 500 feet and they're pretty loud but they're nothing compared with 558 at the same height. Hope it comes again this year.
Nigel
Quote from: pape_timmo on January 27, 2014, 04:04:04 PM
This n gauge forum is terrible ;) , I've just bought the Vulcan and repositioned the nose wheel, and realigned the nose probe...
Your all getting me doing all sorts of modelling again after years of not touching things lol
:thankyousign:
Cheers, Timmo
Thanks for that post, Timmo! We're doin' something right, then! :beers:
For those looking for a quick winter Vulcan 'fix' check out XH558 flying round (under) Beachy Head for the Eastbourne airshow 2012 on Youtube........you will not be disappointed. ;)
Enjoy
Jason....long time supporter of 558.....the people's aircraft.
Excellent clip Jason, thank you for posting it :thumbsup:
cheers John.
Quote from: PostModN66 on January 26, 2014, 09:28:58 PM
Take a look at this period piece!
Just had a look. That old film is uber cool! Thanks for posting! :thumbsup: