144 Vulcan

[guest311]

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 

[scottishlocos]

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?

[Tank]

My model is excellent.  No quality issues that I found - apart from front undercarriage!

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[ParkeNd]

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------------------

[scotsoft]

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       

cheers John.

[silly moo]

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

[guest311]

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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[talisman56]

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...

[PostModN66]

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     

[Komata]

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).

[EtchedPixels]

My model is excellent.  No quality issues that I found - apart from front undercarriage!

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Not painted it Network South East yet .... 

[guest311]

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 

[javlinfaw7]

Pleeese I am trying to resist another big delta

[Komata]

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 )

[javlinfaw7]

still looking for a 1/144 Gloster Javelin.