wonwinglo

And more building sequences to study-
You will then be left with a kit of parts that look like this...

Dont throw the scrap material away,you will need some of this valuable material later.

You now need some pieces of alloy 'T' Section,you can get a set of these very reasonably from Aeroclub.

Using some new Bluetak,stick the pieces one by one to the pieces of 'T' Angle,do not press too hard,just enough pressure to grip the pieces.

With plenty of water to hand carefully draw the parts back & forth over the abrasive paper,do this until you see a slither of plastic start to appear,also and this is important observe where the black marker line just starts to vanish,then is the time to stop sanding and reach for the next part.



For places such as the wings,make up simple balsawood spars,use superglue ( cyno ) to stick these to the inners of the parts.

Likewise use inner stiffners made up from the scrap plastic,to get the inner shape press in modelling clay,slice through with a blade and draw around onto the scrap plastc,score and snap as before when we cut out the main components.

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And finally building up to the finished model-

Once the main assemblies have been put together,carefully use the drawing to assemble the parts,small joins can be easily filled with Squadron model filler,allowed to dry and blended in with wet & dry paper.
Note the old donor plastic model underneath which has been used to provide the engine nacelles and any other useful parts not easily reproduced in vac formed plastic.

Here the undercarriage legs were soldered up from wire,doors and small fittings have been made from scrap material from the kit,see I told you that they would come in handy ! keep fairing in and sanding until you are happy with the results.

Another view of the model now progressing nicely.

To pull everything together spray with a coat of Holts primer,this will give a first class finish for the final finish,she looks a long way from that single sheet of mundane plastic,just see what can be achieved,it is not difficult just requires lots of patience to get a result.
So this is what Vac-form modelling is all about,and you will probably have a model in your collection that is quite unique.

The completed Bristol Brigand,the colourschene was used in Aden by the R.A.F.

And a dramatic lower view of the aircraft in flying attitude.

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AerynPk

Thanks barry you are a life saver.

wonwinglo

You are most welcome Char,we need to see you through this mighty project with the least of any hassle,if you get stuck or need any advice you know where I am,there are lots of tricks and dodges with vacforms that can be used which assist getting things done,treat each part as a model in itself and watch it take shape.

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AerynPk

Ok guys i have sanded the fusalage and the wings. Here is some pictures. I also in some of the pictures placed my 1:72 vulvcan for you to see the difference. hope you like the pictures.



More pictures should be posted up when i make more progress.

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wonwinglo

Char what a monster of a model ! the Avro Vulcan gives a really interesting comparison of the size of this large aircraft.
We once inside one at Mildenhall and you could easily live inside one of these aircraft.
Really well done on your progress so far,you are tackling this model with the right approach,just keep plodding on,love the pictures.

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AerynPk

Well thank you Barry. Im actually enjoying this. I thought as it was a rare model and a very expensive one i thought it would be nice to share it with all of you.

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rjwood_uk

very nice there Char. i dont think i would have the guts to make a vacum-formed kit any time in the near future! you have very brave taking this one!

do you have decals and a paint scheme in mind for this yet?

wonwinglo

Talking of paintschemes for the Galaxy, reminds me of a recent e-mail from a lady who had in her possession a manufacturers model of the C-5 Galaxy,nothing unusual about that except this one was very special,it had the colourscheme applied for that of a civil aeroplane,B.O.A.C in fact ( British Overseas Airways Corporation ) the outcome was that Lockheed were trying to introduce a civil version and had painted a few models up to use for promotional purposes,the model is very rare and up until my researches on this I had never heard of this project before ? anyway it appears that nothing became of it and it just got forgotton,just thought that this would be of interest to Galaxy lovers everywhere.

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Bunkerbarge

Charlotte you are a lot braver than me for tackling such a kit!! I can't believe how it dwarfs the Vulcan.

Make sure that you tie it to the ceiling well!

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