papa 695s Matchbox/Revell Victor Mk2

[papa 695]

This is going to be my build for this GB

 

[papa 695]

Got the canopy masked and some sub assemblies done ready for re-scribing

 

[rtfoe]

Good luck with this Ian, I only just finished mine not long ago. Seriously the fit is not bad if you can get past the intake slats and if you don't mind the raised panel lines...they should be single instead of double lines. Made the mistake of scribing both the lines when I should have just used the in between as a guide. Certain areas need minimal filling. Decals are good.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[yak face]

Brisk start Ian , i take it from the bunch of painfully impaled pilots this ones going to have a full crew ? Cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

Good luck with this Ian, I only just finished mine not long ago. Seriously the fit is not bad if you can get past the intake slats and if you don't mind the raised panel lines...they should be single instead of double lines. Made the mistake of scribing both the lines when I should have just used the in between as a guide. Certain areas need minimal filling. Decals are good.

Cheers,
Richard

Cheers Richard, I’m not a fan of raised panel lines. And thanks for the heads up about the two lines instead of one but I knew that.

 

[papa 695]

Brisk start Ian , i take it from the bunch of painfully impaled pilots this ones going to have a full crew ? Cheers tony

Yes I’m going to have it in flight and will add a couple more aircraft refuelling at a later date.

 

[colin m]

I built this big old beast sometime ago and back engineered it (what do I sound like) to a B2. I seem to remember it was a nice kit.

 

[papa 695]

I built this big old beast sometime ago and back engineered it (what do I sound like) to a B2. I seem to remember it was a nice kit.

Well it looked good when finished Colin. I can remember it.

 

[papa 695]

Got a little work done on this. Painted the cockpit and figures, also the fans and done some re-scribing.

 

[papa 695]

Got the decals fitted.

also painted the interior and fitted the door. Just need to fit the hose housing then it’s ready to be put together
I’ve also got the first part of the wings scribed and put together, just need to sort out the slat gaps.

 

[colin m]

Yes, those gaps, I remember them.

 

[papa 695]

Got the intakes filled and sanded, just need to put some primer on too see just how good/bad they are.

 

[Jakko]

That looks like a major improvement already, I’m sure that if you still need to do some work on it, it’ll be relatively minor.

 

[papa 695]

Got some more done to this.
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Plenty of filling and sanding to do.

 

[colin m]

Those intakes came out alright. I mean, just think, you could have been fixing the old Airfix Vulcan intakes...……..

 

[papa 695]

Those intakes came out alright. I mean, just think, you could have been fixing the old Airfix Vulcan intakes...……..

Yes done them already Colin.

 

[yak face]

Top work Ian ! I don’t think I could imagine a more difficult set of seams to get rid of ! I wonder how many people went down the easy route and just stuck some FOD covers in there ? cheers Tony

 

[rtfoe]

Got some more done to this.
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Plenty of filling and sanding to do.

Well done Ian, I know the pain you went through

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Mini Me]

Those fans came out nice Ian....too bad they won't be visible. They looked familiar to me, are the engines on the Victor made by Rolls Royce? Rick H.

 

[papa 695]

Those fans came out nice Ian....too bad they won't be visible. They looked familiar to me, are the engines on the Victor made by Rolls Royce? Rick H.

The B1 was powered by Armstrong Siddeley sapphire turbojet engines, and the B2 buy Rolls-Royce Conway turbofan engine.
( according to Wikipedia )