papa695's XH558 Vulcan

[papa 695]

Got the pilots done so the cockpit is ready to be put together and also added the weight View attachment 51719 View attachment 51720 View attachment 51721

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[treyzx10r]

Nice job painting those tiny pilots Ian!

 

[Centurion3RTR]

Some very nice work going on in here Ian mate, can't wait to see more.

Have fun, John

 

[ian lanc]

can't wait to see more.

Unlike the pilots....lol

Always enjoy the old Airfix Vulcan being born again.

Oh and can't get over how much money yet again is needed for XH558! I can see it going to Duxford permanently sooner than intended.

 

[papa 695]

So can i sadly

 

[yak face]

OOH little mesters! Excellent to see some pilots going in Ian. Its coing on nicely matey , i was looking on the vulcan to the sky website last night and it says that 2013 is going to be the last season to see xh558 flying , its then going to be retired and become the centrepiece of a project aimed at inspiring yoiung engineers , as well as this they intend to keep the aircraft groundworthy (i dont know if thats a word !?) and occasionally do fast taxi runs like the victor at bruntingthorpe. cheers tony

 

[ian lanc]

i was looking on the vulcan to the sky website last night and it says that 2013 is going to be the last season to see xh558 flying , its then going to be retired and become the centrepiece of a project aimed at inspiring yoiung engineers , as well as this they intend to keep the aircraft groundworthy (i dont know if thats a word !?) and occasionally do fast taxi runs like the victor at bruntingthorpe. cheers tony

All that money people have put into XH558 to get her flying and then to be grounded is truly shocking.

I even read were a pensioner gave all his life saving in getting her up in the air, I bet I know what he is thinking now

Anyway lets not get this thread about the real XH558 so its back to the model.............

 

[flyjoe180]

Well, if you have had the opportunity to see it flying then those are memories, regardless of the aircraft's future, that you will cherish forever.

Ian, great start and good job on the crew. You must have a lot of space to display this in, I imagine it is not small even in 72!

 

[papa 695]

Ok got all the sub assemblies done View attachment 51809 and built the undercarages and added some small detail View attachment 51810 View attachment 51811 View attachment 51812 View attachment 51813 View attachment 51814 next up is to put some detail into the wheel wells View attachment 51815 View attachment 51816 View attachment 51817 It may take some time

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[ian lanc]

Enjoying the up-dates. keep on it.

 

[ian lanc]

Well, if you have had the opportunity to see it flying then those are memories, regardless of the aircraft's future, that you will cherish forever.

Ask me if I have memories of Vulcan's taking off RAF Finningly during the 'cold war'?

Right above my head three of them in a triangle formation and within minutes three

different Vulcan's pass over my head to land! Now that is some memory to think of

and it became the norm' when we used to go and watch them do their stuff, The noise

was deafening as the Vulcan's went over our heads and it seemed you could have touched

them they were that low and slow. FANTASTIC.

Ian.

 

[yambam26]

Really enjoying the progress on the vulcun Ian keep those pictures coming!

Cheers,Ben

 

[colin m]

Looking good. Your re-scribing looks excellent, you obviously have a bit more patience than me !

 

[papa 695]

Thanks Colin now i've got the hang of re-scribing i find it quite relaxing

 

[papa 695]

Well got the undercarrage done and it took a lot longer than i thought it would what with all the flash on them View attachment 51860 View attachment 51861 View attachment 51862 View attachment 51863 View attachment 51864 View attachment 51865 View attachment 51866 View attachment 51867 View attachment 51868 View attachment 51869

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[papa 695]

Thought i would add some detail to the undercarriage so from this View attachment 51916 View attachment 51917

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[CDW]

That extra litle detailing looks the part Ian, it's amazing what a difference a few wires make eh?

 

[ian lanc]

Have you glued all the main wheels onto the undercarriage ?

I found in the past not to glue the wheels onto the pegs until the model is nearly finished!

That way you can glue all the wheels on to ensure 'all' of the wheels sit on the deck.

Ian.

 

[papa 695]

Hi Ian no not glued yet, just placed them there so i/you's could see what it looks like, was going to glue them in last anyway, but thanks for the heads up

 

[yak face]

Nice work in the U/C bays Ian , cheers tony