Airfix Avro Vulcan Bomber 1-72 scale
Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 3:31 pm
1. Airfix's Vulcan bomber, started Jan 16. The kit is the 1983 tool, with the dreaded raised panel lines. Lots of flash, and lots of tidying up to make good. Does lack detail throughout.
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4. Jet intakes, poured white emulsion paint inside to deal with the seam lines, a bit messy but done the job.
5. Required 30g weigh down the front, 13 pennies sufficed.
8.Visit to Newark Air museum provided reference material.
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10. Build all good up to this point. I tried out modulation on the panels, which turned the Vulcan into a museum piece that had been left out in the open for years, it was a good representation of the Newark Vulcan. I then decided to spruce it up, sanding some of the panels back to primer. I then had issues with the paint, reacting like paint stripper. Finally 4 weeks later, it resembled the actual Vulcan detailed in the kit. Lessons learned, don't over weather, and Humberol paints are no good for air brushing.
The finished article -
25
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4. Jet intakes, poured white emulsion paint inside to deal with the seam lines, a bit messy but done the job.
5. Required 30g weigh down the front, 13 pennies sufficed.
8.Visit to Newark Air museum provided reference material.
9.
10. Build all good up to this point. I tried out modulation on the panels, which turned the Vulcan into a museum piece that had been left out in the open for years, it was a good representation of the Newark Vulcan. I then decided to spruce it up, sanding some of the panels back to primer. I then had issues with the paint, reacting like paint stripper. Finally 4 weeks later, it resembled the actual Vulcan detailed in the kit. Lessons learned, don't over weather, and Humberol paints are no good for air brushing.
The finished article -
25
