RICH W Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Having built this model back in 1993 after XH558 was grounded and retired from the RAF i decided the kit need a repaint and i decided i would to the other famous Vulcan XM607 that carried out Black Buck 1 raid on Port Stanley back in 1982 , i am doinf XH558 after this , and it will have the Bomb bay detail which i have built myself Exhaust pipes extended using nylon tube and filler Exhaust pipes filled and sanded back Next job was to remove the blue steel missile and put the bomb bay doors back on having lost the original bomb bay door part i made a new one from plasticard Ready for painting Masked up to spray the dark grey underside Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RICH W Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 then the light grey for the top then for the green camoflage i scaled up the airfix instructions to full scale cut away the green areas that were to be sprayed then stuck the bits i was left with onto the model with blue tak The finished model after the green was sprayed on just the decals to go on now Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K5054NZ Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Nice restoration Richard! I like the new nozzles, and how you masked the camo. Bravo. Of course, Airfix is probably going to announce their new-tool Vulcan once you finish your XH558 build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RICH W Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Nice restoration Richard! I like the new nozzles, and how you masked the camo. Bravo. Of course, Airfix is probably going to announce their new-tool Vulcan once you finish your XH558 build! yeah probably i wonder if they will include the bomb bay detail , i was going to buy the resin nozzles then looking at the nylon tube i thought it would be perfect for the engine nozzles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fantom Flyer Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Progressing very nicely. I flew these aircraft for 6 years, I am away from my log books at present so I don't know if I flew 607. I certainly have not flown 558. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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