1/72 Airfix Vulcan B.2 and
1/72 Revell Victor K.2

by Gerald Krumpas

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These are my V-Bombers in 1/72 scale. The Handley Page Victor K.2 is from Revell and the Avro Vulcan B.2 is from Airfix. Both were built straight out of the box. The Revell Victor shows an aircraft from the 55th squadron in Marham after Operation Desert Storm. I used Revell enamel colours for my Victor. The mixtures of the colours were made from the building plan and from colour photos. The Airfix Vulcan shows the aircraft from the 9th squadron in Waddington during 1977. For this camouflaged aircraft I used humbrol enamel colours. For the upper fuselage I used No. 163 and No. 164 2:1 No. 34, for the lower fuselage I used No. 64.

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The V-Bombers are my favourite’s aeroplanes for many years, building 3 different bombers for the Royal Air Force (Valiant, Vulcan and Victor) for the same reason is a paradise for a modeller like me.

For my V-Force I made a lot of research in Books and the internet, so I hope my models looked a little bit like the original. Both kits are very old, so a lot of sanding and filling was required.

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Sources:

  • Tim Laming: V-Bombers: Vulcan, Victor and Valiant – Britain’s airborne nuclear deterrent.
  • Warbird Tech Series Volume 26 Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan

Gerald from Austria.

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Photos and text © by Gerald Krumpas