During the war they were left in the same scheme they wore pre-war, Hemp (30450). It was also nice that the horizontal stabilizer was still separate.I applied a gloss coat of Future, and I was ready for the markings.The quality of the decals in this kit is very good.
The front strut on the main gear is difficult to insert and get into the locating hole, as the strut goes far into the wing, and it's difficult to get it aligned. According to its owner: "Left panel of the tanker version of the most capable of the RAF's three V-Bombers. They all participated in the Gulf War. This allows the modeler to cut the sprue fairly cleanly, without leaving an unsightly cut spot right on the fuselage top or bottom. When the sprue is cut off, it can be sanded down with a medium to fine sanding stick until it leaves a smooth mating surface, without an unsightly gouge or bump where the sprue came in. There are intake ducts which end in jet engine fronts and closed off exhausts at the back of the wings. This scheme is shown on the box back.The Granby Victors are all from 55 Squadron. Everything fits very nicely, and the locating pins put the intakes in exactly the right place. I also made decals for the panel and console. Well, as much detail as you usually get in 1/144. I'm including a scan of the nose/tail sections for your viewing pleasure.I decided early on that I was going to do a Gulf War Victor, mainly because until I was doing the research for this review I missed the Black Buck Victor.
Once I got through the paint conundrum, I was happy with how the final product looks.Many thanks to Dragon USA and Great Wall for the super kit, and to IPMS USA for the learning moments about Gulf War colors.The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. The Valiant had already been reconfigured as an airborne tanker, but when the airframes became worn out, the Victor bombers became the tanker force.In 1982 the Victor K.2 tankers participated in one of the most complicated missions ever conceived. The Valiant had already been reconfigured as an airborne tanker, but when the airframes became worn out, the Victor bombers became the tanker force. The schemes for these planes are shown on a separate large sheet. So the instruction profiles are correct for the aircraft, but the time frame isn't.So I painted the underside with light grey and the top Hemp, replacing the desert pink in the painting instructions. The fit of this kit is jaw-dropping good. VERY good engineering! The picture below shows a nickel (5 grams) and a penny (2.5 grams) in behind the cockpit.Then with the cockpit and nose gear well in position, I put the fuselage halves together. Handley-Page Victor K.2 Tanker Image ID FOT1096214 Caption Handley-Page Victor K.2 Tanker Rights RM Rights Managed Photographer Peter Clark Dimensions 4751 x 3167 px Keywords aircraft, v bomber, handley page, victor, tanker, RAF, Description Handley-Page Victor K.2 Tanker evolved from the original Victor B.2 V Bomber The Handley-Page Victor K.2 tanker evolved from the original Victor B.2, 'V'-bomber, which entered service with the Royal Air Force in October 1961. Operation Black Buck used 11 Victor K.2s and a single Vulcan B.2 to deliver a bomb load from Ascension Island to Port Stanley Airport in the Falklands, a distance of 3900 miles.The next, and last big deployment of the Victor K.2 was the 1991 (First) Gulf War, The RAF called their participation Operation Granby. This panel came from a scrapyard before I … It has the dark sea grey and green upper side with the light sea grey underside. I'll have to get another Victor K.2 and do that one too.There was one feature of this kit which showed thought and originality, although it did require a little dexterity to make it work well.
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. As the massive airframe lumbered down the runway one of its four Rolls Royce Conway Turbojets suffered a catastrophic failure, causing shattered turbine blades … You may wish to switch to the I also installed the closed air brakes at this step. It had a maximum speed of 640 mph (Mach 0.92) at 40,000 feet, a ceiling of 59,000 feet and a range of 3,500 miles. The cockpit we have was for the K2 version of the tanker, the conversion be carried out by Hawker Siddeley following the Demise of Handley Page. All of the decals came off the backing paper cleanly, they moved around without folding or tearing, and I was quite happy with the results, especially the underwing set.I always do painting and decals before I put on the small and fragile parts, because I have a history of breaking things while I'm concentrating on putting on decals.I assembled the landing gear.
The Handley Page Victor was conceived as a nuclear bomber in the late 1950s. They were SM717, "Lucky Lou", XH672, "Maid Marian", and XL164, "Saucy Sal". I had almost no problems with these decals, except for a couple of the very tiny ones, which were hard to manage because the surface tension of the water made the decal and backing paper hard to catch. These two computer rendered images feature some of the additional parts included in this new kit, which allowing the K.2 Tanker variant of the Victor to be constructed. The canopy didn't want to fit really well. It had a crew of five, and was powered by four Rolls-Royce Conway turbofans of 20,600 lb thrust each.
Narrative: At approximately 08:50 on 15 October 1982 a fully fuelled Victor Tanker, XL232, started its take-off run at Marham. Go figure.I installed the landing gear and the gear doors. This Cold War-era RAF Victor K.2 Bomber instrument panel resides in the collection of one of our good friends in New Zealand. The Handley-Page Victor K.2 tanker evolved from the original Victor B.2, 'V'-bomber, which entered service with the Royal Air Force in October 1961.