RAAF RA-5D Vigilante - "Vigi-Might!"

KiwiZac · July 11, 2020, 09:39:22 PM

Hi all,
When I read the RAAF considered the North American Vigilante as a potential Canberra replacement it went into the "maybe one day" files...then a package from Old Wombat arrives, including the Airfix Vigi kit. Aha! Then another friend kindly sent me some late F-111 decals and...

Airfix 1/72 RAAF RA-5D Vigilante "Vigi-Might" by Zac Yates, on Flickr

Airfix 1/72 RAAF RA-5D Vigilante "Vigi-Might" by Zac Yates, on Flickr

No backstory, just fun

philp · July 11, 2020, 10:21:06 PM

Neat idea and well executed.

Did the underwing marking take some damage?

Scotaidh · July 12, 2020, 03:03:42 AM

Very nice! I really like the name.

NARSES2 · July 12, 2020, 03:09:24 AM

Looks good mate

PR19_Kit · July 12, 2020, 04:19:26 AM

Yes indeed!

What's not like about a Vigi?

zenrat · July 12, 2020, 05:10:39 AM

Hey Zac. Good to see you posting.

This is great. Vigilante is on my want list so I can do similar.

McColm · July 12, 2020, 06:36:04 AM

Good job

Old Wombat · July 12, 2020, 07:37:13 AM

Sweet!

And good to see a kit I'd probably never get around to building put to good use.

Great job, Zac!

DogfighterZen · July 12, 2020, 10:25:58 AM

Looks very good, nice work!

comrade harps · July 15, 2020, 04:15:53 AM

I like it

Must whif up an A-5 sometime too.

chrisonord · July 15, 2020, 12:03:26 PM

Very nice and a favourite aircraft of mine

Chris

Weaver · July 16, 2020, 04:24:18 AM

Nice one Zac!

You might imagine an RA-5D doing the same mission for NZ that the SH-37 Viggen did for Sweden, i.e. maritime surface recce. The aircraft uses it's radar to find all the ships in an 'area of interest' and then photographs them with it's cameras. The contents of the camera canoe would have to be changed, probably to an oblique LOROP camera, so that it can photograph warships without overflying them or flying straight towards them. Of course, if it finds something you disapprove of, it can call up it's squadron mates with the Harpoons on-board...

KiwiZac · July 16, 2020, 04:51:43 PM

Thank you all very much! I thought it would be interesting in the last F-111 scheme rather than the SEA.

Quote from: philp on July 11, 2020, 10:21:06 PM
Neat idea and well executed.

Did the underwing marking take some damage?

Thanks Phil. Unfortunately it did - I may have used too much thinner with my Matt Cote as when I swiped the brush over the roundel part of it vanished. I was too scared to continue, hence why most of the model is so shiny.

Quote from: Weaver on July 16, 2020, 04:24:18 AM
Nice one Zac!

You might imagine an RA-5D doing the same mission for NZ that the SH-37 Viggen did for Sweden, i.e. maritime surface recce.

Thank you! As it happens, I have another built Vigi from a friend that could be restored into that...

Rick Lowe · July 20, 2020, 02:02:59 AM

Nice work, Zac

Glenn Gilbertson · July 20, 2020, 10:17:20 AM

Looks good!