Just noticed these two British nuclear weapons on Hannants:

Blue Danube:
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TWC72052?result-token=zPFcd




Yellow Sun:
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TWC72051?result-token=zPFcd

They're only applicable to Valiants, well, early Victors and Vulcans, but they're not easy to get and come to that, neither's the Airfix Valiant either, but still. 

You can only get them through Hannants - Neil Gaunt is a bit... eccentric?  and won't deal direct with Joe Public.  Not that I blame him.

Remember that British nuclear weapons had separate names for the 'bomb shape' and the 'physics package'.

Violet Club, deployed only on Vulcans from 1958-1960 was a Blue Danube bomb shape with a 'Green Grass' physics package (the infamous Heath Robinson affair with a gazillion ball bearings in the middle as a safety mechanism  ).

Yellow Sun Mk.1 was the Yellow Sun bomb shape with the same Green Grass physics package as Violet Club. Some of them were transferred over from Violet Clubs, while others were built from new. These lasted in Service until 1963 and a far as I know, were used on Vulcans and maybe Victors.

Yellow Sun Mk.2 was the Yellow Sun bomb shape with the much smaller and lighter Red Snow physics package, which was the US Mk.28 design built in the UK with British fissile material. These served from 1961 to 1966, and were almost certainly used on Vulcan B.2s and Victor B.2s.

Well you can get this set from Belcher Bits  (notice the price, and that's C$ too)

http://www.belcherbits.com/lines/172conv/bl3.htm

That Belcher Bits set looks a positive bargain in comparison. And the instruction sheet is a mine of information too. 

I think I'd got for the Belcher Bits one too as it looks a bit more comprehensive and you get stuff to hang under other things.

Red Beard can be hung under Hunters - I've seen a drawing with one on the outer pylon, although this may well have been a GA11 in the training role.

There's a thing - were Hunters cleared to carry WE177s?

AIM 1/32 Comet I flight deck. Something a little different for the airliner enthusiasts.

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£96 from Hannants:
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TW32500?result-token=FwOJe

Comet cockpit looks pretty good, and being in 1/32 makes sense 

Speaking of AIM, I've been trying to obtain their 1/72 Valiant B2 conversion (cf below from years ago) for a while now but to no avail.  I've even had it flagged on the Big H website to be informed when back in stock for over a year without success....

Does anyone know if it is available anywhere else, please? Ta.

Quote from: Accidental Loggie on October 20, 2024, 05:31:32 AMComet cockpit looks pretty good, and being in 1/32 makes sense 

Speaking of AIM, I've been trying to obtain their 1/72 Valiant B2 conversion (cf below from years ago) for a while now but to no avail.  I've even had it flagged on the Big H website to be informed when back in stock for over a year without success....

Does anyone know if it is available anywhere else, please? Ta.

Same, I've emailed them but had no response

No, as I explained earlier, Neil Gaunt is somewhat...eccentric and will only supply Hannants.  If they haven't got it, then you're looking at EBay or Kingkit.

You could try getting hold of a Contrail B2 and chop out the relevant bits.

Quote from: Mossie on October 20, 2024, 05:13:00 AMAIM 1/32 Comet I flight deck. Something a little different for the airliner enthusiasts.

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£96 from Hannants:
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TW32500?result-token=FwOJe

Given that the nose area and cockpit layout  of the Caravelle  were taken directly from the de Havilland Comet , this could possibly  be repackaged by the producer or adjusted by the modeller

I want to see the rest of the kit................... 

Quote from: The Wooksta! on October 20, 2024, 07:08:41 AMNo, as I explained earlier, Neil Gaunt is somewhat...eccentric and will only supply Hannants.  If they haven't got it, then you're looking at EBay or Kingkit.

I simply asked whether there was going to be another run of the B2 kits anytime. The lack of response leading to:

Quote from: The Wooksta! on October 20, 2024, 07:08:41 AMYou could try getting hold of a Contrail B2 and chop out the relevant bits.

.... exactly this (almost). I've got one on the way which I intend to shamelessly measure, draw the relevant bits in CAD, then 3d print. I plan on doing a "Whatif the B2 had entered service as a low altitude Blue Steel penetrator?"

Then I'll sell the Contrail kit on so someone else gets the chance to build one.