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ChernayaAkula

#60
August 21, 2010, 09:38:26 AM
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

GTX

#61
August 21, 2010, 02:09:27 PM
Quote from: MAD on August 21, 2010, 07:28:49 AM
Wow  :o

How did I miss these fantastic joint GTX/Maverick Victor B.21 beauties
Love the tail gun arrangement!

I`m a little disappointed that you put no backstory to it Greg >:( Especially the Vietnam side of things! and what about the anti-flash white finished job? Special Weapons??? :banghead:

M.A.D

There is the start of one there - as I said in the post, I am waiting for a suitable kit to become available so as to finish this one.

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Greg
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Maverick

#62
August 21, 2010, 02:26:53 PM
Quote from: rickshaw on August 02, 2009, 04:06:44 AM
The RAAF was interested in the Vulcan initially.  I personally prefer the Victor on looks alone.  The Canberras operated out of Phan Rang wearing their standard Dark Grey/Green camouflage, didn't they?  I'd suggest that was more likely than anything else.   The RAAF didn't go in for "fancy" cam schemes until the 1980s.

Rickshaw, the three schemes I depicted are all RAAF schemes.  The first is a high-viz worn by our Canberras, the second the tactical scheme they wore in Vietnam whilst the last is the scheme used at first by our F-111s.

Mav

dy031101

#63
December 08, 2010, 01:03:53 PM Last Edit: December 08, 2010, 01:05:51 PM by dy031101
From Mobile Suit Gundam 0079, of all places, graphical novel by Kazuhisa Kondo.

I do like how he re-imagines the various war machines in the series, though.
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#64
December 08, 2010, 01:49:29 PM
Ohhh, nice! I'm a big fan of Kazuhisa Kondo's mechanical designs.
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Gondor

#65
December 08, 2010, 02:38:37 PM
I noticed in the December edition of Airfix Modelling World that The Aviation Workshop have released a Victor B2 Bomber Conversion set in 1/72 for £14. Come pay day I am ordering one !!!

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#66
December 08, 2010, 03:14:54 PM
I wouldn't bother - you'd be better off doing it with plastic card.  It's a simple enough conversion to extend the wingtips.  The bomb bay is a bit more involved but doable.
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#67
December 09, 2010, 01:30:26 PM
With my scratch building skills I think I will get the conversion Lee

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#68
December 06, 2011, 12:25:58 AM
Can anyone id the extra bit on front of the saddle tank on this Victor please.

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#69
December 06, 2011, 01:10:09 AM
"Saddle Tank"?   Not sure what you mean...
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#70
December 06, 2011, 01:21:20 AM
There's a large nipple fairing on the tank.  It's an SR.2 so my guess it's something to do with the recce fit.  It's not standard fit to SR.2's (although I found a pic of another Victor with it), but IIRC the sensor fit varied widely between the fleet.  I'll have a look in my Aerofax guide this evening, see if it has any specifics.
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PR19_Kit

#71
December 06, 2011, 01:30:33 AM
It could be the fairing for the 'nuclear sniffer' air samplers. Three of the SR2s were apparently configured in this role but there's no details of what the airframe changes were that I can find.
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RussC

#72
December 06, 2011, 02:01:45 AM
Could it be a modern styled wind airflow turbine electrical generator thing? Retractable blades...

The term I always heard for conformal external fuel tanks is "Slipper tank" due to its resemblance to that footwear. Think I built a Mossie with those once.
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#73
December 06, 2011, 02:36:18 AM
Quote from: RussC on December 06, 2011, 02:01:45 AM
Could it be a modern styled wind airflow turbine electrical generator thing? Retractable blades...

The term I always heard for conformal external fuel tanks is "Slipper tank" due to its resemblance to that footwear. Think I built a Mossie with those once.

Must admit I've always thought of "saddle tanks" being belly mounted and "slipper" being wing mounted.

Chris - who knows there are going to be loads of examples whre I'm wrong  ;D
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Mossie

#74
December 06, 2011, 03:49:34 AM
That'd be a belly tank Chris! :wacko: ;) :wacko:  Saddle tanks sit over the top of the fuselage.  Slipper tanks are semi conformal with the wing & as Russ states, roughly slipper shaped.  All this for a minor slip up in terminology! :party:

Russ, the Victor Mk.2's Ram Air Turbines are in the small pop-up intakes just in front of the fin.
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