Airfix Valiant, who will be first with these?

[The Rat]

Except the intakes are different on the prototype, ...

Yeah, but those add to the coolness factor, so I was fully prepared to try making those too. Do you know if there were any other variations between the prototype and later versions? Major outline changes would tax me severely.

[JayBee]

From the always usefull AIRLINERS>NET

http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/Vickers-Valiant-B(PR)K1/1640684/L/&sid=611e8e22747a7b89c3d98db7f198eae7

Jim

[The Rat]

From the always usefull AIRLINERS>NET

http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/Vickers-Valiant-B(PR)K1/1640684/L/&sid=611e8e22747a7b89c3d98db7f198eae7

Jim

Nice! Is that natural metal or high speed silver?

[Weaver]

Just been reading in American Secret Projects - Bombers that when the USAF were running the RBL-X program which led to them buying the B-66 Destroyer, they also looked at both B-57 and the Valiant for the role (which makes me wonder if they really knew what they wanted... ).

Anyway, that raises the possibility of a USAF "Tactical Valiant". Low level was part of the mission, so it would probably be based on the B2. The J65 (Sapphire) would be the obvious engine choice since there was no US Avon and the Valiant had been designed to take either, but the J-57 or J71 would be an alternative. I couldn't see the USAF going for the standard two-eject-and-three-jump setup, and more sophisticated avionics might reduce the crew complement anyway, so perhaps it might have got a B-47/57-style tandem-seat fighter canopy, with two forward-facing WSOs side-by-side on bang seats with roof hatches behind it. It would have a US-style flying-boom refuelling receptacle, of course.

[Gondor]

Sounds like an interesting conversion

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

Nice! Is that natural metal or high speed silver?

That looks like NM to me, you can see the different texture on the oval crew entry door under the cockpit, and on a couple of other panels on the fin and dorsal. It's not the world's clearest photo, mind you.

[rickshaw]

What is the release date for the Airfix Valiant.  I've seen one site which suggests, "This item will be available  on Tue 10th May 2011".

[Supertom]

What is the release date for the Airfix Valiant.  I've seen one site which suggests, "This item will be available  on Tue 10th May 2011".

Oh gawd I forgot to budget for that

[NARSES2]

What is the release date for the Airfix Valiant.  I've seen one site which suggests, "This item will be available  on Tue 10th May 2011".

No idea Brian but interestingly both it and the 1/48th Seafire XVII have disapeared from the "New for 2011" section of the website but are still within the "new releases for 2011" section which includes the re-releases. Does this mean they are due anytime now ? Enquirying minds and wallets need to know, although I only want the Seafire

[The Wooksta!]

I want the Valiant - 3 preferably - but although I don't have any interest in 48th, I'm tempted with a pair of the Seafires.

[The Wooksta!]

TBH, the reason I want the Seafires is that there's a pair of real ones in the Model Alliance book on Seafires.  One in NMF and another in the short lived scheme of EDSG over Sky with the low demarcation line.

[NARSES2]

and another in the short lived scheme of EDSG over Sky with the low demarcation line.

Always liked that scheme

[Radish]

I thought a French one would look nice

[The Wooksta!]

It's in the right colour - white.

[rallymodeller]

What about going the really wacky complete-rebuild route and doing the proposed V-1000 airliner? Valiant wings and tail and completely new airliner fuselage?

BTW, is it just me or do the PRU-variant profiles look almost exactly as if someone stuck B-47 wings on a Valiant?