Voodoo F.1

[Devilfish]

With the release of the 1957 White Paper banning all future aircraft production, the RAF were left with a few squadrons of Lightning to defend the coastline from marauding Soviet bombers.  Slowly the intruders got bolder and bolder, knowing that the Lightnings only had a very limited endurance.  After a very close call where a Bear flew literally over the coast of Scotland, it was decided that a longer range, and heavier armed interceptor was needed.  The Treasury didn't want to back down and spend money though, and as no British designs were even on the drawing board, the RAF turned to the USA.

The US offered a batch of 8 second hand F-101Bs, for a reasonable price. 

These aircraft were modified with Martin Baker seats, a nose mounted IFR probe, and some UK sourced avionics.  Because the Red Top would not fit inside the rotating weapons bay, this was modified to carry only a pair of Genie nuclear unguided missiles. Pylons were fitted to the wings for Red Top missiles.  The normal compliment being one IR and one radar guided.

111 Sqn became the sole operator of the Voodoo F.1, and flew them into the mid 1970's until they were replaced with a home grown design.

Kit is the Monogram 1/48 F-101B Voodoo.
Annoyingly, the weapons bay worked perfectly until the Genies were added. They then fouled the edge, stopping it from rotating fully....

20211026_212658 by Paul Carter, on Flickr
20211026_212702 by Paul Carter, on Flickr
20211026_212716 by Paul Carter, on Flickr
20211026_212736 by Paul Carter, on Flickr
20211026_212745 by Paul Carter, on Flickr

[kitbasher]

 

You can never have too many two-seat Voodoos.

[AeroplaneDriver]

Oh man, that's gorgeous!   

Always loved the Voodoo.

[Old Wombat]

Voodoo looks good in those colours & you've done a great job of the build!

Maybe remove the Genies & "trim" them down a bit with some careful sanding?

[Pellson]

You can never have too many two-seat Voodoos.

2nd that, and this one is beautiful! That IFR probe really makes things much more interesting. 

[PR19_Kit]

I could see that happening too, such was the mind set of the times.

Cracking model! 

[NARSES2]

That's come out really well 

[Nick]

Phwoar! That looks the part. 

[Captain Canada]

Nice one ! She sure does look right at home in those colours.

[AndrewF]

Excellent work.

[The Rat]

You dood that Voodoo that you dood so well! 

[Wardukw]

Funny thing..the Voodoo looks far better in RAF colours than in any other cammo tjat ive seen and this one is surpurb.
Absolutely wonderful build 

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice. A friend of mine did a Luftwaffe Voodoo (same kit) in the Phantons' Norm '72 splinter scheme, with similar colors. This works suprisingly well on the big bird.

[su27rules]

Very nice.

[zenrat]

You can never have too many two-seat Voodoos.

2nd that, and this one is beautiful! That IFR probe really makes things much more interesting. 

Single seaters (F's, not RF's) look better IMO.  This is an excellent build though, albeit in the wrong scale.