Friday, August 24, 2012

1/144 Vickers Valiant B Mk.I - Amercom


1/144 Vickers Valiant B Mk.I - Amercom
Well now, you wait for years dreaming of the V-Bomber fleet and then they come flying at you from all angles.......

First of the V-Bombers to drop bombs in anger, first of the v-bombers to drop an atomic bomb (testing) and subsequently the first operation in flight refueling tankers...

And if you wish to recreated a classic cold war image of a V-Bomber Force airfield surrounded by Bloodhound SAMs (you will make Matti's day!)
http://www.shapeways.com/model/619125/1-144-bloodhound-with-launcher.html

In case you need reminding of the history of this fine looking aircraft:
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/valiant/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Valiant

The sole surviving example can be found here at RAF Cosford (somewhere I have photos!)
http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/explore/aircraft.cfm?aircraft=Vickers%20Valiant%20B1


It's not on the main Amercom Website yet, but it should show here soon:
http://amercom.com.pl/59-latajace-fortece?orderby=name&orderway=desc
Thanks to the Miniwojna Blogspot for the image.

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