1/144 V-Bombers in Anti Flash white - CTA Decals

 

1/144 V-Bombers in Anti Flash white - CTA Decals

UPD: Decal was reborn - now this is silkscreen print. And available for orders!

Well, after all, I roll out new decal. This for V-Bombers fans. Almost all 1/144 kits of Valiant, Vulcan, Victor were released without Anti-flash markings. But now, this problem solved.

Decal include next markings:

Vickers Valiant B(K)Mk.1 XD818, No.49 Squadron. Operation Grapple. First drop Hydrogen Bomb. Malden Island, South Pacific, 15 May 1957.

Vickers Valiant B.1 WZ401, No.207 Squadron. RAF Marham, flown by W/Cdr A D Dick, AFC. November 1963.

Avro Vulcan B.2 XH562, No.35 Squadron. RAF, 1962.

Avro Vulcan B.2 XM570, No.27 Squadron. RAF Scampton, 1963.

Handley Page Victor B.Mk.2 XL158, No.139 Squadron. RAF Wittering, early 1960s.

Handley Page Victor B.Mk.2 XM715, No.100 Squadron. RAF Wittering, April 1963.

Ref:  CTA-002

Available direct (or usual stockists) = $16

https://ctamodels.com/v-bombers-in-anti-flash-white?s=09

1/144 RAF Sentinel Tugmaster tractor (V-bomber support series) - Aircraft in Miniature (AIM)

 

1/144 RAF Sentinel Tugmaster tractor (V-bomber support series) - Aircraft in Miniature (AIM)

3D printed resin, new design - printed as a single piece.

Manufacturer: AIM - Ground Equipment 

Code Number:GE144050
Scale:1:144
Item type: Diorama accessories (resin)
Price:£14.40
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/GE144050
http://www.aim72.co.uk/page71.html

1/144 RAF Type W "Wendy" Loader.

Manufacturer: AIM - Ground Equipment
Code Number:GE144100
Scale:1:144
Item type: Diorama accessories
Price:£14.40
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/GE144100
http://www.aim72.co.uk/page71.html

1/144 Avro Vulcan B.2 with Blue Steel Missile - Pit-Road

1/144  Avro Vulcan B.2 with Blue Steel - Pit-Road

A reissue of the Pit-Road Avro Vulcan with  additional parts:

· New parts:
    - nose tip,
    - vertical tail wing upper end,
    - Blue Steel 'air-to-ground' nuclear stand-off missile

· decal:
     - The Famous 617 Squadron ('Dambusters'), Based at  Scampton Air Force Base 1962, and
     -  1x other scheme  (it should be for RAF unit, 4 JSTU - to be confirmed?)

· 1 display unit with display stand

Est shipping: November 2018
Est price: 3,900 yen / £25GBP

Source(s):
http://pit-road.jp/?p=18384
https://hlj.com/product/PITSN-22/Air

So the dilemma here would be - do you grab this on release from Japan, or wait and see if Great Wall Hobbies(GWH) release a cheaper version for sale outside of Japan?

The Avro Vulcan (later Hawker Siddeley Vulcan[2] from July 1963)[3] is a jet-powered tailless delta wing high-altitude strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe and Company (Avro) designed the Vulcan in response to Specification B.35/46. Of the three V bombers produced, the Vulcan was considered the most technically advanced and hence the riskiest option. Several scale aircraft, designated Avro 707, were produced to test and refine the delta wing design principles.

The Vulcan B.1 was first delivered to the RAF in 1956; deliveries of the improved Vulcan B.2 started in 1960. The B.2 featured more powerful engines, a larger wing, an improved electrical system and electronic countermeasures (ECM); many were modified to accept the Blue Steel missile. As a part of the V-force, the Vulcan was the backbone of the United Kingdom's airborne nuclear deterrent during much of the Cold War. Although the Vulcan was typically armed with nuclear weapons, it was capable of conventional bombing missions, a capability which was used in Operation Black Buck during the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina in 1982.

The Vulcan had no defensive weaponry, initially relying upon high-speed high-altitude flight to evade interception. Electronic countermeasures were employed by the B.1 (designated B.1A) and B.2 from circa 1960. A change to low-level tactics was made in the mid-1960s. In the mid-1970s nine Vulcans were adapted for maritime radar reconnaissance operations, redesignated as B.2 (MRR). In the final years of service six Vulcans were converted to the K.2 tanker configuration for aerial refuelling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan

The Avro Blue Steel was a British air-launched, rocket-propelled nuclear armed standoff missile, built to arm the V bomber force. It allowed the bomber to launch the missile against its target while still outside the range of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). The missile proceeded to the target at speeds up to Mach 3, and would trigger within 100 m of the pre-defined target point.

Blue Steel entered service in 1963, by which point improved SAMs with longer range had greatly eroded the advantages of the design. A longer-range version, Blue Steel II, was considered, but cancelled in favour of the much longer-range GAM-87 Skybolt system from the US. When development of that system was cancelled in 1962, the V-bomber fleet was considered highly vulnerable. Blue Steel remained the primary British nuclear deterrent weapon until the Royal Navy started operating Polaris ballistic missiles from Resolution-class submarines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Steel_(missile)

1/144 Vickers VC-10 K4 Type 1170 tanker - Roden

1/144 Vickers VC-10 K4 Type 1170 tanker - Roden  Vickers 

The Vickers VC10 Airliner was designed in the late 1950's and its first flight was on the 29th June 1962.The aircraft was designed for long haul and transatlantic flights and was capable of Hot & High operations on the African routes It held several sub-sonic speed records on the Transatlantic routes only beaten by Concord. The VC10 was held in very high regard by both Crew and the passengers who flew on it.

The other airframes gained a perhaps less glamorous, but nevertheless a very important role - the Royal Air Force's Avro Vulcan strategic bombers needed air refueling when conducting long distance missions, and the VC10 was very suitable for this role, especially considering its high speed and impressive endurance. In the late 1970s, tankers of the C Mk 1 Ks and K3 modifications entered into service with the Royal Air Force, and in the early 1990s, immediately after Operation Desert Storm and the withdrawal of the Handley Page Victor refueler from structure of the Air Force, for the role of air tanker five former passenger VC10s were converted, and designated the K4. Compared with their predecessor the K3, as well as in the K2 version, the fuselage fuel tanks were absent. Visually, the K4 differed from the K3 in lacking the broad side door in the front part of the fuselage due to
having no need to replace the fuselage’s fuel tanks. Overall, the conversion to the K4 variant was undertaken on five former passenger airliners.

VC10 K4 type 1170 Super VC 10 K4, Bruntingthorpe, UK early 2010
http://www.roden.eu/HTML/328.htm


Available: May 2016
Cost;  @ 30GBP

1/144 DOUGLAS GAM-87 SKYBOLT MISSILE Conversions Set - AIM

1/144 DOUGLAS GAM-87 SKYBOLT MISSILE Conversions Set - AIM
The Douglas GAM-87 Skybolt (AGM-48 under the 1962 Tri-service system) was an air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM), equipped with a thermonuclear warhead, developed by the United States during the late 1950s. The UK joined the program in 1960, intending to use it on their V bomber force. A series of test failures and the development of submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) eventually led to its cancellation in December 1962.[1] The UK had decided to base its entire 1960s deterrent force on Skybolt, and its cancellation led to a major disagreement between the UK and US, known today as the "Skybolt Crisis". This was resolved during a series of meetings that led to the Royal Navy gaining the UGM-27 Polaris missile and construction of the Resolution-class submarines to launch them.  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAM-87_Skybolt)

Designed for use on Vulcan kits, could be used for B-52s??

The conversion set consists of:
                        - Two Douglas Skybolt missiles
                        - Two tailcones for the missiles
                        - Two pylons
                        - A set of waterslide decals.

http://www.aim72.co.uk/page186.html

1/144 Ground Support Equipment V-Bombers - Aircraft in Miniature (AIM)

1/144 Ground Support Equipment V-Bombers - Aircraft in Miniature (AIM)

A useful set of accessories to support all the v=bomber kits that have been coming on stream!
The AIM site is well worth a look around, and they have some interesting items coming up that I hope they also do in 1/144.

GROUND EQUIPMENT V-BOMBER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT RAF 60 kva GROUND POWER UNIT (GPU)

GROUND EQUIPMENT V-BOMBER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT VULCAN TOW BAR
GROUND EQUIPMENT V-BOMBER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT VALIANT TOW BAR
GROUND EQUIPMENT V-BOMBER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT VICTOR TOW BAR - Air Transportable
GROUND EQUIPMENT V-BOMBER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT VICTOR TOW BAR - Non-transportable

GROUND EQUIPMENT RAF MD300 Tractor

GROUND EQUIPMENT Liquid Oxygen (LOX) Cart

GROUND EQUIPMENT Airfield Radar Scanner
GROUND EQUIPMENT 7’ WINDSOCK

See : http://www.aim72.co.uk/page71.html

1/144 Handley Page Victor by Pit-Road

1/144 Handley Page Victor by Pit-Road

It has been some time since Pit-Roads Avro Vulcan releases, now they are to release the Victor!
Time to build/sell your Anigrand Victor and get set for a nice looking injected plastic kit...
http://pitroad.s232.xrea.com/newitem/index.php?itemid=2546
In due course as per Pit-Roads Vulcan release, I would expect a Bomber and Fuel Tanker versions?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Victor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_bomber

1/144 Vulcan Vulcan B.Mk.2

1/144 Vulcan  Vulcan B.Mk.2 - By FUNDEKAL

Avro's mighty Vulcan was the mainstay of the RAF's V-Bomber force through out the 1960s and '70s. With the retirement of the Valiant and the conversion of most Victors to the tanker role, the Vulcan soldiered on, both as a freefall bomber and with the Blue Steel standoff missile. At the very end of her career, the Vulcan was called on to drop bombs in anger for the first and only time during the Falklands War in 1982, albeit not the nuclear weapons envisioned when she was designed. The Vulcan will forever be the symbol of the RAF's deterrent force in those crucial two decades of the Cold War.

Our decal sheet will allow you to build virtually any Vulcan B.Mk.2 that ever flew. We have provided full stencil data and national insignias for both the anti-flash white scheme and the later camouflage schemes. Multiple variations on several squadron badges are provided, as are several non-standard 'zaps'.

Designed for use with Pit-Road/GWH kits, though should be compatible with Wolfpack, Welsh Models and Anigrand Vulcans.

Available now: http://www.fundekals.com/vulcan.html

Comprehensive placement instructions:
http://www.fundekals.com/images/Vulcan/VulcanInstFINAL.pdf (17mb)

There is a review at Hyperscale: http://www.hyperscale.com./2013/reviews/decals/fundekalspreview_4.htm

1/144 Vulcan B.2 'Black Buck' - Pit Road

1/144 Vulcan B.2 - Pit Road
Not content with releasing the excellent TSR.2 kit, Pit Road are paying further homage to the British Cold War Warriors. The Vulcan B.2 is getting the Pit-Road treatment, so clear your desk of that Anigrand resin and book a place in the build line for the Pit Road injection Kit....
http://pitroad.s232.xrea.com/newitem/index.php?itemid=2082

Ok, so that not strictly true, this kit is configured for the 1982 "Black Buck' Falklands raids by the British Vulcan(s) (there was a spare) supported by the Victor Tanker Fleet, this late model will be provided by all new tooling, and will feature ECM pods and 'Shrike' anti-radar missiles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck

Price: TBC
Release: TBC