Matchbox 1/72 Victor - 'I'm with you Lyle!'

[Stuart]

Having seen Lyles pain building the old Matchbox (or Revell in his case) H.P. Victor, I had to get one too in order to share in the fun...



I'll post some photos up later...

Cheers!

[LyleW]

Thanks, pal! I would have sent you mine, though. Now that the Goose is done, I may do a bit on this before getting back to the C-54.

[Stikpusher]

[Stuart]

Nah - you love it Lyle - admit it!

Well here's the kit I have..



...and here it is in it's multi-coloured glory!



I've never built a large MB kit before, so sufficed to say this hit the bench as soon as I got it through the post. I've SB'd a basic cockpit (I've actually sat in one of these things). There're no decals so I'll have to paint in some IP details, nothing major - bugger all will be seen through the windows anyway!



This should make a nice companion build for the Buccaneer(s)

Cheers!

[Medicman71]

[Stuart]

Haven't made much progress on this this week - been too busy working from home and trying to do some school work with my Autistic son... not easy. However it looks like my company is going to shut down over the next day or so and I'll be on Furlough for the duration - 80% pay... Not brilliant when you're a single income family (I notice the government hasn't stopped the bills!) but better than being unemployed.

SO I may have some more time on my hands....

Anyway - I finished the control yokes...

[Stikpusher]

80% pay is better than 0% pay...

Nice progress on the Victor! That looks like it had a busy flight deck area with all of those seats.

[Stuart]

Yes I should be thankful that when it happens, I'll at least still have an income (hopefully) and hopefully a job to come back to. I do feel for those that have lost their jobs because of all this.

The cockpit was pretty busy indeed, and pretty cramped! You have to feel for the three crew in the back, no ejection seats and the exit door is in front of the intakes!!!

[LyleW]

I feel pretty certain yours will far outshine my attempts. Watch when you assemble the main wing halves...I partially glued the slot for the outer panels closed. The three piece tail needs work, too. Oh, almost all wheels have flash. If you want to mask the hubs, they are about 1/4 of an inch... 0.23 inches or 5.842 mm.

[Stikpusher]

The cockpit was pretty busy indeed, and pretty cramped! You have to feel for the three crew in the back, no ejection seats and the exit door is in front of the intakes!!!

Wow, I was just reading about that after I read this. Victory or death. And from what I read, apparently it was a cost a force availability aspect that was used as an excuse for not correcting the situation. Martin Baker developed a viable system for the remaining crew members (at least on the Vulcan), but it was never funded and fielded. I’ll wager that one could have been developed for the Victor as well. Damn those politicians.