The Empire Strikes Back - VC10 K3 ZA149 - ** FINISHED **

[JamesPerrin]

Glad to see you haven't lost heart despite the set backs 'cos it's going to look great when finished.

[iggie]

Nice job of repainting, and I'm sure the white glue will do the job on the cargo door area.

This really is getting to look a great build!

[DavidWomby]

I'm declaring this one done (in the nick of time!). I had a lot of luck with the decals and antennas going on relatively easily today.

The decals are a judicious mix of Airfix and Liveries Unlimited with the cockpit and freight door coming from the AHS sheet. A couple of tiny ones were homemade including the NACA duct at the base of the fin as Frog didn't mould one in. The freight door is a bit too stark but I can live with it and I decided not to push my luck and omitted the wing walkways as, historically, I do not have much luck with long thin strips of decals. The door passenger door frames are probably the wrong colour too but I wanted to use them as the fuselage would look very bare without them.

The VC-10 is the most gorgeously elegant airliner ever IMHO and certainly did its part in Operation Granby.













There's a few things I'd have done better if I wasn't trying to meet a GB deadline but, on the whole, I am very pleased with this one and without the GB, it probably wouldn't have been built for years, if ever!

Thanks for all the support throughout.

David

[philp]

It looks great.

[Clashcityrocker]

Looks suitably elegant. Well done.

Nigel

[Purplethistle]

Sweet finish Boss!
I have to admit that thought that kit was irretrievably pigs ear-ish, but you've worked wonders there.

[MarkyM607]

Absolutely amazing, beautiful work.

[splash]

Most impressive work, you have made a very, very , very old kit into a work of art, well done.

I only ever flew a couple of times in an RAF VC10. I still think they were one of the most attractive and comfortable airliners ever built (even though the RAF did fit all the passenger seats facing rearwards)

[iggie]

Beautiful work; as said, such a graceful and elegant aircraft, in any scheme....and a pity they'll not be seen in the air again

Great work to produce such a great build

[MDT]

Beautiful finish! Captured the grace of real plane.

[CammNut]

Simply smashing. A beauty, well modelled.

[DavidWomby]

Thank you, everyone.

David

[Molly-new]

Excellent work, well worth battling through all the problems it threw at you.