Well actually it's a Hendley Page Victor according to the small slim box that was standard for all Lincoln/Kader releases. Like the rest this is box scale. I reckon, assuming it has a B1 wing span, that it's about 1/149 scale, so won't look out of place next to my 1/144 Welsh Model kit.
As to what it exactly represents I think it's a bit of a mash between the prototype (short nose) and a B1 (no intake at base of fin). The most glaring issue is the intakes and very blunt wing roots. Extending these and reshaping them would make it even more apparently a prototype as the wing roots were pretty close to the crew door. The other gross simplification is the exhausts as there are none are such and drilling these out and adding some tube will enhance things greatly.
The good new is that the parts fit together well. I trimmed of the sprue attachment marks and taped it all together.
This is what it is, a simple box scale kit that gives you the basic Victor shape, sure you could go to town and correct every issue but that then makes a simple kit a complicated one, which is kind of missing the point. Knocking this out in the prototype's distinctive black and silver livery will give you a nice little desk model.
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Re: Kader (Lincoln) Handley Page Victor
Nice review of what will make great desk model in the prototype colours, James.
I actually extended the nose as you suggest but on a Lindberg 1/96 one to make it a B1 (or at least close to one).
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I actually extended the nose as you suggest but on a Lindberg 1/96 one to make it a B1 (or at least close to one).
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Re: Kader (Lincoln) Handley Page Victor
At least you can't mistake where they want you to put the markings. I recall one of my brothers having a Lincoln kit of this about 50 years ago before I'd got into modelling. This is a real blast from the past.
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Interesting stuff - thanks for sharing, James!
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Re: Kader (Lincoln) Handley Page Victor
As every kit deserves to be built (are you listening up there in the loft) something of that age and rareity should be built straight from the box imho
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Take it back for a refund - it clearly says "No cutting" and "No sanding" on the box.JamesPerrin wrote:I trimmed of the sprue attachment marks
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