Tag: Vickers
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Vickers Delta Mk III – Part Five – Not Quite Ubiquitous
I realised that this Delta is the third example of this aircraft to come from the Little Workshop. I am horrified to realise that it may not be the last. If I continue at this rate I will be as guilty as the man with eight Fieseler Storchs… This state of affairs is, as usual,…
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Vickers Delta Mk III – Part Three – MX-B
That book is a gem. It’s got MX-B both as a profile drawing and in actual photographs. It’s also got photos of their base in British Columbia – perhaps I’ll build a seaplane base one day. For now, MX-B will feature in the Coastal Command hall in the Air World museum. Its colour is a…
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Vickers Delta Mk III – Part Two – A Sensible Cockpit
I wonder why the designers of the Vickers Delta Mk III kit in The Czech Republic resisted the temptation to put photo-etch brass and resin castings in the kit? Perhaps they relegated this on to the apprentice with instructions to make it simple. if so, I am grateful. The interior parts were sturdy enough to…
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Vickers Delta Mk III – Part One – One From the Book
Never pass by a book on a shelf. This may make you a menace in the public library, but trust me that your modelling will improve. I found a copy of ” Canadian Aircraft Of WW II ” in the now-defunct Hylands bookshop in Melbourne. There were multiple copies of what must have been a…
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