They are. The model goes together well and even withstood being dropped (had to rework the nose gear, but all successful.

Fixed that at the other end. Couple pieces of Evergreen strip.

Finally it’s starting to look like a Victor. The engineering on this kit is really something. The white strips under the intakes are just Evergreen strips I added to give the splitter plates something to hold onto. I found a fair chunk of time to work on this along with a couple other projects this week.

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Fantastic, John - it just gets better (and bigger!) with every update. As you say, the Victor is emerging now - absolutely top notch!

The Whitley Mk.VII is finished, photographed, and sitting on the shelf next to its Mk.V brother. That means it’s time to finish the Victor! I finished installing the photo etch on the airbrakes today. I use PE sparingly but think the Eduard set adds a lot to the Victor’s prominent airbrakes. It’s time to start masking.

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REALLY nicely done so far, John. This is such a cool and interesting aircraft.

Now I’ve installed the clear parts, the refueling probe, the exhaust fairings and the famous “Koschmann’s Carrots”. The carrots are the large fairings on the trailing edge of the wings which were devised by an RAF engineer to improve the plane’s aerodynamics at high speed. Even today, this is such a futuristic looking aircraft. I hit it with some primer to check the seams and discovered a few issues which I’ll address tommorow. I’ve also started work on the landing gear and Blue Steel missle. Getting close to paint time.

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