WOW…Thanks for this Gary. The Valiant is the last of my “V” bombers to build. I think I'm going to tackle this one next.

My Dad worked on the valiants and I bought him a model like this (pre made) to help reminisce (he had dementia by then) I wish I had your skill to complete one of these myself

Not forgotten by me, anyway! When I was a nipper I had a poster of the three V-bombers: Valiant, Victor and Vulcan on my bedroom wall (early 1960's).

Just bought this and looking forward to watching this again to help me out!!

Probably a unpopular opinion but the valiant is my favorite out of the three.

Another great build and teaching us minions who only just started the modelling bug. Thank you

I've always had a fondness for these old V series jets. Nice model and well built!

Hi gary I just taken advantage of hornby offer of the 3 V bombers package for £149.99 plus with my club discount I got the 3 for £134,99 now that's worth being a member of the club. Loved the video of you building the Valiant.

My grandfather was actually at Christmas Island during Operation Grapple, part of the Royal Engineers who helped build runways and infrasturucture there. Ive met more of the Nuclear Veterans as they are called, which means they would have seen this actual aircraft. I think I might have to build this now!

Another great kit from you great job👍👍

I built this model last Christmas and it was a really good kit and it was fun building. It is still in one piece now

Your videos are so easy to watch and I find them very relaxing!! Loved this valiant build, top stuff 👍

Arrrgh! just got the feeling (ache more like!) I got with the Airfix Stirling in 1968. cant thank you enough mate. Tony Bowden

Just about to start the build and after watching your video I feel more confident about tackling this wonderful plane.

The reason for the lighter roundels etc was it was thought that if the aircraft was caught in a flash from an atomic blast ordinary markings would burn through so the idea was to use a lighter hue for the markings to minimise this ,it sad to that her service life was cut short due to fatigue once they switched to low level ,ironically the one and only B2 valiant was designed for this kind of attack that aircraft was finished in all over gloss black had a bogie main under carriage that folded into wing nacelles and was called the pathfinder but only one built , Watching this again Gary All the best Mark 🎅🏼👍🏻😊

Lovely job, Gary! A very imposing model indeed. 👍🏻👏🏻

That looks dead smart!

Very nicely done, both video and kit.

One of the things I really appreciate is that you don't use too much of rather expensive extra "stuff " and it's really helping me. Just back in to models at the age of 62 and its really easy to spend a small fortune on stuff that I probably wouldn't use much. Thanks for all the great videos 👍

Perfect work 👍

Thank you. Very useful video.

Thanks for the review and built. The Valiant has been on my wish list for a while since I missed out on the initial release.

Beautiful work 👍

excellent build , well done

Great stuff, I built the 2011 release. Its a great kit and you've done a great job.

Fantastic build Gary! 👌👏👏 love the finish you've achieved, looks the biz! I've got the v bomber bundle in my stash, ready for my retirement! 😂 Only another 20 years! Loving watching all your old videos and seeing how your channel has changed since you started. I do like the format you are using at present as it means there's plenty of videos to look forward to every week!

Great!!Love your videos....greetings from germany

Really like your style of (building,shooting) video! Getting back into it, picking up some great tips! Never really done a lot of painting was young when I last did any. Thanks for making the videos!

That wzx a great build there sir, if only the RAF could go back to the 'golden days' of their big aircraft.

Great build! 👍🏻

Superb just superb again 🇬🇧

Brilliant model!

Another very, very, interesting aeroplane

Superb

New subscriber, very nice build. I liked your "committee decision" comment. I have taken the liberty of including it in my list of enlightening quotes. 👍

Thank you, Gary, I enjoyed that. Regarding the panel lines, I'm sure you'll have tried oil paint thinned with white spirit but if you've not, it works a treat over gloss coat or Future or whatever. Black is stark though so maybe a grey would work better. And a bit of wet n dry wrapped around a piece of dowel would thin the jet tubes nicely.

Nice!.. thanks mate✈️🇳🇿👍

Oh, gosh darn, you’re making me want to build a Valiant! Nice job. I was told she was a good kit and now I regret not getting it earlier. I read somewhere that when the RAF initially went to the anti-flash white, a boffin worked out that the darker red and blue stencils and roundels would have acted like a neat cookie-cutter when a nuke lit up. They very quickly diluted their colour.

She's beautiful fella.........Merry Christmas...............

Superb video with some great tips , Ordinary Chap . I have yet to get the Valiant ( and the HP Victor ) , but have built Three variants of the Airfix Vulcan 1/72 over the years Maybe I should have Built the Valiant First , as my father in law worked on them at Wisley and Brooklands , LOL . Served on Vulcans During my service days . I hope You get to make The Vulcan . The kit has changed a bit in it's latest issue . Here is my first effort after being trodden on made in about 1995 . Now on the ceiling for safety . Some parts missing . I think the cat ate the , Blue steel Missile . lol .

One model I need to get

The paler the colour on the decals the easier it is for the paint to disperse heat from flash

Nice done! Why I never watch Your channel before? I give You only one advice - be careful with ejector pin marks in places like engines intakes, it appears to be visible. ;) But final result is still very good! All the best for You! ;) PS: great idea with that reversed clamps, I must remember this! ;)

nice tip on the rear cockpit section. I'd paint behind the bomb aimer with black or something dark... You're a quicker builder then me (I tend to use back basing for depth and contrast, and spray more), but I do like someone who's not obsessed with super perfection!! I love my airfix kits - it's nice to see something other than F-4bs, bf109 and spitfires!!

16:47 I think that must be a first, I've never seen creep mark decals before. A very impressive build although I do have a question...where do you put all your models ???!!! I'm constantly on the hunt for display room.

Noice!!!!!

The PR option would have been painted, not bare metal - probably High Speed Silver, which was the standard RAF silver/aluminium colour at the time.

How do you do the window mask so good I struggle to do it

Just purchased this kit to revive my model building interests many years ago. I was on Christmas Island 1958 and watched 3 hydrogen bombs dropped by this aircraft. At the time it was always mentioned that the aircraft used for the tests always had the black patch under the nose as shown on the box picture. I note that there is a black patch in the decals, could this be for this purpose? Enjoyed your build my only fear is trying to get a nice gloss white finish.

lovely build chap. jusy wondering what metallic paints do you use?

I would love one of these or a Victor but for about £50, is it worth it? Great build

As for sawing the tail off, probably because the Grapple aircraft had a camera fit in the tail and it was a different shape/length?

I often wonder why Airfix don't make their instrument panel decals a bit more photo-realistic.

What paint did you use to brush paint the aluminium? Thanks.

Atomic white .

If you cant see it when you have finished, why spend the time doing the work on interior stuff???

How did the navigators do celestial navigation in these, I wonder? That hemispere on the rear cockpit roof isn't some kind of sextant housing, is it? Worth remembering - they didn't give the backseaters ejector seats because they weren't sure if they'd work facing backwards. Martin-Baker demonstrated yes, they work just fine facing backwards, but the UK govt decided it wasn't worth retrofitting. A Vulcan ditched in the Irish Sea with all hands as the pilots declined to eject and leave their crew to die, and the UK govt then spent more money recovering the wreckage than it would've cost to do the retrofit. Horrific decisionmaking from the top.

The black panel lines do not look very well, some of the lines are wry or not completely filled with paint. Tamiya panel line accent color would have been a good choice. "Banggood " in the United States offers a special panel line accent pen. Otherwise a well built model...

A beautiful build! I love all the V-bombers in the original anti-flash white. I really appreciate the useful tips, too, as I've got the model in my stash and I'm itching to build it.