Handley Page Victor Development & Projects

[hermankeil]

Rapidograph - Single 'Ought' (Gray band) tip for inking. Sometimes on photostated line art (had to have a light touch - sometimes the pen tip would dig into the emulsion which was pretty soft.)

And 85 line screen 35% Zip-a-tone sheets (and AMS Scrub). (With a sharp X-Acto number 11 blade.)

And shipfitter's curves. Because flexicurves were a little weird - there was a little 'give' when you released it and it didn't quite hold the curve.

Oh - and waxing vellums to the layout/pasteup board.

Rubylith and Amberlith.

And those very special blue pens and markers.

(memoirs of a former ink-stained wretch)

 

[hermankeil]

Flexicurve? Is that the same as a spline and ducks?

 

[aim9xray]

Sort of - defined as "A strip of flexible material that can be used for drawing curves, measuring posture, etc. " Unsually a bendable metal core with a plastic exterior. Think of it as a spline that would [mostly] hold its shape without the ducks.

 

[hermankeil]

Sort of - defined as "A strip of flexible material that can be used for drawing curves, measuring posture, etc. " Unsually a bendable metal core with a plastic exterior. Think of it as a spline that would [mostly] hold its shape without the ducks.

 

[hermankeil]

OK, I remember them now.

 

[CNH]

How about this?

 

[Michel Van]

How about this?

SIX ALBM ?
are they Skybold or British proposals ?

 

[Foo Fighter]

Or fantasy. Most likely.

 

[TsrJoe]

ref. 'Skybolt, at arms length', Nicholas Hill, Fonthill Media, 2019 (page 156)

an excellent volume which also includes further drawings of the proposed HP. Victor Skybolt 2, 4 & 6x installations as well as other UK. ALBM. studies (also a useful adjunct to Chris Gibson's 'Vulcan's Hammer' volume)

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Or fantasy. Most likely.

Not when the poster is CNH = C N Hill, author of 'Skybolt, at arms length'

 

[Foo Fighter]

Apologies folks, seen a lot of these and the number of fantasy pictures is huge. Quite sad really

 

[CNH]

Not forgetting:

 

[CJGibson]

Not fantasy, not HP, but Skybolt. Could carry eight Skybolt. I sincerely hope you're not suggesting CNH and I are 'fanboy' artists. We leave that to the Advanced Projects Departments of the companies.

Chris

 

[CNH]

And:

 

[blackkite]

Handley Page "heavies" family tree - Page 24 - Shipbucket

Please check page 19 to 25. I also recommend you to check every pages.

 

[blackkite]

Hi! Victor wing structure.

Handley Page Victor B.1 and 2 differences

www.britmodeller.com

 

[hesham]

From Aeroplane Monthly 1994-1.

 

[hesham]

From Aeroplane monthly 2009/7.

 

[blackkite]

Hi!
https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2020/06/18/handley-page-victor/

 

[aonestudio]

Last Handley Page Victor aircraft on display | Royal Air Force

The only remaining Handley Page Victor aircraft has been reassembled and displayed at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, following its five-year restoration.

www.raf.mod.uk

https://twitter.com/x/status/1522896821118554112

View: https://twitter.com/RoyalAirForce/status/1522896821118554112

 

[Hobbes]

I'm a bit puzzled by them referring to it as the 'last Victor'. Cosford has one, there's one at York, and Wikipedia mentions a third at Bruntingthorpe. I suppose they mean it's the last B.1 as the others are tankers...

 

[hesham]

From Aeroplane 1959.

 

[hesham]

From this one.

 

[hesham]

From Flight 1959.