Vickers VC-10 Superb

[Hobbes]

in 1965, BAC proposed a double-decker version of the VC-10. This would mate a new fuselage with the Super VC-10 wing and tail unit, and RB.178 Super Conway engines of 27,500 lb thrust. Capacity would be 265-286 seats. 
The new fuselage would have as much commonality with the VC-10 as possible, e.g. the fuselage sides of the lower bubble would be identical to the VC-10 ones.
This version would have had better economics than the VC-10 (the wing which was overkill for the VC-10 came into its own here).

Source material: Stuck on the drawing board, Project Cancelled, the VC-10 Superb brochure, 2x Roden VC-10

[strobez]

Oh, you bet I'm keeping my eye on this one. I love it already.  What's the size of this baby?

[Hobbes]

Fuselage length is 37 cm. Scale 1/144.

[AS.12]

Curiously enough, a few days I ago I was comparing the VC-10 with the 757 and 767.  It actually comes in marginally heavier than the original 767-200 ( 147 versus 136 tonnes MTOW ) but has about 80 sq ft less wing area than the 767.  Aspect ratio is also lower for the VC-10, 7.4 versus 8.0.

And even the 707-320 only had 40 sq ft less than the VC-10.  I do wonder sometimes if the hot and high 'compromises' are exaggerated in order to cover for the fact that it just couldn't compete with the Boeing marketing machine.

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[63cpe]

Oh........my............God...........Hobbes. This is a real frankenstein project! It's going to be lots of PSR....But it sure will pay off. Can't wait to see it finished...

[kitnut617]

This has got to be done in 1/72   

[loupgarou]

What brand of putty are you  using?
I will buy some shares of the society. 

[PR19_Kit]

TWO Roden Super VC10s? 

You must have a very friendly bank manager.......... 

That looks a pretty complex build, best of luck with it.

[TheChronicOne]

Good Lord!!       This looks nutty, I love it. 

[NARSES2]

Looking forward to this

[Hobbes]

Curiously enough, a few days I ago I was comparing the VC-10 with the 757 and 767.  It actually comes in marginally heavier than the original 767-200 ( 147 versus 136 tonnes MTOW ) but has about 80 sq ft less wing area than the 767.  Aspect ratio is also lower for the VC-10, 7.4 versus 8.0.

And even the 707-320 only had 40 sq ft less than the VC-10.  I do wonder sometimes if the hot and high 'compromises' are exaggerated in order to cover for the fact that it just couldn't compete with the Boeing marketing machine.

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Cost estimate from the brochure:

[Hobbes]

I've more or less finished this (and I got it done in time for Telford). There are a few items I still need to sort out (the decals need repairs).







Another set of RB.178 engines (same basic design I used for the Jet Belfast, now in side-by-side configuration):





Next to a standard VC-10 (the RB.211 test bed G-AXLR, based on the Airfix kit), you can see it's much longer. If you look back at the photos at the start of this thread, I hacked up the Roden kit (which is a Super VC-10) and inserted 2 fuselage sections, totaling 17 windows.

[Tophe]

nice double-deck model, congratulations!

[63cpe]

Lovely! What a great model!

[PR19_Kit]

REALLY impressive work there Harro.