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Avro Lincoln

Updated RF555

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Could Virtavia please have a look at the H2S radome on model Virtavia Lincoln 2 ( the RF555 aircraft ). Compared to the radomes on the other models, it is very crude and low poly - maybe it got overlooked as the models were refined. It is particularly noticeable when viewed from head on. The other models' radomes are fine.

Also, can Virtavia please look at the pitch trim wheel in the VC - it rotates in the wrong direction when applying nose-up or nose-down trim.

Thank you.
 
 
I contacted support at Virtavia. It seems no further work is going to be done on the Lincoln, so the low-poly radome and trim wheel issues will remain. Rather a shame, because it's a good model of an unsung aircraft.

Okay, that's me out of here once more.
 
Yeah, I got the same reply. But it is still a great package and I find it very fun to take for cross country flights around the old bomber bases in the UK.

Next out is RA722 which spent her last years with the Central Signals Establishment at RAF Watton for ECM/Elint work. Good pictures of her at both Biggin Hill and RAF Gutersloh in 1960. Non standard black engine nacelles and green anti glare panel.

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Jens, I'll take that repaint please. I lived at RAF Watton as a boy, and for a long time two Lincolns lay dumped at the eastern end of the airfield. By sneaking under the fence we could go and play in them. It's quite possible that RA722 was one of those aircraft.

EDIT: Have you uploaded it anywhere ?
 
Interesting! A shame they did not think more about aircraft preservation in the 40's, 50's and 60's. Many aircraft types have been lost forever.

The file is not yet uploaded, but I have attached a copy here for you and others to try.


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Paul K said:
I contacted support at Virtavia. It seems no further work is going to be done on the Lincoln, so the low-poly radome and trim wheel issues will remain. Rather a shame, because it's a good model of an unsung aircraft.

Okay, that's me out of here once more.
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What a pity, I can only hope that Virtavia may reconsider an update at some point in the future like they did for their B-29. It seems a shame that one of the models is marred with a sub-standard radome when, as you say, the radome on other models seems ok. I know little about modelling but I would assume that the good radome model 'object' could cut and pasted to replace the sub-standard one. The financial/labour/personal constraints of supporting and updating a model after release must be daunting but I would hope a balance could be achieved. E.g. allow 3 months for customer feedback i.e. bug reports, decide what is achievable for the least amount of cost and time and provide an update. After that, sorry but no can do.

Of course, if you don't want to support, i.e. update, your product after release invest a bit more time and effort on beta testing. However, this incurs delays that hit on hoped for revenue. Catch 22 I suppose. Oh the joys of being a developer, who in their right mind would do it?

A big heartfelt "Thank You" to all those that do.

Taff
 
Paul K said:
I contacted support at Virtavia. It seems no further work is going to be done on the Lincoln, so the low-poly radome and trim wheel issues will remain. Rather a shame, because it's a good model of an unsung aircraft.....
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I am just wondering if it is the overall poly count (the poly count of the entire aircraft) that is the issue? If not.....well......

Tommy
 
I think the issue is more that the Lincoln seems to have a narrow customer base (even if the type has a very interesting history and the model itself is great) and that current sales don't justify more work on her. I understand that making these lesser known aircraft are a fine balance of input in resources and time and what they get back, and I think we as customers just have to live with that if we want to see these models. A bit sad as it is very close to the perfect Avro Lincoln representation. We can hope, but I'll not hold my breath.

For me the radar radome issue is not so much about being low poly, I can live with that, but that it has the wrong shape. As far as my research goes it looks like all of the big radome Lincoln had the saddle type radome and not the shape which is on the current model. I might we wrong of course. I believe Virtavia used the warpaint drawings and they have the wrong shape of the radome.

As an end note, I'm very happy that Virtavia continue with the tradition to bring forward some of the forgotten aircraft of the cold war, hopefully more people find these aircraft interesting as well.
 
JensOle said:
.....As an end note, I'm very happy that Virtavia continue with the tradition to bring forward some of the forgotten aircraft of the cold war, hopefully more people find these aircraft interesting as well.
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Yes, that is why AlphaSim / Virtavia has always been my number one stop over the years. Probably makes up 90% of the aircraft that I have purchased over the years.

Tommy
 
JensOle said:
As an end note, I'm very happy that Virtavia continue with the tradition to bring forward some of the forgotten aircraft of the cold war, hopefully more people find these aircraft interesting as well.
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I certainly agree with the subject, and also with the fact that this is an aircraft that is worth producing, however, for just a little extra effort it would have been excellent instead of average.
Despite my connection to the MR31 I'm not buying 'average', never have and never will.
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Wombat, there are nothing wrong with the RAAF models! The MR.31 has no problems. We have been talking about the RAF B.II model with the big radome. All of the models with the original radome are ok.
 
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