On this page, there are reference photos for building Vulcan models. Some are my own, some are public domain images from Wikimedia Commons and some are from other sources, credited as required by the copyright holder. If you have any you would like to add, please contact me through the contact page. If I have made an error in crediting an image or mistaken it for public domain, please contact me and it will be sorted.
Here are some subpages with larger collections of photos of specific aircraft
More coming as images are submitted
Full aircraft
XH558 in flight
XA900 at Cosford, partially restored. This was the last intact Vulcan B1 but was later scrapped - Wikimedia Commons
XL361 in September 1973 - Wikimedia Commons
XL319, N.E.L.S.A.M., Sunderland - Adam Poultney
Three Avro Vulcan b1s in formation, note that these have full shade Type D roundels as was standard on the B1 variant, not the later pale ones. Source : MOD - Licence
XH558 Landing,1992
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XM575 in wrap around camouflage at the East Midlands Aeropark, August 2013 - wikimedia commons
XJ823 - insta: @Highland_Scale_Models
XL425 in August 1973 - Wikimedia Commons
Vulcan B1 XA890 with the original pure delta wing in September 1955- Wikimedia Commons
XH558 in flight
XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
XL426- insta: @Airbrushed_military_modeller
Olympus 201 equipped XL360 at the Midlands Air Museum - Adam Poultney
Olympus 301 equipped XM598 at the RAF Museum, Cosford- Adam Poultney
Engine jetpipes
Olympus 301 equipped XM598 at the RAF Museum, Cosford- Adam Poultney
Olympus 201 equipped XL319 at the N.E.L.S.A.M., Sunderland - Adam Poultney
Olympus 301 equipped XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
Right side ECM plate, XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford. These were painted silver on white (and camouflage over a white undersurface) aircraft- Rhys Jones-Ager
Landing gear and wheel wells
XL360 at the Midlands Air Museum - Adam Poultney
XL319 at the N.E.L.S.A.M., Sunderland - Adam Poultney
XL319 at the N.E.L.S.A.M., Sunderland - Adam Poultney
XL319 main gear wheel well at the N.E.L.S.A.M., Sunderland - Adam Poultney
XL360 at the Midlands Air Museum - Adam Poultney
XJ823 - insta: @Gecc_Aviator
XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
Unique to XH558, 'Airbus' is written on the inside of the main gear doors - Adam Poultney
XM594 - Adam Poultney
Nose and cockpit
Cockpit of XL319 at the N.E.L.S.A.M., Sunderland in June 2015 - Wikimedia Commons
XH558 at an airshow in the early 2010s, note the smooth nose profile without the TFR blister
XL360 at the Midlands Air Museum, Coventry. Note the aditional markings and strips to prevent water damage that were added after the aircraft's retirement. Also visible is the TFR blister on the nose - Adam Poultney
XL360 at the Midlands Air Museum, Coventry - Adam Poultney
XL319 at the N.E.L.S.A.M., Sunderland. This is the only complete Vulcan currently painted in full shade type D roundels, XM603 has the pale version - Adam Poultney
XL360 at the Midlands Air Museum, Coventry - Adam Poultney
XM602 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
XM602 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
XM602 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
XL360 at the Midlands Air Museum, Coventry - Adam Poultney
XJ823 - insta: @Gecc_Aviator
XL360 TFR Blister - Adam Poultney
XJ823 - insta: @Gecc_Aviator
XJ823 - insta: @Gecc_Aviator
XM602 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
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XL426- insta: @Airbrushed_military_modeller
XL426- insta: @Airbrushed_military_modeller
XM594 - Adam Poultney
Tail and tailcone
XL360 at the Midlands Air Museum, showing the RWR fairing and ECM tailcone with its air scoop. The dielectric panels are painted in an incorrect shade and spikes to deter birds have been added to the tail - Adam Poultney
XH558's tailcone which lacks the air scoop which was removed in 1982 when being converted to a K2
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XA900's tail, lacking serials. All Vulcan B1s had the smooth tailcap with no RWR fairing, and B2s were originally equipped with this. Some early Vulcan B2s also shared the B1 tailcone and rudder- Wikimedia Commons
The tail of XH560, a Vulcan K2 - Wikimedia Commons
XL319, N.E.L.S.A.M., Sunderland - Adam Poultney
XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
ECM tail air scoop on XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford - Rhys Jones-Ager
Bomb Bay (need more images)
XL426- insta: @Airbrushed_military_modeller
Fuel tank sometimes fitted in the bomb bay - Adam Poultney
Fuel tank sometimes fitted in the bomb bay - Adam Poultney
XH558 showing off the bomb bay at Waddington Airshow 2014 - Adam Poultney