The Victor has been fairly well represented in plastic over the decades with early kits by Lindberg and Frog as well as Matchbox and more recently Anigrand. These kits were of various scales with the Anigrand resin kit being in the same scale as this kit; 1/144.

However, many modelers shy away from the price and perceived difficulty of resin kits so it is great that GWH has decided to produce this one in a more 'modeler friendly' material. It is also an appropriate scale for big aircraft like this as it will not overwhelm one's display area as will the larger Matchbox 1/72 kit.

The detailing on the kit is excellent, as one expects from a modern tooling. There are seven sprues of various sizes, one of which contains the clear bits. The fuselage is split horizontally and into it are placed the cockpit piece, nose gear well and the speed brake piece if one wishes to model this section open. 3.5 grams of weight is recommended to keep from tail sitting.

There are other bits to fit on the fuselage such as the rear avionics cooling scoops, refueling probe and a number of antennas. The tailplane is two pieces and slots onto the fin. Moving to the wings, there is a separate assembly for each wing that includes the engine intakes with compressor faces. This item is trapped between the upper and lower wing sections. Almost all Victors needed more fuel and so there are two wing mounted fuel tanks to install.

As mentioned earlier, one can pose the speed brakes open if one wishes. These were normally closed unless in use. A separate bomb bay door section is provided and there is no actual bomb bay. Landing gear are nicely done for this scale and the nose gear includes a mud/spray shield. Though the instructions show the gear down, from the look of things, those who like to mount their models in flight can do so simply by not installing the gear and gluing the doors in the closed position. New to this kit is, of course, the air refueling equipment. This is provided on two additional sprues which have the new bulged bomb bay, the rear hose assembly, the outer wing refueling pods and a few additional bits.

Instructions are well done with ten steps. No 'in work' color information is provided for things like the cockpit or the inner gear doors or landing gear legs. There is, however, a huge full color painting guide which indicates that the gear area and legs are silver. Markings are provided for four aircraft. Three of them are Gulf War 1 planes and while the instructions would have you paint them desert pink over FS 36622, that color information is incorrect. These planes were painted Hemp over Light Aircraft Grey. The photo I took of Lucky Lou just a couple of months after the end of Desert Stormshows at least the upper color (the lower being invisible thanks to the angle of the sun). Lucky Lou, Saucy Sal, and Maid Marian are the three similarly painted planes offered. These are all from 55 Squadron. The fourth scheme is a 57 Squadron plane in the older Dark Green, Medium Sea Grey Grey over Light Aircraft Grey scheme. This scheme includes the wing stripes that are absent in the Hemp painted planes. The tail badge for this plane was rather infrequently seen on Victors in this scheme, the 57 in a white circle being much more common. The decal sheet is very nicely done and  while the decals feel a bit thick, they should work very well.