it looks great

Agreed!

I had some images that I think I got from one of the posts here. They’re a series of plan views of aircraft to scale and one of helicopters displayed vertically with a person next to some for scale. Wondered if there was a specific webpage where there were more and whether there were also some ‘what if’ & alternative reality type images as well – a modernised Vulcan, a B-52 with 4 modern engines, the Tu-160 that the UK airforce bought, that sort of thing. 🙂

The size of the Victor’s bomb bay remains a mystery to me, but the size of the standard British 1000lb bomb might give a good indication. It is also certain that the Victor’s bomb bay could hold the 22,000lb “Grand Slam,” which also might give a clue as to minimum dimensions.

I didn’t realise the Grand Slam could be carried internally. Given the dimentions of the bomb at 26′ 6″ long and 3′ 10″ in diameter, it is reasonable to assume that the weapons bay is at least 30′ by 4′? The Blue Steel is listed as being 35′ long so looking at the line drawings supplied on the link (http://www.albentley-drawings.com/handley_page.htm) from Trident it would seem to be about right. I have emailed Arthur Bentley to see if he has any additional information. His line drawings are excellent and provide some interesting insight into how free fall bombs were carried in the weapons bay.