Hey, you Vulcan guys,
Why not take a leaf out of the Buccaneer book!
When the Bucc fleet folded in 1994, we formed an aircrew association and charged £100 to those who took out Life Membership. With that lump sum (well £6K of it) we bought a Bucc. For £2.5K more we transported it to a museum (the RAF Museum was not interested in it). We fettled it, purloined weapons (inc a 177) and other bits and it has been established at the museum now for 11 years. We still have money in the pot and are about to spend some of it on a complete(ish) refurbishment of the dear old bird.
Now, with more than 450 members (250 Lifers), we might even just have enough in the kitty for the last man standing to go out in an alcoholic frenzy when his time comes!
Try it, it cannot be too late and there appears to be enough enthusiasm here alone to get you started and I'm sure that the CO at Waddo might be well pleased to see the back of 607!