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Thank you sinistervampire319, it works with Imgur. Here is the comparison between Aerospatiale profile and AMP profile. As I said, the comparison with the actual kit part gives the same result.

Sorry, I dont know how to add a picture from my PC. I don't have any cloud picture hosting service. I tried to cut and paste but it seems that it doesn't work. Anyway, the AMP kit has the engine cowling area too low compared to the real one and the tail boom too long, resulting in a more slender appearance of the fuselage than the real one.

Here below you can see the main differnces. I have superimposed the Aerospatiale drawing from the flight manual to the drawing on Amp instruction for convenience, but you have the same result if you superimpose the kit part to the Aerospatiale profile. In term of shape, the ancient heller kit is much more accurate, even if it's 1/50 scale. Unfortunately the shape and dimensional errors in the AMP kit are very difficult to correct.

Great news! I only hope it will be more accurate than their Gazelle.

I have found this: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/442-sqdn-rcaf-vampire-details-for-ted-t477775.html that may be of interest

Thank you bobmig

Any news from Bill?

2 sets for me plese. Daniele

It would be interesting to know. I have compared the Above&Below decals with the only 018 photo I have found and it seems that the 018 on the cockpit side is a different font: Airfix decals in this case appear to be more correct. Or the Above&Below decals portray the aircraft in a different time than the photo I have.

Tony, I agree with you, It maight be only the effect of the poor photo quality. Interestingly Above&Below Graphics from Canada makes the decals for 012, 031, 062 and 074 with white eyes contour, but makes the decals for 018 in yellow: https://www.abovebelow.ca/product/2021-dehavilland-vampire-s-n-17018-442-f-sqn-1954-/711?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=5 Strage enough, isn't it?

From this photo it seems it could be yellow or orange. Maybe?

Very interesting and detailed explanation, Martin. Apart from the missing clear panel are Airfix 018 bat nose decals also wrong for the colors?

Thank you Chris. Here the clear panel it's been painted over in grey, it seems.

Thank you Tony, of course they help!

Scott, I found several photos of RAAF Vampire III with bat nose, including one of 17018, the aircraft portrayed by Airfix, but I couldn't find detail photos of the nose showing the ADF apparatus under the clear panel. I'd like to build the Airfix kit with the bat noseart scratchbuilding the clear panel and what can be seen under it, but I'd like to have at least a photo or a drawing of the ADF box and loop, or whatever is under the clear panel in the nose bay. I also found photos of restored Vampires with the bat nose, but they are different marks or with a solid nose panel. There is a restored Vampire III at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum: it has the clear panel, but from the photo I found it seems that anything under the nose panel has been removed. By the way, was anything similar present on any RAF Vampire III? https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/60d3c6d0e106af90561564f7/60fbd939ede1e21c6a8e634e_de-Havilland-Vampire--Mike-Kaehler.jpeg