Mountain goat Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) Greetings fellow modellers, I'd like to share the results of the first of several 1:72 Vampire builds. I'll be sharing the others when they're completed. I posted a short Work in Progress here on how I did the lowered flaps and brakes. There's not a lot about the kit I can tell that's not already said multiple times. I think it's a nice kit - I found the build fairly relaxing and didn't get many surprises in regards to fit and such. The kit is quite accurate, though in my opinion suffers from rather deep and wide engraved panel lines. The kit was built OOB except for Pavla main wheels and Albion Alloy tubing for the pitot tube. The decals were sourced from all kinds of places - the kit decal sheet, the Xtradecal Foreign Operator sheet, an Xtradecal sheet for Lightning F.3s and some other tiny bits (like a small yellow arrow pointing at the windscreen) from whatever I could find. I built the Vampire up as a T.11 in later Rodesian service. It says 'T.55' in my work in progress, as I'd initially planned to do one of the ex-SAAF Vampires acquired from South Africa in 1972 to beef up the aging fleet, but I decided to go for an 'original' instead for reasons that frankly now escape me. The T.11s like the model depicts were delivered in 1955 and as far as I'm aware came relatively fresh from the factory. This example is finished in the last colours it flew in before written off on September 1973, namely in early Bush War camouflage and Rhodesian republic markings. The T.11s wore no national markings on the wings; boom roundels and fin flashes only. I threw some weathering at it to simulate the effects of a warm climate and hot sun beating down on the wing surfaces. Two-seat Vampires were often waxed in Rhodesia, so I tried to replicate that too - the aircraft looked very glossy at times, though for the scale effect I tried to tone that down towards a satin sheen. Hope you like. Jay Edited April 26, 2016 by Mountain goat 59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoutdave Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 She's lovely I'm not normally a fan of of jet aircraft but she's just simply lovely I was born October 73 so funny to think she was flying the day I was born lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_7713 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Very nice! I'm planning a FB5 (yes I know it should be an FB9, but this is as close as I can get and still build OOB) in the same colours, so this is a good piece of inspiration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) She's lovely I'm not normally a fan of of jet aircraft but she's just simply lovely I was born October 73 so funny to think she was flying the day I was born lol Thank you very much - but I'm afraid you missed her just by a month - as she was w/o in September of that year. Jay Edited April 25, 2016 by Mountain goat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 That's a stunner! Great work. Cmon Airfix, scale it up to '48, you know you want to! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Such a gorgeous scheme and very well made too. Good job. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Hello,Jay - An exquisitely finished and displayed Vampire indeed. All the best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Very nicely done indeed. Incredible cockpit detail. Cheers, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Looks good in camo Nice job Rgds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Very nice! I'm planning a FB5 (yes I know it should be an FB9, but this is as close as I can get and still build OOB) in the same colours, so this is a good piece of inspiration. That's a stunner! Great work. Cmon Airfix, scale it up to '48, you know you want to! Such a gorgeous scheme and very well made too. Hello,Jay - An exquisitely finished and displayed Vampire indeed. All the best,Paul. Very nicely done indeed. Incredible cockpit detail. Looks good in camo Thanks everyone! Much appreciated! Mike; I intend to show off some more of the cockpit as soon as I can - I'm trying to find an adequate camera for the job and the right lighting. Shame I didn't take any pics during the build Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Modeller Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 What a fabulous build and hard to believe the amount of detail that you've crammed into such a small cockpit - very well done indeed Jay!! :tasty: Love the scheme too, great to see something away from the normal silver birds!! Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 What a fabulous build and hard to believe the amount of detail that you've crammed into such a small cockpit - very well done indeed Jay!! :Tasty: Thanks Kev - the detailing was fun to do! Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottC Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Cracking Vampire ScottC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Thats a beauty,.....great subject too, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widow 65 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Now that is nice, it makes a change from all the silver ones.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 I like it. Nice to see one in different colors. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Simply beautiful! Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Excellent work, the open canopy and flaps set it apart from the more usual builds. Nice to one that isn't overall silver as well! Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 looks great, nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul A H Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 That's a really excellent model Jay - thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 That's really really nice work, looks like 1/48 scale! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Cracking Vampire ScottC Thank you Scott! Now that is nice, it makes a change from all the silver ones.... I like it. Nice to see one in different colors. Cheers, Michael Excellent work, the open canopy and flaps set it apart from the more usual builds. Nice to one that isn't overall silver as well! Cheers John Thanks, I had always wanted a Rhodesian Vampire - a brown/ green Hunter will be its companion. Simply beautiful! Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek looks great, nice work That's a really excellent model Jay - thanks for sharing That's really really nice work, looks like 1/48 scale! Thank you for all the comments and compliments guys! Makes the build more worthwhile. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchem Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Excellent stuff Jay. Keep building them like that and I'll keep coming back for more ! :thumbsup2: mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 haven´t seen that before as a model, nice work, good to see a different scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Lewis Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Lovely looking Vampire there I have another one of these in the stash and you've got me looking for camo schemes now Keep 'em coming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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