qn30jEkPz7 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 (edited) I'm not sure I should be starting a 2nd WIP thread with one still outstanding and a RFI still to post but hey ho I've made a start on a pair of de Havilland jets - the Airfix Vampire T11 and Revell Sea Vixen. No aftermarket toys - I'm aiming for a relaxed and easy life I hadn't quite realized how big the difference in sizes between these planes was. With the family resemblance I thought they'd be similar(ish) but the Vixen is a behemoth The most minor of mods for the Sea Vixen - reshaped seat based on the kit seat with added stretched sprue and scrap polystyrene sheet to make something that if you squint could look almost right and a couple of shims of sheet added to stretch and slim the nose a bit (which handily gives me a neat compartment for hiding some fishing weights) Other than that it has been mundane cobbling together with the odd dash of regret (I wish I'd made more effort on the Vixen cockpit now that it is sealed up). a lot of filling and sanding is in the offing Edited April 10, 2017 by LostCosmonauts Updated title 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossofiron1971 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Lovely work sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Nice to see a Sea Vixen - and the mods have added nicely to the model. Both went together really well by the look of it? Good stuff there Sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Thanks both - Vampire has been straightforward, Vixen less so Main issue atm is the join between the booms and the rest of the model. I thought I had it looking ok (primed grey) and then did an all over coat of matt white to make any flaws more visible and to my horror it did exactly that. Fill, sand, repeat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Looking good the pair of them. The Airfix Vampire is a lovely little kit, the best I've ever had the pleasure of building. Watch out for the pitot on the fin though - mine broke off quite a few times during construction and handling. If the Revell kit is the ex-Frog mould then the kits were designed sixty years apart, so you might expect it to need a bit more work. 23 hours ago, LostCosmonauts said: I'm not sure I should be starting a 2nd WIP thread with one still outstanding and a RFI still to post but hey ho If you aren't allowed more than one WIP at a time we would all have been banned a long time ago! Look forward to seeing some paint. Regards, Adrian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 A couple of months pause - let's see if the loft fairies have finished these off for me... Oops - they appear to have given the Vixen a thorough kicking. 1st thing to do is put it back together again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 Reassembled and remasked for a bit more filling, priming etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 5, 2017 Author Share Posted April 5, 2017 Some spraying, masking and a bit more spraying later and the Vampire is starting to look halfway presentable 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) Some more progress to report - odds and sods of painting and a start on the decals for the Vampire and a first go at getting the colour on the Vixen Looking at the Vampire I now see that the stripes on the wing are a bit too far outboard of the booms but I can probably live with that. I'll petition the owners of the real one to repaint theirs to better mimic mine Edited April 6, 2017 by LostCosmonauts 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 All looking very promising! Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 Thanks Martian 👽 A bit more progress on the Sea Vixen - can't have it fall too far behind. Touching up the assortment of sticky out bits, the underside, canopy and escape hatch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 (edited) ~~~~ intermission ~~~~ I'm going to break three habits of a lifetime due to @Graham77's kit sale (do go check it out - he's selling some nice kits and raising money for a terrific cause and charity) A helicopter?! A boat?! An eventual diorama?! Edited April 7, 2017 by LostCosmonauts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 (edited) State of play: - Sea Vixen patiently awaits its decals and touching up of paint - Vampire pretty much done, just needs a matt coat Not a bad looking pair although I've only just realised that despite all the lead in the nose the Sea Vixen is still a tail sitter Edited April 7, 2017 by LostCosmonauts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Smidge more progress - decals on, a bit of touching up, some very discreet weathering here and there and then the last clearcoats to go on Although the Matchbox Sea Vixen has flaws it built up into a handsome (to my eyes) model. Not great detail, issues with fit and raised panel lines but it gives the right impression and that's pretty much all I want out of a model 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 And done - some recalcitrant bubbles under the decals on the Sea Vixen have shown up on varnishing but other than that I'm happyish 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Very nice pair there Sir - I'm envious of the Vixen, a great result 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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