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  1. daniele0865
    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Great news! I only hope it will be more accurate than their Gazelle.
  5. daniele0865
    I have found this: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/442-sqdn-rcaf-vampire-details-for-ted-t477775.html that may be of interest
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    Thank you bobmig
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    Any news from Bill?
  8. daniele0865
    2 sets for me plese. Daniele
  9. daniele0865
    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.
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    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?
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    From this photo it seems it could be yellow or orange. Maybe?
  12. daniele0865
    Very interesting and detailed explanation, Martin. Apart from the missing clear panel are Airfix 018 bat nose decals also wrong for the colors?
  13. daniele0865
    Thank you Chris. Here the clear panel it's been painted over in grey, it seems.
  14. daniele0865
    Thank you Tony, of course they help!
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    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
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    Here: https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/canadian-warplanes-6-jets-de-havilland-dh-100-vampire you can find a lot of pics of Vampires with the clear panel, but noone is close enough to see clearly what's inside.
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    Hi all, Searching for photos of the RCAF Vampire with the bat noseart included in the Airfix decals, I have discovered that many RCAF Vampires (including the subject of my research) had a clear insert in the nose panel. It seems that the clear panel is connected to the introduction of some sort of DF or radio compass in the 50's. In fact in some photos on the web a sort of DF loop is visible under the clear panel. Can anyone provide photos or drawings of what can be seen under the clear panel? Daniele
  18. daniele0865
    Will we see it in 2022?
  19. daniele0865
    I contacted Sophia Lynm asking about the closing down. This is her reply: "Hi Danie This is the Boss Song's decicion, We will sell the complete stock before the company is definetely closed. You can order some earlier, some kits may have low inventory."
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    I hope there will be an Italian version too. The one on FB page is the German cannon armed version.
  21. daniele0865
    Can you give us an estimated time of release?
  22. daniele0865
    Looking forward to seiing it!
  23. daniele0865
    Great! I'm looking forward to seiing it. A float equipped version would be fantastic!
  24. daniele0865
    Any news on this?
  25. daniele0865
    Thank you for the pictures, jon. Yes, they are over-scale, but not worse than I was expecting. Well, I'm going to get one I think. Daniele
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