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Following on from last month's Revell 1/72 Vampire FB.5, I carried on and have just finished a second one. Mainly because I don't like Vampires, or models of them, so the sooner it was out of the way the better! For this model I used one of the decal options from the Modeldecal Vampire sheet. VZ305, RLS, 607 & 608 Sqdns, Ouston, 1954-5 (11) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr VZ305, RLS, 607 & 608 Sqdns, Ouston, 1954-5 (14) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr VZ305, RLS, 607 & 608 Sqdns, Ouston, 1954-5 (15) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr VZ305, RLS, 607 & 608 Sqdns, Ouston, 1954-5 (17) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr VZ305, RLS, 607 & 608 Sqdns, Ouston, 1954-5 (10) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr VZ305, RLS, 607 & 608 Sqdns, Ouston, 1954-5 (8) w by Philip Pain, on Flickr This is a DH Vampire FB.5, VZ305, of 607 Squadron at RAF Ouston, Northumberland in 1954-55. It was flown by Wing Commander R.L.Smith, and Wing Commanders were allowed to use their initials in place of normal code letters, thus 'RLS'. He was also in charge of 608 Squadron at RAF Thornaby-on-Tees, so their colours were painted on the starboard side, and the aircraft was further embellished with painted rudders. The aircraft was also unusual in having PRU blue undersides, which would normally indicate that it had previously seen service with the 2nd TAF in Germany. However VZ305 only ever served with UK based squadrons, so perhaps at some point it had been earmarked for Germany, but never made it? There is a Vampire "VZ305" flying today - the airworthy Norwegian example - but it carries spurious marks and the original VZ305 was scrapped after RAF service. Thanks again for looking.
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