John Masters Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 My father built model airplanes and as a little boy I was inspired to build them too. I do remember that he was against building jets because, in his mind, they were all about creating havoc, death, etc...nothing beautiful about them, he felt, nothing romantic. So be it. I mean, what have any military aircraft been about? That was his philosophy and I must admit it poisoned me ever since. No longer! So I have built another jet, my 4th so far and certainly not my last. I have had more fun with these jets than a barrel full of monkeys and I cannot wait for the NATO/Warsaw Pact GB this summer... This is OOB completely. I used Vallejo Air Chrome for the overall colour and I think it works better that the aluminum for this. Very little pin washing since I imagine these birds were kept pretty clean while on duty in Thornaby. The decals were excellent and sucked down well with some softener and fix. It is a tail-sitter so I crammed as much lead as I could in the nose and it still sat. I mashed up some more into little bits and tossed them in the cockpit where they promptly disappeared. That did it. About 3 grams all told. I could have puttied a little more on the booms and the wingtips, but I didn't. Next time I will. There was already a fair amount of filling needed along the wing roots and the cockpit nacelle. I have a little over a week before the next GB begins. I think I can squeeze in another build before the Nieuport 10's come out... I present Revell's DH. Vampire F.3 in 1/72nd scale, 608 Squadron, Thornaby, 1951. --John 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Looks good. I think that's the MPM mould reboxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 That looks Great John I used to feel the same about jets. Props were it for me then i got the Jet bug when i came back in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 very nice Vampire - like it. And hey - there is always something romantic about a DH Twinboom jet! But fully understand that you won't argue with your dad about that :-). Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Cracking Vampire! That looks really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Eric Mc said: I think that's the MPM mould reboxed. Yes it is Eric. Thanks guys...it was a lot of fun to build and I also like the twin boom design...the updated Mosquito, so to speak. I am starting the AZ Model Lebanese Chipmunk tomorrow. We'll see how she goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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