Baldy Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Here is my 213 Squadron Vampire based at RAF Deversoir, Egypt, in the early 50s. The kit turned out to be more difficult than I anticipated. It has few parts but on cleaning up and washing the components, I had to deal with a number of poorly formed areas and some air bubbles. I had one particular area on the port side under the cockpit which "delaminated" as I cleaned it. Eventually, I sanded way back to good solid resin and had to fill and reshape/re-engrave the whole area. I also had problems with the starboard boom which was bent and twisted - I spent a good hour with a bowl of hot water getting it straightened out. I have had few issues with other Alley Cat kits/conversions in the past. The kit was finished pretty much OOB once the parts were tidied up. Fit was difficult around the nose section. The only additions were pitot tubes/aerial from metal tubes and replacing the woeful white metal balance weights under the tail with scratch build items (Extruded styrene aerofoil plus milliput) Paints were Tamiya XF-83 for the Medium Sea Grey and a mix by eye based on XF-65 Field Grey for the Light Slate Grey. Underside was Xtracrylics PRU Blue. The decals were excellent. Cheers Malcolm 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Lovely work and finish. It is a handsome colour scheme. I built one of these kits just after it came out and it was fabulous but a fellow club member finished one last year and had a similar experience to you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Great looking aircraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 What a beautiful Vampire. How big is it in this scale? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_RAFBC Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 After reading what you encountered you have done a splendid job, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigginHill Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Great job, i have to confess my one ended up in the bin 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Great looking Vampire there, really nice work. Good choice of scheme too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 It is a brilliant job you have made of it, partially considering the issues you over came. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 That looks fantastic, I do like that scheme, they look their best in it to my eye. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 1:20 PM, Lord Riot said: What a beautiful Vampire. How big is it in this scale? Thank you. The model is approx. 20 cm long and wingspan is approx. 24 cm 15 hours ago, BigginHill said: Great job, i have to confess my one ended up in the bin 🙂 This one nearly went in the bin a few times too! Thank you all for your kind words Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Superb model, without any visible traces, that I can see, of your trials. I hope I will have less problems with the kit eventually, planning to build it as a Swedish AF J 28… Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 A great result, well worth persevering with. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo Aero Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Beautiful work! I have one of these in the stash. Thanks for the building comments! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Nicely done indeed. Lovely paint job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 That's absolutely lovely, really like it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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