TEXANTOMCAT Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Hi All Another bit of silliness from me! After the mega T2 hangar dio I needed a bit of a break to get my modelling mojo back - we all get that from time to time right? And as I built the Wellingtons without wings it seems I may now have a problem fully completing aeroplanes! I noticed though that one of the unused Wimpey engine firewalls might come in handy... So Airfix's little Vamp T.11 has now been converted into our Vamp T.11 pod - XD599 - on display at Sywell Aviation Museum. I modified an old Airfix Stirling bomb trolley from the spares box by shortening it and adding some bracing - it was missing some wheels but some old Airfix Islander mains saved the day, sawed the cockpit off aft of the pod (where ours has been) and grafted on the Wimpey firewall which was almost a perfect fit! Scratchbuilt some FOD covers. Sprayed with Rustoleum plastic primer, hit it with Humbrol 64 for the grey by brush, masked and painted the anti-glare panel in Matt 33. The A's are from old Royal NAVY spare decals as they were all I had that were close enough and the dayglow bits were cut out of some trim from an old Hobbycraft C-45 decal sheet! A couple of licks of Klear, then gave it a wash of Flory models dark dirt - in the photos I forgot to wipe the excess off - I have now - as she is pretty grubby and the canopy fairing at the back is pretty cracked. I must clean her some day! Hope it makes you smile on a Monday morning! ATB TT vamp1 by Ben Brown, on Flickr vamp2 by Ben Brown, on Flickr vamp3 by Ben Brown, on Flickr '599 as she is now vamp4 by Ben Brown, on Flickr 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I like that a lot! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Thats what i call rubbing our nose in it . 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcNewitt Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Absolutely loving that, nice twist to a kit. Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Well that really is different! Great work Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Outside the box....like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Thanks chaps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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