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Guerre d'Algérie...1/48 De Havilland Vampire Mk.5 , Armée de l’Air


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#11/2022

So, my dad´s French at war theme is almost at the end now, this is the second last model.....for now.
The new Airfix kit is neither really good nor really bad. The detail in some areas is nice, so are the open flaps options. A major issue is the fit problem of upper and lower fuselage half. Had to do sand and cut away some pieces of the bulkhead behind the seat and the cockpit side instruments to join the halves together. Don´t know if my dad did something wrong but the gunsight was too large, so he used one from the sparesbox.
The model is a tailsitter. The instructions call for 17g noseweight, my dad added about 30g to be on the safe side. Sadly there´s hardly any space to add weight, used airgun ammo and filled the nose, foot space and the forward areas of the wing tanks. Painted with older selfmixed green and blue-grey paints, Berna Decals used.

Build thread here

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235108250-guerre-dalgérie148-de-havilland-vampire-mk5-armée-de-l’air/

 

In the early fifties, France received a bunch of completed and also still to build up Vampires, used by the Airforce and the Navy. Soon France developed a more powerful license version, the Mk.53, also called Mistral. Best to distinguish by diffently shaped air intakes.
During the Algerian War, mostly Mistrals saw combat, but also some original Vampires were used. The Model shows one of these from EC 1/7 "Provence", stationed in Bizerte/Tunisia in 1956.

 

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I agree with Bertie. Your father’s weathering techniques getting better and better. Very nice and this one is professional! 
10/10! Good to see all these different color scemes.
 

Andy 

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On 5/14/2022 at 12:06 PM, Bertie Psmith said:

I love that faded green! 

 

On 5/14/2022 at 12:49 PM, Andy Dyck said:

I agree with Bertie. Your father’s weathering techniques getting better and better. Very nice and this one is professional! 
10/10! Good to see all these different color scemes.
 

Andy 

 

On 5/14/2022 at 1:06 PM, GiampieroSilvestri said:

Sehr schön!

 

Gruss

 

Giampiero

 

On 5/14/2022 at 7:22 PM, Kagemusha said:

Excellent rendition, great to see a Vampire in unusual markings, well, this side of La Manche.

 

On 5/15/2022 at 7:29 AM, Wulfman said:

Beautiful build !

 

Wulfman

 

 

Thanks for your comments, appreciated!

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On 5/18/2022 at 11:27 AM, exdraken said:

very nice!

and rarely seen in those colors!

:thumbsup:

 

On 5/19/2022 at 11:05 AM, stevehnz said:

That did come up beautifully. ✔️ To your Dad. :)

Steve.

 

 

Thanks gents!

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On 5/27/2022 at 8:37 PM, BerndM said:

A very nice Vampire.

The subtle and well made weathering adds a lot to the look.

 

On 5/27/2022 at 10:25 PM, Lewis95 said:

Looks absolutely awesome matey! Love the subtle weathering

 

17 hours ago, Tomcat101 said:

Well done.  The subtle gradients in colour are impressive. 

 

thanks a lot guys!

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