81-er Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Finally, I’ve managed to finish something! It’s the 1/72 Airfix De Havilland Vampire T.11/J-28C kit, which I started for the 2nd Blitzbuild. I didn’t finish for the deadline, but I did manage to build it in under 24hrs of work. Alterations from the kit are limited to the pitot replaced with Albion Alloys tubing after the kit one snapped off and seatbelts made from tape (first go for me). It was also my first attempt at dot filters. The day glow panels are also painted rather than the kit decals, which didn’t look very convincing. The build thread is here: Comments gratefully received James 46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiwarrior Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Hi, Nice work. Looks purposeful in camouflage. Your use of dot filters has added a subtle change to the paintwork, very nice. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Nicely built and painted, unusual scheme, good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke1199 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Great work, top job for just 24hrs of work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Lovely build and finish, great job ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 excellent little vampire, 1:72 is far too small for me to think about, eyesight and fat fingers, I really like the subtle fades on the paint she look spot on rgds John(shortCummins) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winded Penguin Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Entertaining build thread with some techniques I'd never heard of, or thought of trying before 👍 Plus, the Swedish colour scheme: again I've never thought of trying it, but it's looking terrific on your model. The photos are great, and make the model look almost 1/32 scale. The irony being it would still be quite a small model in 1/32 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 Thanks for all the kind comments folks 34 minutes ago, Winded Penguin said: Entertaining build thread with some techniques I'd never heard of, or thought of trying before 👍 Plus, the Swedish colour scheme: again I've never thought of trying it, but it's looking terrific on your model. The photos are great, and make the model look almost 1/32 scale. The irony being it would still be quite a small model in 1/32 🙂 I do try to make my threads entertaining, I'm glad it's working. And definitely hve a go at new techniques, it's a lot of fun. Not sure about a 1/32 one, but I'd definitely like a 1/48 two-seater Vampire. Apparently Pilot Replicas are working on one, which makes me happy. 1 hour ago, shortCummins said: excellent little vampire, 1:72 is far too small for me to think about, eyesight and fat fingers, I really like the subtle fades on the paint she look spot on rgds John(shortCummins) Thanks John, much appreciated. She wouldn't look as good as she does if your builds hadn't spurred me on to try black basing, so thank you for that. Keep your eyes peeled as well, the Ar 555 and Hellcat aren't far off being finished at last either James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 That's very nice. Well done. Suggestion? Find a way to keep the dust off when paint and varnish are drying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Unusual looking Vampire, nice to see it in different clothes! Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 A most excellent J 28C (please note, no hyphen!) from the F 14 fighter wing in Halmstad on the Swedish west coast! Honestly, I did wonder if it was 1:48th scale… A minor blooper – none of the over 400 Vampires in the Sw AF had bang seats, just regular bucket seats. Beautiful modelling! Kind regards, Joachim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 Thank you for the corrections, Joachim. I'm blaming Airfix, they used the hyphen on the box and only supplied the kit with bang seats. I would dearly love a 1/48 twin seater, I believe Pilot Replicas is working on one. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Lovely Vampire James; neat and beautifully finished 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 James, that looks superb. I built the same kit and loved it - so nice to see yours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Very nicely done! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) Nice build. I have just started on a couple Vampires after seeing this. I don't think that Airfix goofed with the bang seats. They supplied decals for a civilian registered plane. It is not one of the original Swedish AF planes but an ex Swiss AF plane and as far as I know has bang seats. Sadly it seems that the vampire Mk.1 sets from Pavla is out of production so that is a small problem for my build. Edited September 20, 2022 by Orso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 That's a nice looking Vamp! Good job on that little double-boomer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Just seen this one James. Lovely work on the Vampire. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 a lovely little kit, you've done it proud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Thank you James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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