DH Vampire FB5. No.112 Squadron 2nd TAF RAF Jever Germany 1952

[Lucky13]

Nice work mate! Looking forward to the rest!

 

[T Bolt]

Great work! I have a bare floor under my model table and still manage to lose small parts!!

 

[magnu]

Some more progress pics
Fuselage halves together and wings on

Tail booms in place

Preshading done first in black then toned down with grey. After hours of filing sanding and filling I still can't get rid of the seam along the top of the fuselage. I have now run glue down it and hope when this dries and is sanded back it won't show as much.

Just the landing gear to do and the assembly will be done

 

[A4K]

Coming along mate!

What glue did you use to fill the seam? If superglue, get into the sanding soon before it hardens too much.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Off to a good start, and great choice for the build!

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks like some serious body shop work!

 

[dirkpitt289]

Damn its starting to look like a Vampire

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice work Lewis, it's coming along nicely. I know when I built one years back, the tail boom was a big problem to get level

 

[A4K]

That must be a generic kit problem Vic, I had the same building the Heller boxing of this kit.

 

[Lucky13]

Sweet!

 

[magnu]

Cheers all. One of the tail booms went on fine the other had a rather large gap that needed some serious filler. The paint arrived this morning so tonight it will be a case of Let us spray, and pray I don't make a mess of it.

 

[dirkpitt289]

Nice work Lewis, it's coming along nicely. I know when I built one years back, the tail boom was a big problem to get level

I hear this a lot when it comes to this model.

 

[Wayne Little]

Looking good....you're doin' ok man!

 

[T Bolt]

Great work! Bet your hands are tired from all that sanding!

 

[magnu]

Made a start on the camo. Just waiting for it to dry and then will touch up the dark sea grey and a few bits of the dark green

 

[dirkpitt289]

WOW, cool

 

[magnu]

Couple more pics, touched up the dark green to sharpen up the edges and sprayed the underside azure blue. The seam along the top is still showing but not as bad as I'd feared. I will leave it as it is, anymore filing and sanding and I may have a gaping hole instead of a slight seam line.

 

[Airframes]

Looking good so far Lewis.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

That's a good effort Lewis the camo really does look great, as for the seams, on any Airfix I've done they have always been a bu**er, and that comments not limited to the Tornado builds I've just finished.

 

[A4K]

Nice work Lewis! Never realised the RAF used such a strong Blue on the undersurfaces after the war.