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

[Bullo Loris]

Nice work, I like this plane because my father was a Vampire pilot for the Swiss Army Air Force, I 'm a Swiss Air Force Pilot only for 4 weeks at year (F/A-18 Hornet pilot)

 

[magnu]

Just waiting for everything to set hard, before taking pics of the finished article. Not really happy with it as there are an awful lot of lumps and bumps from the bad fit and copious filler, decals have silvered in places and even with as much lead as I could cram into the nose it's still a tail-sitter. The next one will be a Tamiya A10 so hopefully a much easier build.

 

[B-17engineer]

Looking good!!

 

[T Bolt]

Looks good Lewis
If you sprayed on a coat of Dull Coat it might hide some of those lumps and bumps you're not happy with. They tend to show up more with a shiny surface. Its a good easy way to hide imperfections.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

It looks good Lewis, but go with Glenn and give it a matt coat spray if you can.

 

[rochie]

not bad at all Lewis, well done

 

[Wurger]

Nicely done.

 

[magnu]

Cheers all I will give the matt coat a go and see if that improves the look of it.

 

[Airframes]

Looks pretty good, agree about the matt coat.

 

[Wayne Little]

Pretty good effort Lewis....and you learned plenty along the way for the next build!

 

[magnu]

Well the matt coat was not a success, made the silvered decals show up worse, fogged the canopy even tho' it was masked and to top it all I snapped off the mass balances on the elevator. It may be salvageable but it will take more work than I feel like putting into it at the moment. Not a happy bunny this am.

 

[Crimea_River]

Too bad about the matt coat. Looks like it got up into the inside of the canopy through the gaps.

 

[T Bolt]

Sorry the mat coat didn't work out. It doesn't look bad except for the canopy. Maybe it could be polished out or
you could find a vacuformed replacement.

 

[A4K]

With the guys, nice work mate! Maybe you can carefully remove the canopy and buff it as Glenn said?

 

[vikingBerserker]

I agree, it gives it a nice weathered look.