DH Vampire MK1 by Special Hobby 1/72

fastmongrel · Oct 20, 2020

A new country or countries for my modelling bench. An absolutely gorgeous De Havilland DH.100 Vampire in either Swiss or Swedish colours I haven't made my mind up yet. A quick look over the sprues shows they are nice and crisp but the panel lines might need filling or filing.

Only problem the manufacturer forgot to put the propeller in the box and I can't find a spare anywhere.

Crisp transfers by Cartograf

Lovely box art

fubar57 · Oct 20, 2020

Looking forward to it. Maybe its a glider version. Jan will be along shortly to relieve you of those "13"s

fastmongrel · Oct 20, 2020

Making a little bulkhead for the nose cone so I can fill it up with lead shot to stop the plane tail sitting

Crimea_River · Oct 20, 2020

fubar57 said:
Looking forward to it. Maybe its a glider version. Jan will be along shortly to relieve you of those "13"s

All the more so since they are Swedish.

fastmongrel · Oct 20, 2020

A nice afternoon of progress

I am leaning towards a Swedish version with clipped wingtips

fubar57 · Oct 20, 2020

I like it. I'm a sucker for alternate markings.....and telemarketers

rochie · Oct 20, 2020

Nice one, Swedish one for me too :lol:

Wurger · Oct 20, 2020

fastmongrel · Oct 20, 2020

I wasn't happy with the nose profile so did some heavy duty sanding. Now building up with very thin layers of Green Stuff filler.

Wurger · Oct 20, 2020

Snautzer01 · Oct 20, 2020

The swedish one for me too.

Gnomey · Oct 20, 2020

Good work so far!

fastmongrel · Oct 20, 2020

That's a relief I found a spare propeller that fit's.

fastmongrel · Oct 21, 2020

So far the fit of the parts has been okay and flash free. The wing roots needed a bit of filler and the nose cone was a funny shape but the air intakes are way undersize leaving big gaps that will need filling. I could buy some resin replacements but spare cash is just a memory at the moment and I have plenty of filler. I decided to fit the intakes to the top of the wing as far as possible so any sanding is less visible.