Trumpeter 1/48th Vampire FB.Mk.9 FINISHED 16/5/13

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As I have been seriously hitting the armour lately it's time for a relaxing build so I have chosen the new trumpy Vampire kit. The kit has had a serious slagging on a few forums but I don't really care as it looks like a vampire to me. There are a few improvements I can make but nothing too complicated. So watch out for updates soon.

[TRM]

Lovely Pete!! Second Vamp to come up recently...nice little Coven started!! LOL!!! ( I will get kudos from my girls...they think I don't listen to what they watch) Count me in the front row!!

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Pete....I'm gonna look forward to how you deal with this little beauty!!!.Saw one of these(I think),flying at Duxford a coupla years ago,along with one of the trainers,courtesy of the Danish AF Historic flight.
There is a link to those images,and a lot more,in 'The Library',under Warbirds in the air',or here....
s1196.photobucket.com/user/cjb7878/library/Airshow%20pics/#/user/cjb7878/library/Airshow%20pics?sort=3&page=1&_suid=136604597392303269444006760527

[Leon]

Count me in Pete,

[wbill76]

Looks like a neat project Pete!

[Mence]

Woop, looks good to me!

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Cheers guys and thanks Chris for the link to those pictures. The vampire has just flown off the sprues the last couple of days and is now ready for painting etc. I have primed the cockpit parts as well. So far I have only filled in some panel lines on the tails and altered the jet exhaust slightly as per my refs. The kit is great fun and has some nice rivet and panel line detail which should scrub up well later

[Leon]

Nice start Pete.Looks like a nice kit.

[bullardino]

Interesting build, count me in

Alley cat does the same plane in the sam scale, am I right?

[bbd468]

Hiya Pete! Cool aircraft there, ive not seen one built before so im in! This is a post WWII Jet, as in right after...'45-'46?

Gary

[fightnjoe]

just flying right along. she is taking shape. looking good.




joe

[deafpanzer]

Just found this... count me in! But please don't think I am being too paranoid as I am wearing garlic necklace just in case...

[modelfreak72]

Great start Pete! Looks like that will fly together nicely!

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Apr 18, 2013 14:57:57 GMT -5 bbd468 said:

Hiya Pete! Cool aircraft there, ive not seen one built before so im in! This is a post WWII Jet, as in right after...'45-'46?

Gary

Yep you are correct oh porky one! I eat babies!! hilarious I've been hitting the Vamp hard sanding the joint lines and re-scribing the panel lines back plus adding the missing wing tip lights. Due to lots of sanding the bench looks like this,



Don't know how it happens but in the blink of an eye the bench is a total mess and I end up working in a six inch square section surrounded by total mess! However it's been fun, here are a couple of quick pictures before I tidy up





The model has had a nice bath ready for piming which hopefully will be done tomorrow.

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Nice looking build you've got there Pete...She's gonna look good with some 'make up' on..Are you going to do a NMF,or camo....?

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Great build Pete, the Vamp is one of my favourite 50's jets so I'm really pleased I found yer thread matey 

Did the kit go together straight or did you have to fight to line things up?

[bbd468]

Well Pete, ya definitely got it goin your way buddy. She is a sweet lookin Jet....could pass for a Sci Fi space fighter.

Gary

[wbill76]

Looking forward to seeing this one with paint on Pete, don't feel bad about your bench...same thing happens to mine all the time! Only time it's 'clean' is when one build ends and another is about to begin!

[Leon]

Looking foreword to paint.It's defo looking good.

[bullardino]

When I was a boy, italian Vamps flew over my head. Keep up with the good work Pete, that is really nice

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Cheers guys glad you approve, I'm going for a silver undersides/green and grey upper surfaces scheme on this one. The kit does build up quickly with no issues. Today I primed and then sprayed the silver undersides so may get the upper surfaces done in the morning. No pics yet but will post some tomorrow.

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Some progress on the vamp and I have sprayed the model and added the decals, for the silver undersides I used citadel colours mithril silver thinned with good old tap water and for the upper surfaces tamiya XF54 & XF 81. The decals went on great with no issues at all.

[deafpanzer]

Nice decals especially one with lighting! Nice camo work by the way!

[Leon]

Fantastic work Pete,looking really good.

[bullardino]

Great job, Pete. Thumbs up

[wbill76]

Vampire looks like it's ready to come out and play Pete, nice progress with the paint work and markings.

[venom1]

That is a lovely looking Vampire Pete! You have certainly done it justice so far!

Cheers,

Sam

[DeafStuG]

Lovely !

[wing_nut]

Nice. Always liked that little gas passer.

[fightnjoe]

beautiful cammo work. looks very sharp.



joe