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1/48 Trumpeter Vampire fb mk5

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 2:06 pm
by Fridgy
This will be my next build
Looking forward to this one, hopefully it will be nice and easy and reasonably quick due to the low parts count

Box art
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Sprue shots
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Decals
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Nice full colour painting guide with 2 options, not sure if I will make either of these yet or go for a target towing plane livery
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Instructions..... only 6 steps to build.....
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Thinking about doing an in flight model this time around. Hopefully the gear doors will allow this with out too much modifiction required

This is the colour scheme I am leaning towards
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Re: 1/48 Trumpeter Vampire fb mk5

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 2:18 pm
by Avgas
Hi Mick, I've built this kit. Nice kit but be aware you need a lot of noseweight! I would suggest putting some in the front of the wing tanks as well if you are fitting them. The only rough bit I can remember about it is where the tail booms fit onto the wings, you might have to do a bit of sanding there. Other than that it's straightforward. It's such a nice kit I've bought another.

Re: 1/48 Trumpeter Vampire fb mk5

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 3:34 pm
by Fridgy
Cheers for the heads up Dave :thumb2:

Re: 1/48 Trumpeter Vampire fb mk5

Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 1:04 am
by Fridgy
Wow....
So I got carry away with this build and didn't take any photos as I went.
Here she is as she stands today
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Excuse the dark photo. Will get a better one once I have found the motivation to clean my work bench off

Re: 1/48 Trumpeter Vampire fb mk5

Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 2:13 am
by Fridgy
Alright here are some better pics

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Just need to do some decaling, a panel wash and attach the landing gear and bay doors

Re: 1/48 Trumpeter Vampire fb mk5

Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 2:46 am
by NorthernModeller
Coming along lovely mate :) very striking colour scheme

Re: 1/48 Trumpeter Vampire fb mk5

Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 9:00 am
by Cymru
Great to see such an irregular colour scheme!