petrov27 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 what ever happened to the A-20? I thought that would be the first from them for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 18 hours ago, Iain said: Nope - wood forward fuselage - metal everything else. But the wings were pretty smooth... Iain Indeed so. There was a plywood fuselage pod de-laminating and rotting away in the open at Elvington way back in the early '90s. I've often wondered if it got restored, although it seemed pretty far gone to me.. While on memory lane, we'd often get Vampire squadrons dropping in to Waddington back when it was a base for white Vulcans, and they'd always parade in a long line along the perimeter track just across the road from our block of flats usually just as we were getting home from school. This would have been the early '60s, and of course every twin boom fighter was a Vampire, although in retrospect I'm fairly sure now they'd have actually been Venoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 I remember reading in "instruments of Darkness" that the first Vampire night fighters basically used Mosquito cockpit tubs bolted in the Vampire wings, Now here's an idea...! Tony T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Okay, now how long before we get the Swiss FB.6 nose? A striped Vampire just sounds right. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 14 hours ago, Scotsman said: I remember reading in "instruments of Darkness" that the first Vampire night fighters basically used Mosquito cockpit tubs bolted in the Vampire wings, Now here's an idea...! Mosquito cockpit "tub"? Where is the tub in a Mosquito? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Well with a wooden aircraft I guess the tub i ends where the saw cuts! - Ok Tub wasn't a good choice of words, cockpit would be, I suppose be more accurate thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, thierry laurent said: Mosquito cockpit "tub"? Where is the tub in a Mosquito? In the bathroom thierry laurent, Scotsman, Alain Gadbois and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Look out 'Conflict of Wings' film on youtube..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) On 3/10/2020 at 8:07 PM, Iain said: Nope - wood forward fuselage - metal everything else. But the wings were pretty smooth... Iain The nose was metal as well: from the panel line forward of the windscreen. Looking at where they've got the rivets, I'd say they've identified the wooden area pretty well. However, as you say, the wings were very smooth. When I was a young Air Cadet in my teens, my squadron was fortunate to have a real live FB5 (VV217) sitting in the area behind our HQ, so I was well acquainted with the Vampire. To pre-empt any long discussions further down the line on the cockpit interior colour, it was black. Undercarriage bays silver, as was the airframe: although she had been repainted at some time, so how accurately that reflected in-service reality I don't know. Looking forward to an FB5, now would a Venom 4 as well be too much to ask for? Edited March 14, 2020 by MikeC Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) On 11 March 2020 at 3:28 PM, Scotsman said: I remember reading in "instruments of Darkness" that the first Vampire night fighters basically used Mosquito cockpit tubs bolted in the Vampire wings, Now here's an idea...! I'm up for a Vampire twin seater or Venom and was wondering if the Matchpox kit could provide the basics. Infinity could well provide a conversion set themselves, in the HpH range if not the new plastic line. Cutting-up a £160 Tamiya Mossie is probably not the wisest method. Or maybe it's one for Paul Fisher to attack? BTW, Instruments of Darkness is probably one of the best aviation books ever written. I have a hardback edition and you would need to kill me to get it. Tony Edited March 14, 2020 by Tony T word thingies Scotsman and Anthony in NZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastterry Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Regarding the use of original Matchbox plastic, be careful as the stuff acts like it's been in liquid nitrogen and can literally explode (ask me how I know). Revell repops of Matchbox moulds are fine as the plastic is newer and softer. TRF Alburymodeler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 9:49 PM, fastterry said: Regarding the use of original Matchbox plastic, be careful as the stuff acts like it's been in liquid nitrogen and can literally explode (ask me how I know). Revell repops of Matchbox moulds are fine as the plastic is newer and softer. TRF My kits plastic is very brittle. I cracked one of the booms easily. I will have to bin the thing after this new kit shows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 few pics posted over on britmodeller https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235068939-132-de-havilland-dh100-vampire-fb35-by-infinity-models-test-model/page/2/#comments D.B. Andrus, Tony T, Anthony in NZ and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 boxart D.B. Andrus, Dany Boy, MikeC and 6 others 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Great thanks for posting! No additional information or cad/sprue/printed part photos since April, is that right? Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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