Jim R's Airfix 1/72 De Havilland Vampire T.11

[Jim R]

Cheers Pete - good idea.

This kit says "Skill Level 1" - I must be at "Skill level 0" :sad: Need more advice please!

In the instructions (stage 7) we join the fuselage halves together. There is a box at the top right with a question mark indicating an alternative. It would have me drill two holes in the bottom of the fuselage to attach whatever those bits in the box are. They are not numbered and there is nothing on any of the sprues that look like those parts.


Also you can see where the 7g weight goes.

Jim - very confused.com!! :thinking:

[Guest]

Jim
Your Vampire must have been offered in a 'Dog fight doubles' kit at sometime in its life. Holes are for a stand(pictured) and a second aircraft would have been marketed.
It may still be offered??

[Jim R]

Hi Randall
A stand - that answers the question. Thanks
Jim

[peterairfix]

Your Vampire must have been offered in a 'Dog fight doubles' kit

I have just had a good look on the old net and on scalmates but I can't find any reference to being offered in a dogfight doubles kit if it was It wasn't they must have very few.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
It was the stand that was confusing me. I suppose it was either part of another boxing of the Vampire or maybe stands can be bought separately. The kit is actually quite modern and the parts have crisp detail and no flash. The fit seems excellent as well.
Jim

[peterairfix]

The fit seems excellent as well

Unlike mine I am beginning to regret my choice however I am going to stick with it.

[BattleshipBob]

Too busy witj the Stug, forgot all about this chaps.

Getting stuck in Jim, good start sir!

[Steve Jones]

I avoid wingy builds in general Jim but I have been rolling around in stitches reading your blog. :tears-of-joy::smiling6:

Firstly your Skill Level comment - priceless. :smiling5:

I am a shifty man who drives a transit (Well Mercedes) van and I dont have any lead. We have moved with the times and dig tunnels for gold bullion and jewellery raids now.

Then there's the flesh paint issue. How on earth were these kits so popular.:smiling2: Maybe there are a lot of Green, Yellow and Silver Vampire airman out there. Cant wait to start mine now:smiling5::smiling2:

[Si Benson]

Evening Jim,
I’ll grab a seat if I may....should be a fun build:thumb2:

[Jim R]

Hi all
I have discovered the thing I hate most!!! :sad::angry:
Some say mankind's end will come from plague and pestilence. Some cite a catastrophic meteor strike or nuclear armegeddon. All wrong!! It will come from modellers being driven mad by trying to use Humbrol Poly Cement in the little yellow tube. Said modellers will loose all sense of reason after trying to use the stuff. Driven to despair by trying to stick plastic with it their frustration will send them over the edge and having emptied the contents of their drinks cabinet they will give up the hobby and take up something easier. Perhaps bomb disposal or lion taming :rolling:
The stuff is HORRIBLE. It is thick, gloopy and just looking at it makes it go stringy. It is almost impossible to put a small amount along a join. It stays tacky for ages and worst of all it doesn't actual stick the bits together.
I shall persevere of course but if my Vampire ends up in the bin it will not be the paint, the brush, the lack of MicroSol or the kit itself it will be this b****y glue!
Jim

[papa 695]

I have a slight feeling your not happy with the wonderful Airfix glue Jim. :rolling:

[Guest]

Hi Jim put it in a dish and use a scalpel to spread it on, it's a lot easier.[ATTACH=CONFIG]n[/ATTACH]
Pete.

[peterairfix]

b****y glue!

I have just dropped Ian a line for permission to bend the rules a bit as I have allowed the use of extra glue if I get the ok then you can use your usual stuff.
PERMISSION is now granted.
So you can ditch the kit stuff if you want to.

[Jim R]

Thanks Peter
The post was written tongue in cheek. I would have continued and somehow made it work. I actually think I would have had to use extra glue as the tube seemed to have a lot of empty space in it. Using Pete's very sensible idea of squeezing a bit of glue onto a palette would have wasted glue as well.
Thanks again Peter. The GB is great fun.
Jim

[Neil Merryweather]

Thanks Peter
The post was written tongue in cheek. I would have continued and somehow made it work. I actually think I would have had to use extra glue as the tube seemed to have a lot of empty space in it. Using Pete's very sensible idea of squeezing a bit of glue onto a palette would have wasted glue as well.
Thanks again Peter. The GB is great fun.
Jim

Stick with it Jim,(pun intended) this is how we all paid our dues in our teens, so why shouldn't you?! You've got a lot of dues to pay, starting so late in life, so you better just knuckle down and brace yourself for the gluey fingerprints on the canopy!

I wasn't allowed a scalpel in those days , either!
and super glue hadn't even been invented!

Looking good so far!
Neil