1/48 Classic Airframes Vampire

Gallery Article by Shawn "phantom" Weiler on June 3 2013

 

 

This is a rebuild of a kit I built with my daughter 10 years ago. The plane was not good enough for display but we had a good time building it.

 

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Leading Edge came out with a great sheet that lets you build 6 airframes from 401 and 438 squadron.  I could not find a Vampire in any store near here. Then I remembered the build up on the upper shelf.  It had more dust on it then you would believe.  It's the wrong Mk for the decals, but the only one I could find.  I scrubbed of the old decals, fixed a couple errors and repainted it per the Leading Edge instructions.

In the group shot you see a photo with most of the airframe types 438 flew over the years.  Vampire, CT-133 , Sabre, Otter, Kiowa and Griffon

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Photos and text © by Shawn "phantom" Weiler