1/72 Airfix Vampire Fb5

Gallery Article by Aidy Abdullah on Aug 31 2011

Malaysia National Day

 

This is my rendition of No. 60 Sqn Vampire WL555, based at RAF Tengah, Singapore during Malayan Emergency, First off, it's the wrong mark, the kit is an FB5 but I only realised that it should have been an FB9 at a very late stage so I just stuck with what I had.

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It's the very nice Heller Mistral/Vampire which came in an Airfix box. Decals came from Modeldecal with Xtradecal roundels and home-made serials. I did not apply the underwing serials simply because I didn't have any suitable decal and am too lazy to print some up. It's a tail-sitter unfortunately in spite of all the weight packed up in the nose, It'll be fixed onto a base later.

Happy Merdeka Day 2011

Aidy Abdullah

Photos and text © by Aidy Abdullah