"Part Two of a series of 3 or 4 on the De Havilland Twin Boomers... Part #2 The Vampire T11 in 1/48th scale.
As per the FB9 this kit is the Aeroclub 1/48th scale vacuum-formed kit. The kit has separate nosepods, and fins to enable the single seater FB5/9, The NF10 or the T11. My original plan was to use the Hobbycraft kit and graft the spare nose on ,left over from my FB9, however, the Hobbycraft kit is a bit of a disappointment in the accuracy department. Plan #2 was to buy another Aeroclub kit!! I did use the wing tanks from the Hobbycraft kit though!! Decals are again from Xtradecal. Depicted is T11 WZ549/"F". Can't remember the unit she's from off hand, but she was used for training Air Traffic Controllers in the early 1960's.
A full build article of this model , and the FB9 that featured in part one, appeared in SAMI a few years ago. Hope you have as much fun looking at the photo's as I did building this remarkable little kit!" Bill Clark |
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Photos and text © by Bill Clark